Today in the MHSAA: 10/17/16

October 17, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A busy championship weekend ended with two first-time MHSAA Finals golf winners, the end to a near-decade run in tennis, favorites winning in cross country and surprises claiming titles in volleyball.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Cross Country

Corunna’s boys followed standout Noah Jacobs to a Greater Lansing Invitational repeat championship, while Lansing Catholic claimed the girls title paced by a dominant run by Olivia Theis – Lansing State Journal (Boys/Girls)

The Grosse Ile boys and Wyandotte Roosevelt girls won Southgate News-Herald championships – Southgate News-Herald (Boys/Girls)

The Macomb Dakota boys won their third straight Macomb County title, and Romeo won the girls title while Macomb L’Anse Creuse North’s Karenna Duffey won the individual girls championship for the third time – Macomb Daily (Boys/Girls)

The Blissfield girls and Tecumseh boys won Lenawee County cross country championships – Adrian Daily Telegram

The Sturgis girls and Detroit Catholic Central boys won the Division 1-2 race at the 52nd Kiwanis Invitational in Sturgis, while Bronson’s boys and Quincy’s girls won the Division 3-4 race – Sturgis Journal/Coldwater Daily Reporter

Girls Golf

Rochester, Midland Dow, Spring Lake and Macomb Lutheran North won MHSAA Lower Peninsula championships Saturday, Dow and Lutheran North for the first time and Spring Lake for the third straight season – Second Half

Boys Tennis

Ann Arbor Huron, Midland Dow, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett won Lower Peninsula championships as well, with Liggett ending Ann Arbor Greenhills’ eight-year run in Division 4 – Second Half

Volleyball

Unranked Muskegon Mona Shores swept Class B No. 8 Fruitport to win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle

Unranked Battle Creek Lakeview downed Class B No. 6 Harper Creek in three sets to win its first All-City championship since 2007 – Battle Creek Enquirer

Calumet downed host Houghton to win the Gremlins’ invitational – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Class A honorable mention Niles won its sixth straight tournament, downing Comstock, Galesburg-Augusta, Decatur, Kalamazoo Hackett and host Loy Norrix in the final – Niles Daily Star

Class D No. 10 Pittsford swept No. 5 North Adams-Jerome to win the Jonesville “Think Pink” Tournament – Hillsdale Daily News

Adrian Madison downed Adrian in the final to claim the Lenawee County Tournament title – Adrian Daily Telegram

Today in the MHSAA: 10/16/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 16, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Fruitport downed Spring Lake 2-1 in a Division 2 District Semifinal improving on the one draw Fruitport played to during the regular season while otherwise going undefeated – Local Sports Journal

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 15 Riverview advanced with a shootout win over No. 13 Melvindale in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Otsego girls – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and No. 15 Three Rivers boys won Wolverine Conference championships – Sturgis Journal

4. CROSS COUNTRY The No. LPD1 10 Traverse City West girls and No. 10 Central boys secured Big North Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 10 Freeland girls and No. 6 Frankenmuth boys claimed Tri-Valley Conference championships – Saginaw News

6. CROSS COUNTRY McBain’s LPD3 No. 11-ranked girls and Lake City’s boys finished championship runs in the Highland Conference – Cadillac News

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Remus Chippewa Hills girls, honorable mentions in LPD3, clinched the Central State Activities Association title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. VOLLEYBALL Reed City clinched a share of the CSAA Red title with a sweep of Howard City Tri County – Big Rapids Pioneer

9. BOYS SOCCER Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker advanced in Division 4 with a 2-1 overtime District win over Saginaw Nouvel – Huron Daily Tribune

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Traverse City West edged Midland Dow 1-0 in Division 1 – MI Sports Now