Today in the MHSAA: 10/17/19

October 17, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The first District champions are in for boys soccer – and more cross country and volleyball league champs as well – but the top headline from Wednesday highlighted a game on the pitch from earlier in the Division 1 bracket.

1. Boys Soccer: Unranked Ann Arbor Pioneer eliminated reigning Division 1 champion and current No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline in a 2-1 District Semifinal win – We Love Ann Arbor

2. Boys Soccer: No. 8 Macomb Lutheran North got past No. 13 Imlay City 3-2 to clinch a Division 3 District title – Macomb Daily

3. Boys Soccer: Dowagiac downed South Haven 4-2 in Division 3 to win its third straight District championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. Boys Soccer: Rochester Adams continued its surge by downing Lake Orion to clinch a Division 1 District title – Oakland Press

5. Boys Soccer: Salem edged Canton 2-1 to wrap up a Division 1 District championship – Observer & Eccentric

6. Boys Soccer: Madison Heights Lamphere earned a Division 2 District Final win 1-0 over Warren Woods-Tower – Oakland Press

7. Boys Soccer: Ludington finished another Division 3 District run with a 1-0 win over Shelby – MI Sports Now 

8. Cross Country: Shepherd’s girls – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and No. 11 boys teams finished a sweep of Jack Pine Conference championships in their first season in the league – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. Cross Country: The LPD4 top-ranked Breckenridge boys and No. 1 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart girls completed dominating runs to Mid-State Activities Conference titles – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

10. Boys Soccer: Unranked Holland scored late to get past No. 14 Grand Rapids Christian in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Holland Sentinel

Also of note …

Cross Country: Hanover-Horton swept the Cascades Conference meet championships; the boys team is ranked No. 1 in LPD3 – JTV

Volleyball: From Tuesday, Division 3 No. 6 Centreville came back from two sets down to defeat Division 4 No. 3 Mendon and claim the Southwest 10 Conference championship, its first league title since 2001 – Sturgis Journal

Volleyball: From Tuesday, Dexter defeated Pinckney in five sets to lock up a fourth straight Southeastern Conference White title – Sun Times News

Cross Country: From Tuesday, the LPD2 No. 10 Spring Lake girls and No. 12 Sparta boys won Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue championships – Grand Haven Tribune

Cross Country: From Monday, the UPD2 honorable mention St. Ignace girls and UPD3 No. 3 Brimley boys locked up Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference championships – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 8/30/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 30, 2024

NOTE: Highlights from Thursday’s football games will be included in the “1st & Goal: 2024 Week 1 Review” to be published Tuesday.

1. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City St. Francis’ Grace Slocum continued her incredible play with a course record in winning the Petoskey Invitational by 10 strokes; Petoskey won the team title by four strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS GOLF Grand Rapids Catholic Central carded a 339 to win the Big Rapids Invitational – Ludington Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Ludington downed Manitowac Lincoln of Wisconsin 2-0 to with a fourth-straight Badger Cup – Ludington Daily News

4. GIRLS GOLF Clarkston scored a 337 to win the Patriot Cup at The Fortress in Frankenmuth – Midland Daily News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett edged Jackson Lumen Christi 3-2 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Grand Haven hosted its annual Battle on the Boardwalk outdoor tournament – Grand Haven Tribune