Today in the MHSAA: 10/22/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 22, 2024

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Sturgis girls and Three Rivers boys, ranked No. 15 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, ran to St. Joseph County championships – Sturgis Journal Girls | Boys

2. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek came back from one set down twice to down Beaverton in five – Midland Daily News

3. VOLLEYBALL Painesdale Jeffers downed Lake Linden-Hubbell 3-1 on Parents Night – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Cass City earned wins over Croswell-Lexington, New Lothrop and Saginaw Swan Valley – Huron Daily Tribune

5. VOLLEYBALL Kingsley defeated Charlevoix 2-0 during a quad – MI Sports Now

6. VOLLEYBALL Charlevoix downed Sault Ste. Marie at the same quad – MI Sports Now

7. VOLLEYBALL Bark River-Harris swept Powers North Central during its cancer awareness match – Escanaba Daily Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Holton downed Mason County Eastern in four sets – Ludington Daily News

9. VOLLEYBALL Midland Calvary Baptist and Midland Dow also won in sweeps – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 11/20/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 20, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Detroit Country Day will play in its first Semifinal after coming back to defeat No. 4 North Branch 3-2 in a Division 2 Quarterfinal – Hometown Life

2. VOLLEYBALL No. 8 St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake earned its first Semifinal trip with a five-set win over No. 10 Concord in Division 4 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Essexville Garber earned its first trip to the Semifinals with a sweep of honorable mention Fruitport in Division 2 – Bay City Times

4. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Hancock moved on to the Division 4 Semifinals with a sweep of Atlanta – Upper Michigan’s Source

5. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Battle Creek Harper Creek earned a trip just down the road with a Division 2 Quarterfinal win over No. 6 Grand Rapids South Christian in four sets – Battle Creek Enquirer

6. VOLLEYBALL No. 7 Tecumseh will play in its first Semifinal since 2011 after defeating Dearborn Divine Child in four sets in Division 2 – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian advanced in Division 1 with a four-set win over No. 7 Utica Eisenhower – Oakland Press

8. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Northville is headed to Kellogg Arena for the third-straight season after sweeping honorable mention Temperance Bedford – MLIVE-Detroit

9. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate continued its Division 4 repeat pursuit with a sweep of No. 9 Ubly – Oakland Press

10. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian won a repeat Division 3 Quarterfinal matchup, sweeping honorable mention Pewamo-Westphalia – Kalamazoo Gazette

Also of note …

VOLLEYBALL No. 5 Cass City earned a trip to the Division 3 Semifinals with a sweep of Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Saginaw News

VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Fenton swept Battle Creek Lakeview to advance in Division 1 – WNEM

VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Traverse City St. Francis is headed back to Battle Creek after a 3-1 win over honorable mention Roscommon – Up North Live

VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Rockford advanced in Division 1 with a sweep of honorable mention Traverse City Central – MI Sports Now

VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart earned a return in Division 4, sweeping Traverse City Christian – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept honorable mention Hanover-Horton to advance in Division 3 – Monroe News