Today in the MHSAA: 10/31/19

October 31, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA Boys Soccer Finals field is set, with a pair of unranked contenders leading today’s list of Wednesday’s headliners.

1. Boys Soccer: Unranked Traverse City West came back from a two-goal deficit to get past No. 3 Novi 3-2 in a Division 1 Semifinal – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys Soccer: Unranked Melvindale will play in its first Final in this sport thanks to a 4-1 win over also-unranked Fenton in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald

3. Boys Soccer: No. 3 Grosse Ile will return to the Division 3 championship game after a 1-0 win over No. 8 Macomb Lutheran North – Southgate News-Herald

4. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern hung on for a 1-0 win over No. 4 Mattawan in a Division 2 Semifinal – WZZM

5. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Grand Rapids South Christian got past unranked Ludington in a shootout in a Division 3 Semifinal – WOOD TV

6. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned another postseason shutout, this time 2-0 over No. 5 Dansville in a Division 4 Semifinal – Local Sports Journal

7. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Troy Athens will play for the Division 1 title after a 5-2 Semifinal win over unranked Salem – C&G Newspapers

8. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett advanced with a 5-0 Division 4 Semifinal win over unranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Cadillac swept Traverse City West to lock up the outright Big North Conference championship, its fifth straight league title – Cadillac News

10. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 8 Grand Haven swept East Kentwood to clinch the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Volleyball: Division 3 No. 7 Beaverton finished a perfect run through the Jack Pine Conference with wins over Shepherd, Farwell and Sanford Meridian – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/4/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 4, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Grayling improved to 5-0 and has yet to give up a goal after defeating Kingsley 6-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. BOYS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn moved to 8-0-1 with their eighth shutout, this one over Essexville Garber – Bay City Times

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Onsted girls and Brooklyn Columbia Central boys won Keunner Invitational titles in Addison – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net

4. BOYS SOCCER Nolan McHenry scored all four goals in Walled Lake Northern’s 4-1 win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press

5. CROSS COUNTRY Pairs from host Erie Mason and Flat Rock won Connolly Relays championships – Monroe News

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth edged Birch Run 3-2 – WNEM

7. VOLLEYBALL Marquette improved to 4-0 with a 3-1 victory over Menominee – Upper Michigan Source

8. BOYS TENNIS Traverse City Central, tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, earned a 7-1 win over rival Traverse City West – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City West opened league play with a 6-0 win over Alpena – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS SOCCER Elk Rapids earned a league victory 1-0 over Harbor Springs – Up North Live

Also of note …

BASEBALL Dan Cimini, most recently the coach of Northville’s Division 1 championship team this spring, is taking over at Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Macomb Daily