Today in the MHSAA: 10/9/17
October 9, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Cross Country: The top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer boys and No. 2 Rockford girls won Division 1 championships at the Portage Invitational, which again drew many of the state’s top teams from all four Lower Peninsula divisions. Also winning boys championships were LPD2 No. 8 Lansing Catholic, LPD3 No. 2 Hanover-Horton and LPD4 No. 1 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart, while the top-ranked Sacred Heart girls, LPD3 No. 1 Hart girls and LPD2 No. 4 Dearborn Divine Child girls won meets as well – Athletic.net
2. Volleyball: Class B No. 5 Kingsley avenged its only losses of this season, downing Class D No. 2 Leland and then Class C No. 9 Calumet to claim the championship at the Suttons Bay Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Cross Country: Reigning LPD1 champion and current No. 4 White Lake Lakeland won the boys race, and No. 4-ranked Troy won the girls at the Oakland County Championship – Oakland Press
4. Cross Country: Saginaw Heritage swept the races at its 30th annual Heritage Invitational, Heritage’s boys are ranked No. 7 in LPD1 and finished just ahead of LPD3 top-ranked Caro – Athletic.net
5. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Utica Eisenhower claimed a fourth straight Macomb County championship led by standouts Abigail Desmet and Bianca Licari – Macomb Daily
6. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 13 Saline scored late to hold on to a 1-1 tie with No. 5 Novi – Saline Post
7. Volleyball: Cheboygan downed Class D No. 8 Rudyard and then Engadine to win the Escanaba Elks Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Cross Country: The Erie-Mason boys, No. 5 in LPD3, were the only in-state team among four champions at the Hudson Invitational, which featured a number of schools from the southeastern border and Ohio – Athletic.net
9. Volleyball: Zeeland East emerged from third place in pool play to win the Best of the West Invitational at Muskegon Mona Shores – Holland Sentinel
10. Volleyball: Onsted avenged a pool play loss to Centreville to win the Sturgis Invitational – JoeInsider.com
Today in the MHSAA: 10/25/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 25, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Byron Center downed top-ranked Portage Central 1-0 in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title – FOX 17
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Oxford claimed its first Regional championship with a shootout win over Detroit Catholic Central in Division 1 – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Hartford also claimed a first Regional title in this sport with a 2-1 win over No. 15 Fennville in Division 3 – Kalamazoo Gazette
4. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian upset No. 2 Leland in their Division 4 Regional Final – Local Sports Journal
5. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Plymouth Christian Academy upset No. 3 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Hometown Life
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Elk Rapids claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 5-0 win over No. 4 Kingsford – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Lansing Christian advanced with a Division 4 Regional title win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian – WILX
8. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams scored the lone goal of its Division 1 Regional Final against Romeo – Macomb Daily
9. BOYS SOCCER No. 13 Williamston got past Ann Arbor Greenhills in a shootout to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – Lansing State Journal
10. VOLLEYBALL Erie Mason swept Ottawa Lake Whiteford to win the Tri-County Conference title, its first league championship since 1995 – Monroe News
Also of note …
VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Fenton clinched the Flint Metro League championship with a four-set win over Division 2 honorable mention Lake Fenton – WJRT