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: 1/18/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 18, 2024
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gabby Piepho scored 30 points as Howell handed Canton its only loss this winter, 56-34 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mason County Central downed reigning Division 4 champion Maple City Glen Lake 57-42 – MI Sports Now
3. WRESTLING St. Joseph edged Division 2 No. 9 Stevensville Lakeshore 34-33 to remain atop the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central improved to 15-1 with a 3-1 win over Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grosse Pointe North handed Macomb Dakota its only loss this season, 50-41 – Macomb Daily
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh delivered reigning Division 3 runner-up Blissfield a 47-29 defeat – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Mekhi Wingfield went over 1,000 career points in Concord’s 79-44 win over Springport – Jackson Citizen Patriot
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Haslett edged rival DeWitt 56-55 – WILX
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Marquette made a strong move in the Great Northern Conference with a 64-55 win over Menominee – Upper Michigan Source
10. HOCKEY Portage edged Division 3 No. 10 Jackson Lumen Christi 2-1 – Jackson Citizen Patriot