Today in the MHSAA: 11/11/19
November 11, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
District week of the MHSAA Volleyball Tournament closed with more champions earning their way to Regionals, but swimming & diving earned the brightest weekend headlines with power-packed league meets and historic accomplishments.
1. Girls Swimming & Diving: Saline – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer by 16 points to win the Southeastern Conference Red meet – Saline Post
2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Grand Blanc won the Saginaw Valley League meet, ending LPD2 No. 7 Midland Dow’s 13-year hold on the title – Midland Daily News
3. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 6 Dexter won its 22nd straight league championship, finishing ahead of runner-up and LPD3 No. 9 Chelsea at the Southeastern Conference White meet – Chelsea Sun Times News
4. Girls Swimming & Diving: No. 5 Northville was first, No. 9 Novi second and No. 7 Brighton third at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association meet – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. Volleyball: Escanaba swept Menominee in Division 2 to claim its first District title in this sport – Escanaba Daily Press
6. Volleyball: Jackson Northwest won the final two sets of a five-set victory over Okemos in Division 1 to claim its first District title in this sport since 2001 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
7. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine avenged last month’s league-deciding loss to honorable mention Bridgman with a five-set Division 3 District title win – Niles Daily Star
8. Volleyball: Sterling Heights Stevenson went to an 18-16 fifth-set win to get past Macomb Dakota for a Division 1 District title – Macomb Daily
9. Volleyball: Ann Arbor Skyline repeated as a Division 1 District champion with a sweep of honorable mention Saline – We Love Ann Arbor
10. Volleyball: Honorable mention Edwardsburg swept Buchanan in Division 2 to finish a third straight District title run – Niles Daily Star
Also of note …
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Zeeland finished an outright Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship with a league meet win – Holland Sentinel
Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 3 Rockford edged honorable mention Holland West Ottawa to claim the O-K Red meet title – Holland Sentinel
Volleyball: From Thursday, Ionia defeated Central Montcalm in five sets in Division 2 to earn its first District championship in this sport since 1977 – Greenville Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 10/18/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 18, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Mason held off No. 6 DeWitt in a Division 2 District Final shootout – Lansing State Journal
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Oxford downed Lake Orion in a shootout to clinch a Division 1 District title – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Warren De La Salle Collegiate claimed its 34th District title over the last 37 seasons with a 2-0 win over Grosse Pointe North in Division 2 – Macomb Daily
4. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Allendale downed No. 9 Hudsonville Unity Christian 1-0 in Division 2 – FOX 17
5. CROSS COUNTRY The Brighton girls – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and top-ranked Northville boys clinched Kensington Lakes Activities Association championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Hometown Life
6. VOLLEYBALL Big Rapids Crossroads Academy clinched its first West Michigan D League title since 2015 with a sweep of Bear Lake – Big Rapids Pioneer
7. CROSS COUNTRY Brownstown Woodhaven’s girls and boys teams clinched Downriver League titles – Southgate News-Herald
8. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 2 Holland West Ottawa girls and No. 6 Grand Haven boys clinched Ottawa-Kent Conference Red titles – Holland Sentinel
9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 9 Adrian girls and Pinckney boys won Southeastern Conference White championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Elk Rapids downed No. 12 Traverse City St. Francis 2-1 to clinch a Division 3 District title – MI Sports Now