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: 8/22/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 22, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Traverse City St. Francis’ Grace Slocum won Bob Lober Classic championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS TENNIS Reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 co-champion Negaunee edged rival Ishpeming Westwood 5-3 – Upper Michigan Source

3. VOLLEYBALL East Grand Rapids swept Hopkins in the first outdoor “Rally on Reeds” match – FOX 17

4. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba came back after losing the first two sets to defeat West Iron County Escanaba Daily Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Warren De La Salle Collegiate held off Romeo 6-4 – Macomb Daily

6. BOYS SOCCER Steele Stowe scored the lone goal in Ludington’s win at Petoskey – Ludington Daily News

7. GIRLS GOLF Averie Pumford led the way as Freeland won the first Tri-Valley Conference jamboree – Saginaw News

8. BOYS SOCCER Fruitport improved to 4-0 with a 5-2 win over Whitehall – MuskegonSports.com

9. VOLLEYBALL McBain Northern Michigan Christian swept a tri against Harrison and Manton – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS SOCCER A 1-1 draw between Grass Lake and Brooklyn Columbia Central could have Cascades Conference implications in a few months – Jackson Citizen Patriot