Today in the MHSAA: 11/11/20

November 11, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA Volleyball Tournament took its next step Tuesday playing Regional Semifinals statewide, with a number of results making waves throughout the brackets.

1. Volleyball: No. 5 Beaverton swept No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Midland Daily News

2. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Odessa Lakewood lost a set – one of few this fall – before emerging with a four-set win over honorable mention Marshall in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal

3. Volleyball: Unranked Grandville Calvin Christian upset No. 4 North Muskegon to advance in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press

4. Volleyball: Honorable mention Battle Creek St. Philip upset No. 7 New Buffalo 3-1 in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – WWMT

5. Volleyball: Unranked Edwardsburg swept No. 8 Hamilton to advance in Division 2 – Niles Daily Star

6. Volleyball: Brooklyn Columbia Central continued its program-record run with a 3-1 Regional Semifinal win over Bath in Division 3 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Traverse City West came back after losing the first set to win the next three over Mount Pleasant – Up North Live

8. Volleyball: DeWitt came back from a late fifth-set deficit to edge Richland Gull Lake in Division 1 – Lansing State Journal

9. Volleyball: No. 6 Ann Arbor Skyline continued its undefeated run this fall with a Division 1 sweep of Trenton – We Love Ann Arbor

10. Volleyball: Grand Blanc will move on in Division 1 after avenging a 2019 Regional loss to Flushing – WJRT

Also of note …

Boys Soccer: Longtime coach Kirt Brown retired after 15 years apiece at Parchment and then Mattawan, having led the latter to the 2016 Division 2 championship – Kalamazoo Gazette

Cross Country/Track & Field: P.J. Pruett is retiring after leading dominant girls and boys programs at Ishpeming in both sports – Upper Michigan’s Source

Today in the MHSAA: 2/9/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 9, 2023

1. WRESTLING Jim Cali earned his 700th coaching win on the way to guiding No. 6 Romeo to a Division 1 District championship – Macomb Daily

2. HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central downed Division 3 No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 3-1 to clinch the Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League North title – Oakland Press

3. SKIING The Benzie/Frankfort girls and Onekama boys clinched Lake Michigan Ski Conference championships – Benzie Record Patriot | Manistee News Advocate

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Corina Jahfetson reached 1,000 career points in Baraga’s 50-38 win over Ewen-Trout Creek – Upper Michigan Source

5. WRESTLING White Pigeon repeated as a Division 4 District champion and set a program record with 31 victories – Sturgis Journal

6. WRESTLING Holt locked up its 37th-straight District title, downing Grand Ledge in the Final in Division 1 – Lansing State Journal

7. WRESTLING No. 4 Bronson defeated No. 7 Union City to clinch a 21st-straight District title, in Division 4 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. WRESTLING Division 4 top-ranked Hudson defeated No. 6 Reading 55-12 to advance from their District – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. WRESTLING Hunter Leonard brought Fruitport from a five-point deficit to a one-point win in the final match of his team’s 36-35 District-clinching win over Fremont in Division 2 – MuskegonSports.com

10. WRESTLING Lakeview avenged last season’s Regional Semifinal loss to Hesperia with a District-clinching win in Division 3 – Greenville Daily News