Today in the MHSAA: 11/4/16

November 4, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of District volleyball tournaments finished Thursday, with a number of champions winning for the second, third or fourth straight time. But there also was a 10-time champion crowned again – and three teams winning titles for the first time in at least 15 years.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Volleyball

Class A No. 9 Grand Haven swept Muskegon Mona Shores to claim a 10th straight District championship – Grand Haven Tribune

Class B No. 6 Battle Creek Harper Creek downed Marshall for a fourth straight District title – Battle Creek Enquirer

Calumet, an honorable mention in Class C, swept Ironwood for a fifth straight District title – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Centreville won its first District championship since 1995, downing Decatur in three sets in Class C – Sturgis Journal

Coleman edged Beal City 3-2 in Class C to win its first District title since 2001 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Also in Class C, Morley Stanwood won its fourth straight District title, downing Lakeview – Big Rapids News

In Class D, Portland St. Patrick won its first District title since 1991 with a four-set victory over Merrill – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Good Reads

St. Joseph tennis player Ahmeir Kyle finished off an impressive run through the boys Lower Peninsula Division 2 Finals last month, winning the No. 2 singles title to become what's believed to be the first girl to win an individual flight in an MHSAA boys tennis championship tournament. Second Half covered the victory at the time, and both the St. Joseph Herald-Palladium and Kalamazoo Gazette featured the Bears standout this week – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium, Kalamazoo Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 5/12/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 12, 2023

1. TRACK & FIELD The Farmington girls and West Bloomfield boys won Oakland Activities Association Blue championship meet titles – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS TENNIS Midland Dow ran its Saginaw Valley League championship streak to 25 seasons – Midland Daily News

3. GIRLS SOCCER Unranked Auburn Hills Oakland Christian clinched the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference title with a 2-1 win over Division 4 No. 2 Plymouth Christian Academy – Oakland Press

4. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 (tied) Hartland clinched an outright Kensington Lakes Activities Association West championship with a sweep of honorable mention Novi – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. BOYS LACROSSE Grand Ledge finished a perfect run through Capital Area Activities Conference play with an 11-5 Cup championship win over Haslett/Williamston – Lansing State Journal

6. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City Central finished its Big North Conference championship run with a league tournament victory – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. SOFTBALL Livonia Stevenson swept Dearborn to finish an outright KLAA East title run  Hometown Life

8. BOYS GOLF Port Huron Northern clinched the Macomb Area Conference White title with a seven-stroke win over Utica – Port Huron Times Herald

9. GIRLS TENNIS Brooklyn Columbia Central won the Southern Michigan Interscholastic Tennis League Tournament championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

10. SOFTBALL Traverse City Central swept Division 3 top-ranked Evart 1-0 and 7-0 – Big Rapids Pioneer