Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/15
November 5, 2015
Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Finalists for this season’s four MHSAA boys soccer championships were determined Wednesday, while a number of intriguing Volleyball District Finals were set up as well.
Boys Soccer
In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, Canton won again over Rochester Adams, this time in an overtime shootout – Oakland Press
No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central held off No. 5 Detroit Catholic Central 3-1 in their Division 1 Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern earned its first trip to the MHSAA Finals with a 4-2 win over Mattawan in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press
Mason’s penalty kick score with two minutes to play gave the No. 8 Bulldogs a 1-0 win over No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal
No. 3 Williamston eliminated another top-five team, this time No. 5 Grosse Ile, to advance in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal
No. 2 Grand Rapids South Christian earned its fourth trip to the MHSAA Finals in six seasons with a 4-1 win over No. 10 Gladwin in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press
Undefeated Burton Genesee Christian eliminated top-ranked Lansing Christian in a shootout in their Division 4 Semifinal – Lansing State Journal
Kalamazoo Hackett advanced to the Division 4 Final also by shootout, over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Kalamazoo Gazette
Volleyball
Flushing will play in its 11th straight District Final after downing St. Johns in Class A – Flint Journal
Class A No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian earned a rematch with East Grand Rapids by sweeping honorable mention East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press
Temperance Bedford edged Saline 3-2 in a matchup of two more Class A honorable mentions – AnnArbor.com
Class B No. 7 North Branch faced league rival Frankenmuth one more time, sweeping the Eagles to earn a District Final match against No. 2 Mount Morris – Flint Journal
Class B honorable mention Buchanan set a school record with 46 wins in downing Dowagiac – Niles Daily Star
Class B honorable mention Marysville advanced by sweeping Marine City, a league champion this fall – Port Huron Times-Herald
Ithaca rightly made headlines early this fall by ending a 52-match losing streak to St. Louis, but the Sharks, an honorable mention in Class C, came away with the victory Wednesday – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Montague, No. 3 in Class C, kept building on its strong season by earning its first District Final berth since 2011 with a sweep of Hesperia – Muskegon Chronicle
From Tuesday, Manistique remained undefeated with a Class C victory over Ishpeming – Escanaba Daily Press
Today in the MHSAA: 2/8/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 8, 2024
1. WRESTLING Cadillac won its first District team title in program history, downing Mount Pleasant and Bay City Western – Cadillac News
2. WRESTLING Grand Ledge defeated Holt on the way to a Division 1 District title, ending the Rams’ run of 37 consecutive – Lansing State Journal
3. COMPETITIVE CHEER Gibraltar Carlson repeated as Downriver League champion, just ahead of Allen Park – Southgate News-Herald
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Jadin Mix went over 1,000 career points and also became the MHSAA career steals leader during Onaway’s 75-38 win over Gaylord St. Mary – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
5. WRESTLING A final-match pin gave Stevensville Lakeshore a Division 2 District championship victory over No. 9 St. Joseph 34-32 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
6. WRESTLING No. 5 Bronson clinched a Division 4 District title with a 40-20 win over No. 3 Union City – Sturgis Journal
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ava Mallar went over 1,000 career points in Pittsford’s 41-37 loss to Reading – Hillsdale Daily News
8. HOCKEY Saginaw Heritage downed Division 2 No. 6 Bay City 2-1 – Bay City Times
9. WRESTLING Two Macomb Dakota wrestlers reached 100 career wins as the No. 9 Cougars claimed a Division 1 District title – Macomb Daily
10. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 8 Allen Park ended Grosse Ile’s 16-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory – Southgate News-Herald
Also of note …
GIRLS BOWLING Taylor Nutt set a Ravenna record with a 277 in a win over Montague – Local Sports Journal