Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/17

August 21, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today’s Top 10

1. Officials: A year after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer, MHSAA official Steve Johnson has beaten it and returned to the field to work a football scrimmage last week – ABC12

2. Volleyball: Reigning Class A champion Novi cleared a loaded Lakeshore Classic field undefeated, downing host Grand Haven in the championship match – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Volleyball: Kalamazoo Central opened with a championship at the Carrie Adams Memorial Invitational at Battle Creek St. Philip, downing among others Battle Creek Harper Creek, Portland St. Patrick, Coldwater and then Buchanan (which had advanced by beating Leland) in the championship match – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. Volleyball: After failing to do so last season for the first time in at least five, Calumet won the Kingsford Invitational now under new coach Matt Laho – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Boys Soccer: Tecumseh came back from a halftime deficit to down Adrian Lenawee Christian and win the Bronson Mansfield Cougar Cup championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Soccer: For the 14th time in 16 season, Niles won the VandenBerg Invitational, downing Cassopolis 3-0 in the championship game – Niles Daily Star

7. Volleyball: Saginaw Swan Valley went 5-0-1 to win the Carrollton Invitational, downing Saginaw Heritage, Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker and Saginaw Valley Lutheran in bracket play – Saginaw News

8. Volleyball: Two-time reigning Class C champion Bronson opened quickly as well with five wins to claim its invitational, downing North Adams-Jerome 3-0 in the championship match – Sturgis Journal

9. Volleyball: Adrian Madison went 5-0 to win the Addison Invitational, sweeping all five opponents – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Cross Country: Lake City swept the Northern Michigan Christian Invitational races in McBain, the girls finishing first by three points and the boys by 11 – Cadillac News

Also of note ...

Girls Golf: From last week, Brighton downed Saline by two strokes to win the Traverse City Central Ben Lober Invitational; reigning Lower Peninsula Division 2 champ Midland Dow finished fourth – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 5/16/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 16, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 11 New Boston Huron clinched its first Huron League championship in this sport with a 3-0 win over Division 3 No. 5 Grosse Ile – Southgate News-Herald

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Portage Central downed Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake 4-1 to win the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament and overall title – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 8 Utica Eisenhower ran its Macomb Area Conference Red championship streak to three with a 3-0 shutout of Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 7 Saline finished a repeat title run in the Southeastern Conference Red with a sweep of Ann Arbor Huron – Ann Arbor News

5. GIRLS TENNIS No. 8 Parma Western swept doubles in winning its Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional at Battle Creek Harper Creek – Niles Daily Star

6. BOYS GOLF Winslow Robinson’s 68 led Traverse City West to a championship at the Traverse City Central Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS SOCCER Oxford edged Division 1 No. 9 Midland Dow 1-0 – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER Otsego shut out Division 4 No. 8 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 1-0 – WWMT

9. BASEBALL Brighton’s Andrew Everson threw an eight-inning no-hitter to defeat Howell 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. GIRLS SOCCER Ludington and Division 4 No. 3 North Muskegon played to a scoreless draw – Ludington Daily News