Today In The MHSAA: 8/26/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 26, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL Saugatuck swept Constantine to clinch the Delton Kellogg Tournament championship – Sturgis Journal

2. CROSS COUNTRY Macomb Dakota swept the championships at Manton’s Fox & Hound Invitational – Cadillac News

3. BOYS SOCCER Northville downed reigning Kensington Lakes Activities Association West champion Salem 3-0 – Observer & Eccentric

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Plainwell – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – edged Allegan by seven points to win the SCC Relays at Battle Creek Harper Creek – Sturgis Journal

5. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek moved to 4-1-2 with wins over Freeland and Sanford Meridian – Midland Daily News

6. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park opened Downriver League play with a 4-0 win over Trenton – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids scored three second-half goals to get past Manistee – Big Rapids News

8. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford also started 1-0 in Downriver League action with a 6-2 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven earned its first victory of the fall, 2-0 over Hudsonville – Grand Haven Tribune

10. GIRLS TENNIS Kingsford and Escanaba played to a 4-4 draw – Iron Mountain Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/21/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 21, 2023

1. GIRLS GOLF Macomb Lutheran North – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – won its fourth-straight Macomb County championship, with senior Lauren Timpf the medalist for the third-straight season – Macomb Daily

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Holland Christian clinched the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue regular-season championship with a 3-0 win over Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian – FOX17

3. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids clinched a share of the Central State Activities Association title with a 3-1 win over Howard City Tri County – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Detroit Country Day downed No. 5 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 2-0 – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 8 Grosse Ile won another matchup of ranked teams, 1-0 over No. 9 Milan – Southgate News-Herald

6. VOLLEYBALL Gladwin defeated Sanford Meridian in a matchup of Jack Pine Conference leaders – Midland Daily News

7. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis carded a 398 to win the Charlevoix Rayder Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. GIRLS GOLF After finishing runner-up at its first three league jamborees, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer won one for the first time in five years in the O-K Green – Local Sports Journal

9. BOYS SOCCER Cadex Saxton and Tony Romero both scored four goals as Flint Kearsley downed Owosso – Mid-Michigan Now

10. VOLLEYBALL Stevensville Lakeshore won its Dig Pink match with St. Joseph in four sets – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL The Ecorse community is mourning the death of three-sport standout Dennell Kemp Jr., who was especially instrumental in the boys basketball team's successes the last two seasons and was expected to play Division I college baseball after graduation – MLIVE-Detroit

TENNIS Salem is mourning the death of longtime coach Bill Nelson, who led the Rocks for 28 years and then continued as an assistant – Hometown Life

FOOTBALL Zeeland is mourning the death of longtime athletic director Stan Jesky, who also served as football coach and was instrumental in the reorganization when Zeeland split into two high schools – Holland Sentinel