Today In The MHSAA: 8/30/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 30, 2021
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Traverse City Central boys won big-school championships, Johannesburg-Lewiston swept the small-school titles, and Hartland’s Riley Hough and Central’s Julia Flynn won races featuring some of the state’s elite individuals at the Benzie Central Pete Moss Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Marquette girls edged Negaunee by a point, and the Marquette boys dominated as the school swept the Queen City Invitational titles – Marquette Mining Journal
3. BOYS SOCCER After ferrying across Lake Michigan, Ludington won the inaugural Carferry Classic Cup by downing Wisconsin’s Manitowoc Lincoln – Ludington Daily News
4. VOLLEYBALL Kingsford downed Niagara, Wis., in a tiebreaker to win the Great 8 Fall Classic at Forest Park – Iron Mountain Daily News
5. BOYS TENNIS Midland edged Petoskey by a point to win the eight-team Bill Baum Invitational – Midland Daily News
6. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores repeated as champion at Grand Haven’s Battle on the Boardwalk – Grand Haven Tribune
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 5 Traverse City Christian downed host Kingsley 2-1 in the final of the Stags’ invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. CROSS COUNTRY Holland West Ottawa’s girls won the Under the Light Invitational at Grand Rapids South Christian; the Portage Central boys and both Forest Hills Eastern teams also won championships – Holland Sentinel
9. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac downed Clio a second time to finish a 5-0 day and championship run at its home invitational – Cadillac News
10. BOYS TENNIS Battle Creek Lakeview claimed its sixth-straight All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer
Also of note …
HEALTH & SAFETY Grand Rapids-based be nice. began providing valuable mental health training for MHSAA preseason coaches meetings in 2019, and received some much-deserved national recognition on the TODAY show – TODAY
Today in the MHSAA: 10/22/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 22, 2024
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Sturgis girls and Three Rivers boys, ranked No. 15 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, ran to St. Joseph County championships – Sturgis Journal Girls | Boys
2. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek came back from one set down twice to down Beaverton in five – Midland Daily News
3. VOLLEYBALL Painesdale Jeffers downed Lake Linden-Hubbell 3-1 on Parents Night – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Cass City earned wins over Croswell-Lexington, New Lothrop and Saginaw Swan Valley – Huron Daily Tribune
5. VOLLEYBALL Kingsley defeated Charlevoix 2-0 during a quad – MI Sports Now
6. VOLLEYBALL Charlevoix downed Sault Ste. Marie at the same quad – MI Sports Now
7. VOLLEYBALL Bark River-Harris swept Powers North Central during its cancer awareness match – Escanaba Daily Press
8. VOLLEYBALL Holton downed Mason County Eastern in four sets – Ludington Daily News
9. VOLLEYBALL Midland Calvary Baptist and Midland Dow also won in sweeps – Midland Daily News