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: 9/25/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 25, 2024

2. GIRLS GOLF Northville – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – secured another Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship with a 302 at the postseason tournament – Hometown Life

1. VOLLEYBALL East Grand Rapids defeated Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills and Division 2 No. 8 Ada Forest Hills Eastern – FOX 17

3. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Western defeated rival Central for the first time in five years – Bay City Times

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Manton swept Lake City – MI Sports Now

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate moved to 16-0 with a sweep of Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

6. CROSS COUNTRY Ludington swept wins at the Kelder Poured Walls 2-Mile Races – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net

7. VOLLEYBALL Remus Chippewa Hills avenged an early-season loss to Big Rapids with a 3-1 win – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. VOLLEYBALL Bear Lake came back after losing the first set to defeat Brethren in three – Manistee News Advocate

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Hudsonville shut out Grand Haven 4-0 – Grand Haven Tribune

10. BOYS SOCCER Gaylord edged Cadillac 3-2Petoskey News-Review