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: 10/30/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 30, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL Brownstown Woodhaven defeated Dearborn Edsel Ford in three sets to create a shared Downriver League title between them – Southgate News-Herald

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 9 Ubly finished the Big Thumb Conference Black schedule undefeated with a sweep of Harbor Beach – Huron Daily Tribune

3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Zeeland – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged LPD3 No. 4 Holland Christian 103-82 – Holland Sentinel

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Detroit Country Day closed its regular season with a sweep of Birmingham Groves – Oakland Press

5. VOLLEYBALL Ida’s Ashley Begeman went over 1,000 career digs during her team’s wins over Hudson, Hillsdale and Onsted – Monroe News

6. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport swept matches over Muskegon, Grant and Allendale – MuskegonSports.com

7. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba won on Marquette’s Senior Night – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 7 Elk Rapids defeated Traverse City Christian in five sets – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow swept Bullock Creek in a nonleague match – Midland Daily News

10. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Westen and Saginaw Swan Valley were among others to pick up victories Tuesday – WNEM