Today in the MHSAA: 9/10/18

September 10, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

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

1. Volleyball: Unranked Novi upset Division 1 top-ranked Lake Orion to win its invitational championship – Oakland Press

2. Boys Tennis: Birmingham Seaholm, No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, won the Grosse Pointe North Invitational ahead of runner-up No. 10 Detroit U-D Jesuit and No. 2 Midland Dow – Midland Daily News

3. Volleyball: Pontiac Notre Dame Prep, No. 4 in Division 2, downed Division 3 No. 2 Bronson to win the Battle Creek Lakeview Invitational championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 6 Brighton won the Fenton Tiger Relays, followed by LPD2 No. 6 Midland Dow – Midland Daily News

5. Cross Country: Yale’s boys broke St. Clair’s 16-year winning streak in the Division 2 race of the Algonac Muskrat Classic – Port Huron Times-Herald

6. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian defeated Troy to win the gold division of the Michigan Elite Program Cup – Oakland Press

7. Cross Country: Traverse City St. Francis’ girls finished ahead of a number of larger opponents in winning the Bullock Creek Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Boys Soccer: Mattawan downed Portage Northern 2-0 for its first win over the Huskies since 2015; it also was Northern’s first defeat this season – JoeInsider.com

9. Volleyball: Riverview Gabriel Richard downed reigning champion Allen Park Cabrini in the final to win the Wyandotte Roosevelt Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

10. Cross Country: Holland West Ottawa’s girls won their Bredeweg Invitational for the fourth straight season; Spring Lake won the boys race – Holland Sentinel

Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 16, 2024

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Northville boys were “Elite” race champions at the Spartan Invitational, highlighting several strong performances; Pioneer’s girls are ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and Northville’s boys are No. 1 – Saginaw News | Athletic.net

2. CROSS COUNTRY A total of 10 varsity teams won championships at Holly’s Duane Raffin Festival of Races – Midland Daily News | Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net

3. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West swept all three of its opponents to win the Holland West Ottawa Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BOYS TENNIS Grand Haven won the Ada Forest Hills Eastern Invitational, with its 6-3 win over the host its first over LPD3 No. 8 FHE in at least a decade – Grand Haven Tribune

5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Gaylord won Ogemaw Height’s Stephanie Rice Memorial Invitational, swam this season at Garber – Bay City Times

6. VOLLEYBALL Onekama won all but one set in claiming its invitational championship, sweeping Hart in the finale – Manistee News Advocate

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Ewen-Trout Creek girls and Stephenson boys were champions at the Superior Central Invitational; E-TC’s girls are No. 1 and Stephenson’s boys No. 2 in UPD3 – Escanaba Daily Press

8. BOYS TENNIS Dexter finished first ahead of runner-up Bay City Western to win the Fenton Invitational Chelsea Sun Times News

9. VOLLEYBALL Union City avenged a pool play loss to Napoleon and went on to defeat Colon to win its invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

10. GIRLS TENNIS Escanaba was first and the host Flivvers second at the Kingsford Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News