Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/2015

September 16, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

MHSAA Finals favorites in cross country and boys tennis got an early look at each other Tuesday, while a Corunna volleyball standout set a school record – literally.

Cross Country

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart has become arguably the team to beat in Lower Peninsula Division 4 girls cross country, evidenced again by its win at the Beal City Invitational ahead of the reigning MHSAA champion Aggies – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Boys Soccer

Division 2 No. 14 Fruitport scored with six minutes to play to push past Division 3 No. 12 Ludington 4-3 – Muskegon Chronicle

Northville, ranked No. 4 in Division 1, improved to 8-0 with a 4-1 win over Livonia Stevenson – Detroit News

Boys Tennis

The top-ranked teams in LP Division 4 met Tuesday, with No. 1 Ann Arbor Greenhills prevailing in close matches to claim a 6-2 win over No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett – Mlive-Detroit

We’ve heard of lots of traveling trophies in football, but this might be a first for tennis; Clio tied Swartz Creek 4-4, and with a 5-3 win as well this season, retained “The Rock” – Flint Journal

From Saturday, we’ve got a more detailed account of how the strong competition played out at the Grosse Pointe North Invitational – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Tennis

Iron Mountain, last season’s Upper Peninsula Division 2 runner-up, moved to 14-0 this season in a close match against reigning Division 1 runner-up Kingsford – Iron Mountain Daily News

Volleyball

Reigning Class A champion Romeo rode a strong finishing run by Miss Volleyball favorite Gia Milana to down always-powerful Marysville – Macomb Daily

Corunna’s Skylar Napier broke her school’s career assists record with 2,328 during a pair of wins over Lake Fenton and Montrose – Flint Journal

Midland Bullock Creek may be unranked, but at least locally has been nearly unstoppable, moving to 19-2-1 with a pair of wins Monday – Midland Daily News

Good Read

And a good cause – Okemos and Mason’s boys soccer teams introduced this season’s "Compete for a Cause" game, which will be played Sept. 26 under the lights at Okemos High School. The teams combined last season to raise $11,000 for childhood cancer research – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 11/13/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 13, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL With no set decided by more than three points, No. 2 Northville downed top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy in five in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Oakland Press

2. VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Rockford reached the Division 1 Regional Finals for the fifth-straight season with a four-set win over No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press

3. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian and No. 5 Clarkston also went five sets in Division 1, with Marian prevailing – Oakland Press

4. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 McBain downed honorable mention Beal City in five sets in Division 3 – MI Sports Now

5. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept honorable mention Onekama in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. VOLLEYBALL Kingsley was one point from falling to Kingsford before winning the final four of the fifth set to complete a Division 2 comeback – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Battle Creek Harper Creek came back after losing the first set to defeat Niles in four in Division 2 – Battle Creek Harper Creek

8. VOLLEYBALL Portage Northern twice came back from a set down to defeat Holland West Ottawa in five in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Calumet swept Manistique in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. VOLLEYBALL South Lyon and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s went to five sets in Division 1, with the Lions prevailing – Oakland Press