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: 9/30/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 30, 2022

1. GIRLS TENNIS Iron Mountain repeated as Upper Peninsula Division 2 Finals champion – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – swept every flight to win the Saginaw Valley League Tournament with the max 32 points – Midland Daily News

3. BOYS TENNIS Flushing clinched a fifth-straight Flint Metro League title – WJRT

4. BOYS TENNIS Milan and Grosse Ile are Huron League co-champions after Milan won the league tournament by a point – Monroe News

5. BOYS TENNIS Rochester Hills Stoney Creek won six flight titles in claiming the overall Oakland Activities Association White Tournament championship – Oakland Press

6. BOYS TENNIS Traverse City Central won five flights to clinch the overall Big North Conference Tournament title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 13 Harbor Springs finished a Lake Michigan Conference title run with a victory at the league tournament – Petoskey News-Review

8. CROSS COUNTRY The UPD1 No. 2 Houghton girls and UPD2 top-ranked Painesdale Jeffers boys won Ishpeming Tracy Strom Invitational titles – Upper Michigan Source

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep swept honorable mention Warren Regina – Oakland Press

10. BOYS SOCCER Coldwater set itself up for a league title opportunity with a 3-0 win over Battle Creek Harper Creek – Coldwater Daily Reporter