Today In The MHSAA: 9/16/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 16, 2021

1. BOYS SOCCER Undefeated Saline handed Ann Arbor Pioneer its first defeat, 2-1 in Southeastern Conference Red play – Saline Post

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 5 Cadillac won the final two sets to get past Traverse City Central in five – Cadillac News

3. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City Central shot a 348 to win the Ogemaw Heights Invitational – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

4. BOYS SOCCER Ogemaw Heights gave Division 4 No. 7 McBain Northern Michigan Christian its first loss, 2-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 15 Clio handed Owosso its first defeat in league play and second overall, 3-0 – WJRT

6. BOYS SOCCER Armando Sanchez scored four goals for Fennville in its shutout of Saugatuck – Holland Sentinel

7. BOYS SOCCER Nathan Isbrecht scored all four goals in Watervliet’s shutout of Coloma – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. BOYS SOCCER Reigning Downriver League champion held off a rising contender in Lincoln Park, 2-0 – Southgate News-Herald

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Morley Stanwood earned a seventh-straight win with a sweep of Hesperia – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. BOYS SOCCER Grand Blanc also showed its defensive potential with a 2-0 shutout of Flint Powers Catholic – Flint Journal

Also of note …

PORTAGE NOTHERN A star basketball and soccer player at Portage Northern who later played both at Northwestern, Lisa Byington then launched a successful broadcasting career and now will become the first fulltime female play-by-play announcer for a men’s professional sports team in MLB, NFL, NBA or NHL when she begins as the Milwaukee Bucks’ lead voice this season – Holland Sentinel

Today in the MHSAA: 11/15/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 15, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Grand Rapids South Christian defeated top-ranked Grand Rapids Christian in five sets in a Division 2 Regional Final, and No. 6 Rockford swept No. 8 Jenison in Division 1 – FOX 17

2. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept No. 2 Plymouth Christian Academy in Division 3 – Monroe News

3. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central claimed its first Regional title, defeating Flushing in four sets – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Essexville Garber won its first Division 2 Regional title with a four-set victory over Kingsley – Bay City Times

5. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Hancock swept No. 5 Crystal Falls Forest Park in a Division 4 Regional Final – Upper Michigan’s Source

6. VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Traverse City St. Francis came back from two sets down to defeat No. 4 Calumet in five in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian defeated No. 8 Bronson in five sets in Division 3 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Roscommon also is a Division 3 Regional champion after defeating No. 9 McBain – Cadillac News

9. VOLLEYBALL No. 7 Tecumseh earned its first Regional title since 2011 with a four-set win in Division 2 over Parma Western – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Battle Creek Lakeview downed Portage Northern in four sets in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer