Today in the MHSAA: 9/18/17

September 18, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

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

Today's Top 10

1. Cross Country: The Rockford girls (No. 9 in LP Division 1) and White Lake Lakeland boys (No. 11 in LP Division 1) won Spartan Invitational Elite championships at Michigan State facing many of the best teams in the state, regardless of division; Coldwater’s Shuaib Aljabaly and Lansing Catholic’s Olivia Theis were the individual winners – Athletic.net

2. Cross Country: The Ann Arbor Pioneer (LPD1 No. 1), Linden (LPD2 No. 4), St. Clair (LPD2 No. 3), Caro (LPD3 No. 2) and Plymouth Christian (LPD4 No. 15) boys and Fenton, Pinckney (LPD1 T-No. 10), Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard (LPD2 No. 7), Saugatuck (LPD3 No. 6) and Deckerville (LPD4 No. 9) girls won championships at the annual Holly Invitational – Athletic.net

3. Volleyball: Unranked Grant topped a strong field to win the Cadillac Invitational, defeating the host in the final after the Vikings eliminated Class D No. 2 Leland in its semifinal; Leland did avenge an earlier loss this season to Class B honorable mention Kingsley and Grant downed Class C No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis and Midland in bracket play as well – Cadillac News

4, Volleyball: Class A honorable mention Northville swept all six of its matches including over No. 7 Temperance Bedford at the Kicking Mules’ invitational – Observer & Eccentric

5. Volleyball: Class D No. 6 North Adams-Jerome downed host Onsted in an invitational final after sweeping Class C No. 10 Adrian Madison in a semifinal – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Volleyball: Class C No. 1 Bronson came back from losing to Okemos to start the day to win the Portage Northern Invitational, downing Niles in the final – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. Volleyball: Class D No. 10 Rudyard downed Pellston in the championship match of the Charlevoix Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

8. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow outscored its opponents by a combined 24-0 to win the Sunsational Saturday Tournament, downing Traverse City Central, LPD2 No. 10 St. Joseph and Grosse Pointe North – Midland Daily News

9. Boys Soccer: Battle Creek Lakeview won its second straight All-City championship, downing Battle Creek Central in the championship match – Battle Creek Enquirer

10. Boys Tennis: Grand Haven narrowly claimed the Holland Invitational, scoring 14 points to 13 for the host Dutch, 11 for Spring Lake and 10 for Grand Rapids Northview – Grand Haven Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 11/9/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 9, 2022

1. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Camden-Frontier downed reigning Division 4 champion and current No. 6 Battle Creek St. Philip in four sets in a Regional Semifinal – Hillsdale Daily News

2. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Okemos upset No. 5 Ann Arbor Skyline in five sets in Division 1 – Twitter

3. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Lake Odessa Lakewood advanced to a Division 2 Regional Final with a four-set win over No. 6 Marshall – Lansing State Journal

4. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Northville defeated No. 8 Farmington Hills Mercy 3-1 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Hometown Life

5. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Tecumseh upset No. 9 Lansing Catholic in four sets in Division 2 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Clarkston swept honorable mention White Lake Lakeland in Division 1, avenging a 2021 District defeat – Oakland Press

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Shelby got through a couple of close sets and swept honorable mention Kent City in Division 3 – Local Sports Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Kalamazoo Christian swept honorable mention Bronson in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. VOLLEYBALL Unranked Onekama advanced in Division 4 with a four-set win over honorable mention McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Cadillac News

10. VOLLEYBALL Elk Rapids defeated Charlevoix in five sets in Division 3, and No. 2 Leland got past Gaylord St. Mary in four sets in Division 4 – Up North Live