Today in the MHSAA: 9/23/19

September 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Today’s list of the weekend’s top achievers has a definite Grand Rapids-area tilt as teams from five schools from that part of the state emerged as invitational champions in either cross country, golf, volleyball or swimming & diving.

1. Cross Country: The East Grand Rapids girls – No. 1 Lower Peninsula Division 2 – honorable mention Tecumseh and Jackson Lumen Christi girls and LPD1 No. 4 Romeo, LPD3 No. 1 Hanover-Horton and Manchester boys all won championships at the Jackson Invitational – Athletic.net

2. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 5 Coopersville downed honorable mention Kingsley in two sets to win the Cadillac Tournament title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Onsted improved to 24-0 with an undefeated run through its invitational, including sweeping Division 4 No. 9 Adrian Lenawee Christian in the final – Adrian Daily Telegram

4. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 5 Bronson also finished a perfect tourney run, taking the Portage Northern Invitational title by downing the host in that final – Coldwater Daily Reporter

5. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central won the fastest wave of the Portage Central Invitational by a point over the host, ranked No. 5, and also ahead of No. 6 Midland Dow – Midland Daily News

6. Girls Golf: LPD2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern shot a 297 to win the Greenville Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

7. Cross Country: The LPD2 No. 8 Sparta boys and No. 5 Cadillac girls won Muskegon Oakridge Invitational championships – Athletic.net

8. Cross Country: The LPD4 No. 8 Pittsford girls and LPD3 honorable mention Leslie boys won Pittsford’s invitational – Hillsdale Daily News

9. Volleyball: Stephenson downed Felch North Dickenson in the final to win the Crystal Falls Forest Park Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

10. Cross Country: Roscommon swept the big school championships at the Evart Invitational; the girls are ranked No. 13 in LPD3 – Big Rapids News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/28/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 28, 2024

1. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 9 Central Montcalm boys won their first Regional championship in this sport since 1975, in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Greenville Daily News

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern downed top-ranked Fruitport in a shootout to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Local Sports Journal

3. BOYS SOCCER Grand Rapids Christian also clinched a Division 2 Regional title in an upset, 1-0 over No. 4 Allendale – Grand Rapids Press

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 9 Bronson clinched a shared Big 8 Conference championship with Division 4 No. 10 Concord with a league tournament title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 top-ranked Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart finished an outright championship run in the Mid-State Activities Conference with a tournament title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. VOLLEYBALL Fruitport claimed the outright title in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver with a league tournament championship – MuskegonSports.com

7. CROSS COUNTRY The top-ranked Romeo girls and Macomb Dakota boys ran to LPD1 Regional titles – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

8. CROSS COUNTRY Benzie Central swept LPD3 Regional championships; Benzie’s girls are ranked No. 5, and the boys are No. 10 – Benzie Record Patriot

9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD4 No. 12 Bear Lake/Onekama girls cross country team won its first Regional title in a decade – Manistee News Advocate

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Warren De La Salle Collegiate edged Dearborn Divine Child 2-1 to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Macomb Daily