Today in the MHSAA: 9/28/15
September 28, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
This weekend’s highlights included elite swimming competitions and a cross country race so fun that a football team came out to run.
Cross Country
The Cadillac girls, No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, and the unranked Middleville Thornapple Kellogg boys won championships at the Muskegon Oakridge Invitational – Cadillac News
LP Division 1 No. 4 Brighton took the top five places to win the Monroe Jefferson Invitational with a perfect score – Livingston Daily
The LP Division 1 No. 6 Bay City Western boys and No. 12 Midland Dow girls won Division 1-2 races at the Delta College Invitational – Midland Daily News
Boys Soccer
Unranked Warren DeLaSalle upset Division 1 No. 3 Utica Eisenhower on Saturday, 2-1, on two goals by Aleks Vushaj – Macomb Daily
Girls Swimming & Diving
Midland Dow won the Tri-City Invitational for the fifth straight season, edging Saginaw Heritage after falling to the Hawks in a dual earlier this fall – Saginaw News
LP Division 3 No. 2 Holland Christian won its invitational ahead of No. 1 Grand Rapids Catholic Central and No. 5 Grand Rapids Christian – Grand Rapids Press
Volleyball
Brooklyn Columbia Central swept Concord in two sets to win the 41st Jackson County Tournament, played at Spring Arbor University – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
St. Louis volleyball player Brooke Courter is deaf, but she and her teammates have learned to communicate well while cheering each other on – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Rochester Adams boys tennis coach Al Must earned his 400th victory in 32 seasons earlier this month, and for him, continuing to coach at the high school level remains an honor – Oakland Press
Frankenmuth and Millington are the fiercest of rivals and met again on the football field Friday – but with the experience of working together during a meaningful day this summer – Saginaw News
The Old Skool Classic Cross Country Race puts the “country” back in cross country, according to one of the host coaches, with two river crossings, muddy areas, a corn field and wooded trails – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 8/22/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 22, 2022
1. VOLLEYBALL Centreville came back after losing the first set to defeat Battle Creek St. Philip and win the 28th Carrie Adams Memorial Tournament – Battle Creek Enquirer
2. CROSS COUNTRY East Grand Rapids swept both the girls and boys Portage Central Early Bird Invitational championships – Athletic.net
3. VOLLEYBALL McBain went undefeated including defeating Battle Creek Harper Creek in the final of the Leland Invitational – Cadillac News
4. BOYS TENNIS Big Rapids won the Allegan Quad with the host finishing second – Big Rapids Pioneer
5. BOYS SOCCER Detroit Country Day downed Royal Oak in a shootout to clinch the Paul Bartoshuk Tournament title – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn scored the lone goal of his team’s Bay County championship game win over Bay City Western – Bay City Times
7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Traverse City was first and Muskegon Mona Shores second at the Ludington Relays – Local Sports Journal
8. CROSS COUNTRY Freeland swept championships at St. Johns’ Under the Lights Invitational, and DeWitt’s girls also were victorious – Athletic.net
9. CROSS COUNTRY The Brighton and Fraser girls and Northville and Livonia Stevenson boys won Lamplighter Invitational titles – Athletic.net
10. VOLLEYBALL Niles Brandywine went undefeated in winning the Coloma Early Bird Invitational – Niles Daily Star