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: 5/31/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 31, 2022

1. TRACK & FIELD The Detroit Renaissance girls and Martin Luther King boys won Detroit Public Schools League meet championships – Detroit News

2. TRACK & FIELD Clare swept the MITCA Division 3 “team” state championships; both teams entered the meet top ranked in the division – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. TRACK & FIELD The Rochester Adams boys and Walled Lake Central girls won Oakland County championships – MLive-Detroit

4. BASEBALL Dexter downed Monroe 8-4 to clinch the Southeastern Conference Red title – Ann Arbor News

5. TRACK & FIELD The Athens (D4 No. 2) and Rockford girls (D1 No. 2), Zeeland East girls (D2 No. 1) and Zeeland West boys (D1 No. 3), White Cloud boys (D4 No. 1) and Frankenmuth boys (D2 No. 1) were also MITCA champions – Coldwater Daily Reporter | Holland Sentinel | Saginaw News | MITCA

6. GIRLS SOCCER Traverse City West advanced in its Division 1 District with a 4-1 win over Midland – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS LACROSSE No. 7 Traverse City United advanced to a Division 1 Regional Final with a 21-6 win over Grand Blanc – Up North Live

8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 6 New Lothrop swept No. 17 Hudson 5-2 and 8-4 – Owosso Argus-Press

9. BASEBALL Division 4 top-ranked Beal City and Division 3 No. 17 Hudson split, the Aggies winning the opener and the Tigers the second game to break Beal City’s 19-game winning streak – MI Sports Now

10. SOFTBALL Division 3 honorable mention Clinton swept Reese and Boyne City to win the Reese Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram