Today in the MHSAA: 9/3/20

September 3, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Some of the best statewide met in local competition Wednesday with cross country and golf headlining a full day of headline-grabbing results.

1. Cross Country: Romeo’s boys defeated reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion Brighton, and Brighton’s girls won on a tie-breaker in a race between two more top-10 finishers from the 2019 Finals – Livingston Daily

2. Girls Golf: Olivia Hemmila fired a school-record round to lead Troy Athens to the Oakland County Division 2 championship – Oakland Press

3. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 4 Grand Blanc finished first at the Saginaw Valley League 9-hole tournament, topping a field featuring multiple team and individual statewide contenders – WJRT

4. Boys Tennis: Battle Creek Lakeview won its fifth-straight All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

5. Volleyball: Charlevoix moved to 9-0 this fall with wins over Kingsley, McBain and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Petoskey News-Review

6. Girls Golf: LPD3 No. 3 Big Rapids shot a 363 to finish first, with LPD4 No. 7 Remus Chippewa Hills second, at the latest Central State Activities Association jamboree – Big Rapids News

7. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis was first and No. 10 Ludington second in a quad with Elk Rapids and Harbor Springs – Ludington Daily News

8. Boys Tennis: LPD3 No. 8 Holland Christian edged rival Holland 5-3 – Holland Sentinel

9. Boys Soccer: Ogemaw Heights handed Alpena the latter’s first defeat, 1-0 – Alpena News

10. Cross Country: The Midland Dow girls and Midland High boys won quads that also included Sanford Meridian and Bullock Creek – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

Softball: Longtime coach Tom Kaechele, who led his team to the 2018 Division 1 title and a runner-up finish in 2015, has retired after 19 seasons – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 11/7/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 7, 2022

1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Hunter Jones became the second Lower Peninsula runner to win four Finals championships, and Northville, East Grand Rapids, Hart and Wyoming Potter’s House Christian all won their first team titles – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Holland West Ottawa and Johannesburg-Lewiston were first-time Finals champions, and Otsego and Traverse City St. Francis returned to the top of their respective divisions – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS SOCCER Rochester Adams, Richland Gull Lake, Holland Christian and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian finished off championship runs – MHSAA.com

4. VOLLEYBALL Cheboygan went five sets with Boyne City in Division 2 to claim its first District championship since 2005 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

5. VOLLEYBALL Brownstown Woodhaven came back from a 2-1 deficit to get past honorable mention Temperance Bedford in five sets in a Division 1 District Final – Southgate News-Herald

6. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention White Lake Lakeland repeated as a Division 1 District champion with a sweep of Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

7. VOLLEYBALL The third set went to 29-27 and the fifth set to 22-20 as Rock Mid Peninsula outlasted Eben Junction Superior Central in a Division 4 District Final – Escanaba Daily Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central clinched its 22nd-straight District title with a sweep of Erie Mason in Division 3 – Monroe News

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Macomb L’Anse Creuse North continued its memorable season by winning the Macomb Area Conference White championship meet – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING The Traverse City Tritons co-op repeated as Coastal Conference champion – Traverse City Record-Eagle