Today in the MHSAA: 9/9/19

September 9, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Unranked – and probably soon-to-ranked – volleyball and soccer teams dominated the top half of today’s list of achievers from an invitational-filled weekend across a number of sports. 

1. Volleyball: Unranked Beaverton defeated Division 3 No. 4 Bronson in the final to claim Bay City Central’s Mitten Bay Invitational title – Midland Daily News

2. Volleyball: Also-unranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern downed Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven and then honorable mention Northville to win the Grand Haven Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Cross Country: The East Grand Rapids, Ada Forest Hills Eastern and Pewamo-Westphalia girls and Ann Arbor Skyline, Haslett and Hanover-Horton boys won championships at the Bath Bret Clements Invitational – Athletic.net 

4. Boys Soccer: Unranked Portage Northern made a number of stops in getting past Division 2 top-ranked Mattawan 1-0 – JoeInsider.com

5. Girls Swimming & Diving: Chelsea, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, edged LPD2 honorable mention Grand Rapids Northview to win the DeWitt Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News 

6. Cross Country: Brighton’s boys and Troy’s girls won Gold division Averill Invitational championships at Kensington Metropark – Athletic.net

7. Cross Country: Traverse City teams swept titles at the Bullock Creek Lancer Invitational, the West girls and St. Francis boys claiming championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Volleyball: Petoskey finished the day 6-0 and defeated Midland Dow in the final to win its home invitational – Petoskey News-Review

9. Cross Country: The Petoskey girls and Charlevoix boys won Charlevoix Mud Run championships – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Kingsford repeated as the Great 8 Tournament champion at West Iron County – Iron Mountain Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 2/7/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 7, 2024

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Davis twins combined for 37 points as West Bloomfield downed Detroit Edison 61-42 – MLIVE-Detroit

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 53-50 win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Fenton moved into a first-place tie in the Flint Metro League Stripes with a 62-54 win over co-leader Holly – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Blanc remains one of two teams undefeated in Saginaw Valley League play after handing Flint Powers Catholic a first league loss 47-46 – WNEM

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Genesee Christian defeated Flint Hamady 53-51, but Hamady’s JaKobie Boose scored his 1,000th point – WJRT

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jayden Marlatt reached 1,000 career points in Johannesburg-Lewiston’s big win over Pellston – Petoskey News-Review

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mia McLaughlin set a Frankenmuth record with nine 3-pointers in a big win over Birch Run – Saginaw News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rockford downed Grand Haven 48-39 – FOX 17

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg defeated Division 3 contender Niles Brandywine 46-38 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Coldwater handed Jackson Northwest its first Interstate 8 Athletic Conference defeat, 32-25 – Coldwater Daily Report