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: 10/2/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 2, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Milford finished its first championship run in this sport in nearly four decades with a 2-1 win over South Lyon in the Lakes Valley Conference – Hometown Life

2. BOYS SOCCER Marshall clinched the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title with a 1-0 win over runner-up Coldwater – Battle Creek Enquirer

3. GIRLS GOLF Gibraltar Carlson won the final Downriver League event, but Brownstown Woodhaven finished as the overall league champion – Southgate News-Herald

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 6 Macomb Lutheran North finished runner-up in the Catholic High School League Bishop Tournament with a 3-0 loss to Toledo St. Francis de Sales – Macomb Daily

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids downed No. 13 Traverse City St. Francis 2-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. VOLLEYBALL Troy Athens moved into first alone in the Oakland Activities Association White with a four-set win over Oxford – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Mason downed East Lansing 3-1 in a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup semifinal – Lansing State Journal

8. BOYS SOCCER DeWitt came back to defeat Okemos in a shootout also in CAAC Gold Cup play – Lansing State Journal

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 4 Cass City swept Millington – WNEM

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Ubly swept Harbor Beach in its Volley for a Cure match – Huron Daily Tribune