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: 11/8/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 8, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Richmond clinched its first District title since 1988, downing Marysville 3-1– Port Huron Times Herald

2. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores defeated Coopersville in Division 1 to end a 23-year District title drought in this sport – Local Sports Journal

3. VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Rockford downed No. 10 Grand Rapids Northview 3-1 in Division 1 – Grand Rapids Press

4. VOLLEYBALL Holland West Ottawa claimed its first District title since 2007 as well with a five-set win over Zeeland East in Division 1 – Holland Sentinel

5. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 McBain clinched its fifth-straight District title with a 3-0 win over honorable mention Manton in Division 3 – MI Sports Now

6. VOLLEYBALL Linden swept honorable mention Lake Fenton in Division 2 to claim a first District championship since 2007 – WJRT

7. VOLLEYBALL Otsego won a matchup of Division 2 honorable mentions in four sets – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. VOLLEYBALL Indian River Inland Lakes swept Charlevoix in Division 3 to claim a sixth-straight District title – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

9. VOLLEYBALL Coldwater earned its first District title since 2011 with a sweep of Sturgis in Division 1 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

10. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Ubly claimed a sixth-straight District title with a sweep of Kinde North Huron in Division 4 – Huron Daily Tribune