Grayling Plays On as Healing Continues

December 15, 2014

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Grayling community was rocked by a two-vehicle collision in 2013 that resulted in the deaths of a coach, a golfer and another passenger in the other vehicle, as well as numerous serious injuries, while the boys golf team was driving to a tournament. 

As the community began to heal, the team played the rest of the 2013 season for classmates who could not. Last spring, more than 30 golfers came out as the team fell just one place short of making the MHSAA Finals but sent an individual, Jake Hinkle, to the Lower Peninsula Division 3 tournament at Grand Valley State University.  

In a few short months, Grayling's boys golf team will again begin the journey to play at the Finals as a team, backed by a community that continues to rally. 

The NBC Golf Channel tells this incredible story below:

Today in the MHSAA: 5/13/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 13, 2025

1. GIRLS TENNIS Grosse Ile closed out a fifth-straight Huron League championship with a win over Riverview – Southgate News-Herald

2. BOYS LACROSSE Brighton held on for an 11-10 win over Livonia United that clinched the Bulldogs’ first Kensington Lakes Activities Association title since 2015 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BASEBALL Marion clinched a share of a fifth-straight West Michigan D League championship with a sweep of Mesick – Cadillac News

4. BASEBALL Big Rapids clinched a third-straight Central State Activities Association championship with a sweep of Grant – Big Rapids Pioneer

5. SOFTBALL Morley Stanwood clinched a share of the CSAA White title with a sweep of White Cloud – Big Rapids Pioneer

6. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 2 Saline swept Monroe to claim the Southeastern Conference Red title – Saline Post

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Midland downed Bay City Western to clinch the Saginaw Valley League title – WNEM

8. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 12 Norway is the Skyline Central Conference title winner after a sweep of Bark River-Harris – Upper Michigan’s Source

9. BOYS GOLF Monroe won the Monroe County Championships led by medalist Taleon Guess – Monroe News

10. BASEBALL Chelsea clinched the SEC White title with a sweep of Ypsilanti Community – Ann Arbor News