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: 8/21/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 21, 2026

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Williamston and Lansing Catholic were victorious at the Cougars’ outdoor Volley Turf Takeover – WLNS

2. BOYS TENNIS Midland repeated as champion at Saginaw Heritage’s Jim Teal Invitational – Midland Daily News

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Davison girls and Caro boys won Mike Jackson Invitational championships at Croswell-Lexington – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City St. Francis finished 20 strokes ahead of the field to win its home invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS SOCCER Brayden Fischer scored three goals in Edwardsburg’s 4-0 win over Stevensville Lakeshore – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. BOYS SOCCER Troy Athens opened with a 3-0 victory over Northville – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Christian won its first game as a standalone boys soccer program, 3-1 over Manistee – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. BOYS SOCCER Sterling Heights opened its season with a big win over St. Clair Shores Lake Shore – Macomb Daily