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: 8/26/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 26, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL Saugatuck swept Constantine to clinch the Delton Kellogg Tournament championship – Sturgis Journal

2. CROSS COUNTRY Macomb Dakota swept the championships at Manton’s Fox & Hound Invitational – Cadillac News

3. BOYS SOCCER Northville downed reigning Kensington Lakes Activities Association West champion Salem 3-0 – Observer & Eccentric

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Plainwell – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – edged Allegan by seven points to win the SCC Relays at Battle Creek Harper Creek – Sturgis Journal

5. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek moved to 4-1-2 with wins over Freeland and Sanford Meridian – Midland Daily News

6. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park opened Downriver League play with a 4-0 win over Trenton – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids scored three second-half goals to get past Manistee – Big Rapids News

8. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford also started 1-0 in Downriver League action with a 6-2 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven earned its first victory of the fall, 2-0 over Hudsonville – Grand Haven Tribune

10. GIRLS TENNIS Kingsford and Escanaba played to a 4-4 draw – Iron Mountain Daily News