In Memoriam: Chip Mundy (1955-2023)
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 16, 2023
When the MHSAA took a significant step in telling the stories of school sports with the introduction of the Second Half website in 2012, Chip Mundy was a natural to lend his expertise after a career doing the same in the Jackson area.
He always took special care in searching out the human interest side of our “stories behind the scores” – and today we remember that dedication as we mourn his death Monday. He was 68.
Mundy was a graduate of Jackson Parkside and then served as sports editor at the Brooklyn Exponent and Albion Recorder from 1980-86. He then became a fixture in high school sports coverage as a reporter and later copy editor at the Jackson Citizen Patriot from 1986-2011.
Mundy was one of the original correspondents when Second Half took on a regional component beginning with the 2015-16 school year, thoughtfully providing biweekly features from the “Southeast & Border” area that includes Jackson, Ann Arbor, Monroe and the host of smaller communities north of the Michigan/Ohio line. Before the beginning of 2H’s “Region Reports,” Mundy also was among the first to begin producing coverage of MHSAA Finals for the site as Second Half started in part with a mission of covering all MHSAA championship events.
He admittedly ended up reporting on some sports he’d rarely or never covered before, and admittedly often wrote a little longer than he’d intended – but in his own words, because “there were so many stories” or “the story was so good.”
Click to read many of his features for the Second Half website.
Today in the MHSAA: 2/25/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 25, 2026
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Valeria Ricossa scored all of Armada’s overtime points as the Tigers defeated co-leader Yale 50-47 to clinch a share of the Blue Water Area Conference title – Macomb Daily
2. GIRLS BAKETBALL Buckley defeated co-leader Maple City Glen Lake 49-36 to create a shared Northwest Conference championship – Up North Live
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rochester Hills Stoney Creek edged West Bloomfield 37-35 to clinch a share of the Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Beaverton defeated Standish-Sterling 52-29 to win the overall Jack Pine Conference championship – Midland Daily News
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kingston downed Deckerville 51-44 to clinch an outright Big Thumb Conference Blue title – Huron Daily Tribune
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints claimed the outright championship in the BTC Red with a 31-23 win over Kinde North Huron – Bay City Times
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Fremont claimed a share of the West Michigan Conference Lakes title with a 58-36 win over Manistee – Local Sports Journal
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia clinched the outright Central Michigan Athletic Conference title with a 71-34 win over Perry – Lansing State Journal
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Keira Roehm became the state’s all-time career leader in 3-pointers during a 62-37 win over Ann Arbor Huron – Ann Arbor News
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Addi Dzwik became Battle Creek St. Philip’s leading scorer during her team’s win over Tekonsha – Battle Creek Enquirer
Also of note …
GIRLS BASKETBALL Chloe Williams reached 1,000 career points in Midland Calvary Baptist’s 49-39 win over Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central – Midland Daily News
GIRLS BASKETBALL Karlie Kimerer reached 1,000 career points during Onsted’s 31-24 win over Adrian Madison – Adrian Daily Telegram