Today in the MHSAA: 10/16/15
October 16, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
First-time champions are always worth noting, and we found a few in checking out today’s media reports of Thursday action statewide.
Cross Country
The Calumet girls, ranked No. 4 in Upper Peninsula Division 1, and the unranked Houghton boys won the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference finals at Chassell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Boys Soccer
Grand Rapids Union clinched its first league title since moving from the Grand Rapids City League to the Ottawa-Kent Conference, downing Muskegon 3-0 – Grand Rapids Press
Manchester edged Hillsdale Academy 2-1 to claim its first Independent Soccer League championship after winning only one league game in 2014 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Volleyball
Class B honorable mention Buchanan downed Class C’s top-ranked team, Bronson, in five sets, and also Class D No. 6 Mendon in five – Niles Daily Star
Class B No. 6 Mount Morris avenged a five-set loss to No. 5 Goodrich in September by sweeping the Martians to improve to 55-5-1 – Flint Journal
Zeeland West claimed its first conference title in this sport, defeating Holland Christian in five sets to claim a share of the O-K Green championship – Holland Sentinel
Good Reads
Longtime Burton Atherton leader Mary Down will become the third volleyball coach inducted into the Greater Flint Area Hall of Fame, having impacted a generation of players and more as a number of former players went on to coach as well – Flint Journal
Today In The MHSAA: 5/27/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 27, 2022
1. GIRLS SOCCER A last-minute overtime goal sent No. 5 Rochester past Romeo 3-1 in a Division 1 District opener – Oakland Press
2. SOFTBALL Ypsilanti Lincoln swept Saline to claim the Southeastern Conference Red championship – Ann Arbor News
3. BOYS GOLF Northville – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 297 to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament by two strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis swept honorable mention Elk Rapids to finish a league title run in the Lake Michigan Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. GOLF Marquette swept girls and boys Great Northern Conference championships – Escanaba Daily Press
6. TRACK & FIELD Manton’s 86-77 boys win over Lake City created a three-way shared Highland Conference championship between those two and Beal City – Cadillac News
7. GIRLS SOCCER Davison followed up its regular-season win over Grand Blanc with a 2-1 Division 1 District victory – Flint Journal
8. GIRLS SOCCER Muskegon Mona Shores opened Division 1 District play with a 4-1 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Local Sports Journal
9. GIRLS SOCCER No. 15 Gaylord opened its Division 2 District with a 3-0 win over Bay City John Glenn – Petoskey News-Review
10. TRACK & FIELD Warren Regina’s Ella Jenkins and New Baltimore Anchor Bay’s Matheu Morrison swept hurdles races among highlights at the Macomb County Invitational – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
Also of note …
FOOTBALL Coach Kelly Luplow has retired after leading Clare to 251 wins over 34 seasons – Saginaw News