Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/15
October 21, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
League cross country finals and the second day of the Lower Peninsula boys soccer tournament dominated headlines as teams celebrated and continued to push toward next month’s MHSAA Finals.
Cross Country
The unranked Quincy girls won the Big 8 Conference final ahead of Lower Peninsula Division 4 No. 8 Concord. Concord’s boys won their race – Coldwater Daily Reporter
The Traverse City Central girls, No. 6 in LPD1, and the West boys who are No. 12, won the Big North Conference championships races – Traverse City Record-Eagle
The Otsego girls, No. 2 in LPD2, won their third straight Wolverine Conference championship while the No. 10-ranked boys also won – Kalamazoo Gazette
The Shepherd boys, No. 4 in LPD3, and the No. 5 girls swept the Tri-Valley Conference titles – the girls ahead of No. 3 Ithaca – Saginaw News
Boys Soccer
Two of the best from the Grand Rapids area met in a Division 1 opener, with No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central outlasting No. 12 East Kentwood 3-2 – Grand Rapids Press
Warren DeLaSalle scored in the final seconds of overtime to edge St. Clair Shores Lakeview 2-1 in a Division 1 game – Oakland Press
Midland Dow avenged its only Saginaw Valley League North loss by downing champion Saginaw Heritage 3-0 in a Division 1 opener – Midland Daily News
Division 1 No. 16 Grand Haven headed home the winning goal in overtime to survive Jenison in their opener – Muskegon Chronicle
Unranked Birmingham Seaholm won its first district game since 2011, and did so against No. 18 Birmingham Brother Rice, 2-1 – Oakland Press
Today in the MHSAA: 9/8/17
September 8, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Cross Country: Negaunee’s Emily Paupore ran a Marquette County Meet record 19:09, 14 seconds faster than the previous record run in 2015 by Redettes standout Lindsey Rudden – Marquette Mining Journal
2. Volleyball: Reigning Class A champion and current No. 3 Novi swept rival Northville to improve to 13-1 this fall – Observer & Eccentric
3. Girls Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Traverse City West won the Petoskey Invitational by 46 strokes with a 309 – Petoskey News-Review
4. Football: Battle Creek Central and Battle Creek Lakeview continue a rivalry this weekend that goes back to 1963; this details the history of the matchup, which has seen both teams win 24 times since 1969 – Battle Creek Enquirer
5. Volleyball: Class B No. 4 Marysville won all three matches of a strong quad also featuring St. Clair, Fraser and Sterling Heights Stevenson – Port Huron Times Herald
6. Boys Soccer: Birmingham Brother Rice edged Detroit Catholic Central 1-0 in a key Catholic League Central matchup; DCC was among the highest-ranked teams in Division 1 last season – Oakland Press
7. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland Christian, No. 2 in LPD3, downed LPD1 honorable mention Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune
8. Volleyball: Standout sophomore Celia Cullen had 18 kills and 19 assists in Brighton’s four-set win over Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
9. Volleyball: St. Clair Shores Lakeview won the “War in the Shores” tri-match for the third straight year, earning victories over neighbors South Lake and Lake Shore – Macomb Daily
10. Volleyball: For the first time in at least three years, Bay City Western downed Midland Dow, doing so in three sets after winning the first by only two points – Midland Daily News