Today in the MHSAA: 10/2/15

October 2, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Thursday was girls golf and boys tennis league championship day for many across the state, and also saw the second Upper Peninsula Final in two days decided by a point.

Girls Golf

Hanover-Horton claimed the Cascades Conference championship, beating East Jackson by nine strokes in the league tournament and led by freshman Kristin Thompson’s 92 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

The Kensington Lakes Activities Association is loaded this season, with Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 6 Plymouth winning the overall championship ahead of No. 3 Brighton and Division 2 No. 3 South Lyon – Livingston Daily

Sturgis won its first league championship in 25 years, shooting a 380 to finish first in the Wolverine Conference – Sturgis Journal

Grand Rapids West Catholic edged Coopersville by five strokes, shooting 355 to clinch the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue championship – Grand Rapids Press

Boys Soccer

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern, No. 3 in Division 2, edged No. 17 Grand Rapids Northview to move into first alone in the O-K Bronze – Grand Rapids Press

Muskegon Reeths-Puffer avenged an early-season loss to Grand Rapids Union to move into a first-place tie with Union in the O-K Black – Muskegon Chronicle

Marcellus Howardsville Christian scored two goals to St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic’s one during the second half of overtime to win their game 3-2 and claim a share of the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference championship – Kalamazoo Gazette

Boys Tennis

Midland Dow won its 10th straight Saginaw Valley League title, finishing seven points ahead rival Midland – Saginaw News

Traverse City Central won seven of eight flights at the Big North Conference Tournament to claim the league title for the ninth season in a row – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Bloomfield Hills fell to Troy in their dual but came back to win the Oakland Activities Association Red Tournament and share the overall title – Oakland Press

Girls Tennis

For the second straight day, an MHSAA Final was decided by a point; this time, Negaunee was the victor in Upper Peninsula Division 1 – Second Half

Volleyball

Class A No. 2 Lake Orion downed No. 8 Clarkston in three sets to improve to 39-2 and end Clarkston’s chances at a ninth straight league championship – Oakland Press

Good Reads

Bay City John Glenn will celebrate not only Homecoming tonight, but also the 50th anniversary of its first football team which “would supply the school with its first identity.” – Bay City Times

River Rouge senior Aaron Vinson has seen things and experienced heartache no youngster should, including the deaths of two siblings. But football has been part of what’s pulled him through – Detroit Free Press

The Capital Area Activities Conference Blue has belonged to powerhouses Okemos and East Lansing for boys tennis, but Holt is contending for its first league title since 1980 – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 2/13/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 13, 2023

1. GYMNASTICS Farmington United won Coldwater’s annual Stick It for a Cure Invitational, and for the first time the host team had the top all-around finisher – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. WRESTLING Michigan Grappler broke down the Individual Regional qualifiers by school total and included how many would be expected to return next season – Michigan Grappler

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Calumet handed Escanaba its first loss of the season, 59-57 – Escanaba Daily Press

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg defeated Three Rivers 60-39 to claim its first Wolverine Conference title in the sport – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. HOCKEY No. 4 Clarkston downed No. 6 Lake Orion 7-2 to finish its run to the Oakland Activities Association Red championship, its first OAA title in more than a decade – Oakland Press

6. BOWLING Sterling Heights Stevenson’s girls and Utica Eisenhower’s boys finished undefeated seasons in the Macomb Area Conference Red; Stevenson’s girls are ranked No. 4 in Division 1, and Eisenhower’s boys are No. 3 – Macomb Daily

7. BOWLING The Division 1 No. 2 Midland and No. 6 Davison boys shared the Saginaw Valley League title after Davison’s 21-9 win – Midland Daily News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Makenna Uitola went over 1,000 career points in Ontonagon’s 42-25 win over Wakefield-Marenisco – Upper Michigan Source

9. COMPETITIVE CHEER Southgate Anderson was first and Riverview second at the Airport Invitational – We Love Dexter

10. WRESTLING Benzie Central qualified all 14 of its wrestlers to Division 4 Regional competition – Benzie Record Patriot