Today in the MHSAA: 10/5/16
October 5, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Tuesday’s top statewide action arguably came on the soccer pitch, as top-ranked teams in three divisions battled for league supremacy.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Golf
Six golfers broke 100 as Marysville won the Macomb Area Conference White tournament after finishing second in the league during the regular season – Port Huron Times Herald
Adrian Madison repeated at Lenawee County champion with a career-best 76 from individual medalist Nicole Olden – Adrian Daily Telegram
Boys Soccer
Division 1 No. 5 Brighton held onto control of first in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West with a draw against rival Grand Blanc, 1-1, with both goals scored during the closing minutes – Livingston Daily Argus & Press
Top-seed Grand Ledge edged Jackson 1-0 in the first round of the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal
Haslett, No. 19 in Division 2, edged Division 3 No. 13 Lansing Catholic 2-1 in another CAAC Gold Cup opener – Lansing State Journal
Division 2 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood downed No. 20 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 2-1 in a key Detroit Catholic League AA matchup – Oakland Press
Girls Swimming & Diving
Saginaw Heritage earned 30 career-best times in downing Mount Pleasant and Lapeer in a tri-meet – Saginaw News
Unranked Sturgis earned a 93-71 win over LPD3 honorable mention Allegan with 15 personal-best times – Sturgis Journal
Volleyball
Class A No. 4 Clarkston dropped the first and third sets before coming back to edge Bloomfield Hills 16-14 in the deciding fifth game – Oakland Press
Allen Park held on to first place in the Downriver League alone with a 3-1 win over second-place Trenton – Southgate News-Herald
Today in the MHSAA: 10/11/19
October 11, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The MHSAA Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis Finals fields began to take shape with the first Regionals for that sport played Thursday, while the LP Girls Golf Finals fields are set after the last of those Regional tournaments finished up.
1. Boys Tennis: Top-ranked Ann Arbor Greenhills swept every flight to win its Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional, with No. 3 Detroit Country Day finishing runner-up in seven flights – We Love Ann Arbor
2. Boys Tennis: LPD3 No. 10 Petoskey won every flight on the way to an 11th straight Regional team championship – Petoskey News-Review
3. Girls Golf: Unranked Troy edged runner-up and No. 6 Rochester Adams by two strokes to win their LPD1 Regional – Oakland Press
4. Boys Tennis: Gibraltar Carlson outpaced runner-up Allen Park by a point to win its fifth straight Regional title, in LPD2 – Southgate News-Herald
5. Boys Tennis: St. Joseph claimed its 22nd Regional title over the last 24 seasons, in LPD3 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
6. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 8 Grand Blanc shot a 329 to edge LPD3 No. 1 Flint Powers Catholic by two strokes and win the Saginaw Valley League Tournament – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Soccer: Alpena won its first MHSAA Tournament game in at least nine years, 5-0 over Mount Pleasant in Division 2 – Alpena News
8. Volleyball: No. 6 Clarkston got past honorable mention Lake Orion in a key Oakland Activities Association Red matchup – Oakland Press
9. Cross County: Saugatuck’s girls and boys teams swept the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship meet titles; the girls are ranked No. 14 in LPD3 and the boys are ranked No. 3 – Holland Sentinel
10. Girls Swimming & Diving: No. 7 Ann Arbor Skyline outpaced No. 10 Huron 114-72 in a matchup of two of the three ranked Ann Arbor schools in LPD1 – We Love Ann Arbor