Today in the MHSAA: 10/6/17
October 6, 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. Football: Fox Sports Detroit tells the story behind the inaugural Football Week in Michigan, which will take place Nov. 18-25 and highlight games at the high school, college and professional levels – Fox Sports Detroit
2. Boys Tennis: For the second straight season, Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 2 Midland Dow swept every flight in winning the Saginaw Valley League tournament; the title was Dow’s 12th straight – Midland Daily News
3. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 5 Holland West Ottawa upset No. 4 Rockford 165-150 – Holland Sentinel
4. Volleyball: Unionville-Sebewaing came back from two sets down to upset Class C No. 5 Cass City and avenge an earlier loss – Huron Daily Tribune
5. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 2 Saline posted an impressive 120-66 victory over LPD2 No. 3 Dexter – Saline Post
6. Cross Country: The Houghton boys (UPD1 No. 1) and Chassell girls (UPD3 No. 1) continued pulling away from the pack with championships at the Houghton Invitational – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
7. Boys Tennis: Traverse City Central claimed its 11th straight Big North Conference championship with a league tournament win – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Girls Golf: Portland claimed a share of its second Capital Area Activities Conference White championship ever with its first league tournament win – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
9. Volleyball: In a preview of possible Class B District matchups, honorable mention Spring Lake downed Whitehall and honorable mention Fruitport in a tri-meet – Grand Haven Tribune
10. Volleyball: Rochester Adams finished its Oakland Activities Association White outright championship with a sweep of West Bloomfield – Oakland Press
Today in the MHSAA: 5/14/19
May 14, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Saugatuck track & field teams celebrated Monday like they have for most of this decade, and South Lyon’s girls soccer team celebrated like never before as more league championships were clinched and postseason play began in boys lacrosse.
1. Track & Field: The Saugatuck girls and boys teams both won their sixth straight Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore meet championships – Holland Sentinel
2. Girls Soccer: South Lyon clinched its first league title in this sport, downing Waterford Mott 1-0 in Lakes Valley Conference play – Oakland Press
3. Girls soccer: Division 2 top-ranked DeWitt downed Division 3 No. 14 Williamston 4-2 in a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup quarterfinal – Lansing State Journal
4. Baseball: Division 3 No. 2 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian improved to 15-3 with a 12-0 win over Division 2 No. 10 Belding – FOX 17
5. Softball: Grace Lehto threw a no-hitter as Division 2 No. 3 Eaton Rapids opened Greater Lansing Hall of Fame Softball Classic play with a 6-0 win over DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
6. Boys Golf: Tecumseh shot a 336 to win the Lenawee County tournament title – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. Boys Golf: Clarkston, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 300 to win the Chemical City Invitational in Midland – Midland Daily News
8. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United’s co-op team defeated Muskegon Southside’s 21-3 in a Division 1 Pre-Regional game – WPBN
9. Softball: Midland swept Division 4 top-ranked Coleman 7-6 and 8-3 – Midland Daily News
10. Baseball: Hemlock and Division 3 No. 19 Pinconning split, Hemlock’s win also the first Tri-Valley Conference West loss for first-place Pinconning since it joined the league in 2016-17 – Bay City Times
Also of note …
Athlete of the Year: Detroit Edison’s Rickea Jackson and Madison Heights Bishop Foley’s Kendel Taylor were named this year’s statewide Athlete of the Year Award winners by the Detroit Athletic Club – State Champs Sports Network
Girls Tennis: From Saturday, LPD3 No. 3 Allegan finished first and Sturgis second at the Wolverine Conference tournament – Sturgis Journal