Today in the MHSAA: 10/8/15

October 8, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The start of the Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Tournament included plenty of highlights to top an eventful Wednesday statewide.

Girls Golf

Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 8 Muskegon Mona Shores won the MHSAA Regional at Thornapple Pointe Golf Club, but Reeths-Puffer freshman Karina VanDuinen also was exceptional going under par to finish first individually – Muskegon Chronicle

LP Division 2 top-ranked Midland Dow tied No. 6 Flushing at 340 and won the Regional title on the fifth-golfer tie-breaker – Saginaw News

Frankenmuth, No. 4 in LP Division 4, won its first Regional title and just ahead of No. 5 Freeland – Saginaw News

New Boston Huron qualified for the MHSAA Finals for the first time in this sport by finishing third at Monroe Country Club – Mlive-Detroit

Boys Soccer

Division 2 top-ranked Holland Christian and Division 3 No. 6 Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a 3-3 tie that made both 6-0-2 in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green – Holland Sentinel

Unranked Tecumseh is 6-4-4 but unbeaten in eight straight after tying Division 2 No. 12 Dexter – Adrian Daily Telegram

Unranked Buckley, a solid 13-2, upset Division 4 No. 3 Leland 2-1. Buckley hadn’t beaten Leland in boys soccer since 2003 – Cadillac News

Division 3 No. 10 Gladwin capped its Northern Michigan Soccer League schedule with another win to finish with a conference record of 10-0 – Midland Daily News

Volleyball

Unranked Mason, a Class A quarterfinalist a year ago, downed No. 10 DeWitt in five sets to create a two-team tie atop the Capital Area Activities Conference Red standings – Lansing State Journal

Good Reads

Coldwater will host its first swimming and diving meet tonight thanks to a $15 million dollar donation that paid for a new aquatic center and was given in honor of the school’s Class of 1942 by one of its members – Battle Creek Enquirer

Farmington Hills Harrison football is 5-1 under longtime coach John Herrington in what might be the final season of the school and despite the transfers of two players before the start of practice – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/31/18

January 31, 2018

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. Boys Basketball: Reigning Class A champion Clarkston handed Hazel Park its first loss of the season, 70-39, in the first of two league matchups this season between the expected statewide contenders – Detroit News

2. Girls Basketball: East Lansing downed Williamston 63-43 in a matchup of highly-ranked teams that were both undefeated entering the night – Lansing State Journal

3. Girls Basketball: Charlevoix’s 58-42 win over Traverse City Central saw Charlevoix’s Elise Stuck score a school-record 43 points and Central’s Margot Woughter go over 1,000 for her career – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Hockey: Teddy Randell returned from an injury to score twice for Division 3 top-ranked Hancock in a 3-1 win over No. 3 Calumet – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Hartland’s goal with 4:33 to play pushed it past Division 1 No. 3 Brighton 2-1 in a matchup of Kensington Lakes Activities Association powers – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Boys Basketball: Marine City Cardinal Mooney downed Detroit Cristo Rey 74-66 to claim its first league title since 2009 – Port Huron Times Herald

7. Girls Basketball: Muskegon held off Grand Haven 39-37 in a matchup of top Class A teams from the west side of the state – Local Sports Journal

8. Girls Basketball: Haley Griffin scored 15 points in a 46-30 win over Grand Rapids Wellspring to set Holland Black River’s career scoring record – Holland Sentinel

9. Girls Basketball: St. Johns’ Maddie Maloney went over 1,000 career points in her team’s 52-38 win over Grand Ledge – Lansing State Journal

10. Girls Basketball: Eighth-place Roscommon upset Jack Pine Conference leader Gladwin 54-50 – Midland Daily News