Today in the MHSAA: 11/12/15
November 12, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
We include today a couple additional notable stories from Tuesday’s Volleyball Regional Semifinals, plus a look at one of the top coaches in that sport.
Volleyball
Class C honorable mention Calumet handed Manistique its first and only loss this season in Tuesday’s Regional Semifinal – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Laingsburg came back after losing the first set to Delton Kellogg on Tuesday to advance in Class C; the Wolfpack has won a school-record 42 matches and will play for its first Regional title – Lansing State Journal
Good Read
Bronson is the top-ranked team in Class C – and although she’s the first to give all of the credit to her players, it’s hard to look past the impact of longtime coach Jean LaClair, who won her 1,000th match this fall and is a past MHSAA Women in Sports Leadership Award winner – Battle Creek Enquirer
Today in the MHSAA: 9/14/17
September 14, 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. Boys Tennis: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 2 Midland Dow won 21 of 24 matches at the Midweek Classic, downing No. 4 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, No. 7 Detroit U-D Jesuit and Flushing – Midland Daily News
2. Volleyball: Class B honorable mention Kingsley remained undefeated, downing Class D No. 2 Leland in three sets in Northwest Conference play – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Cross Country: The Pittsford girls (LPD4 No. 12) and Battle Creek St. Philip (LPD4 No. 3) boys claimed titles at the Wildcat Jamboree; Pittsford’s girls had the winner and five of the top 20 – Hillsdale Daily News
4. Girls Golf: New Boston Huron improved to 11-0 this season with a 59-stroke win over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Southgate News Herald
5. Girls Golf: Sturgis also continued an impressive streak with its seventh straight jamboree win in the Wolverine Conference, this time by 13 strokes – JoeInsider.com
6. Girls Golf: LP Division 2 No. 3 St. Joseph claimed its third Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West jamboree win, shooting a 180 to finish 17 strokes ahead of the field – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
7. Cross Country: Bear Lake swept races at the second West Michigan D jamboree; the girls are No. 10 in LPD4 and the boys are ranked No. 2 – Manistee News Advocate
8. Girls Golf: Portland moved into a three-way tie for first in the Capital Area Activities Conference White with a nine-stroke jamboree win – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
9. Volleyball: Cadillac, a Class B semifinalist last season, took a big step in the Big North Conference by coming back to down Petoskey in five sets – Cadillac News
10. Volleyball: Gwinn broke out in the first set with a 13-0 lead and went on to sweep Manistique – Marquette Mining Journal