Today In The MHSAA: 11/8/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 8, 2021
1. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Milan – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – scored 641 points to clinch its 22nd-straight Huron League championship – Monroe News
2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 9 Trenton clinched an 11th-consecutive Downriver League championship – Southgate News-Herald
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 4 Holland Christian won the Ottawa-Kent Conference Rainbow meet to clinch an outright league title – Holland Sentinel
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 No. 4 Grand Haven won the O-K Red meet to claim a share of the overall league title – Grand Haven Tribune
5. VOLLEYBALL After three straight District Final losses to Traverse City St. Francis, Elk Rapids defeated the Gladiators in four sets to clinch a Division 3 title – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. VOLLEYBALL Iron Mountain swept Manistique to claim a Division 3 District championship – Iron Mountain Daily News
7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING New Baltimore Anchor Bay won the Macomb Area Conference White championship meet – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS SWIMMNIG & DIVING Ann Arbor Pioneer was first and Saline second at the Southeastern Conference Red championship meet – Chelsea Sun Times News
9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Kalamazoo Loy Norrix claimed the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championship meet victory – Battle Creek Enquirer
10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Traverse City was first and Ludington second at the Coastal Conference championship meet – Ludington Daily News
Flynn Wisdom (Escanaba Daily Press)
February 8, 2012
Dan Flynn impacted countless students, coaches and more during four decades coaching at Escanaba High School and also a handful as a member of our MHSAA Representative Council. He retired from coaching Monday -- and through the Escanaba Daily Press' Denny Grall, passed on a number of points of wisdom he's picked up during his travels from growing up in Chicago to becoming one of the most recognized sports people not only in the Upper Peninsula, but in statewide high school circles.
A great excerpt from the story's first few paragraphs: "I was like a Sherman tank years ago. ... I came to understand that was not the way to get people going in the same direction. You say I've mellowed. I think I'm more compassionate."
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