Today in the MHSAA: 2/2/16
February 2, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Statewide sports action Monday was light, so we’ll focus on a series of stories published today that should pull at your heart strings and put life’s little obstacles in proper perspective.
Good Reads
Mason’s Brendan Brown is fighting for his life, against a form of cancer that has led to the amputation of a leg and soon will mean the removal of parts of his lungs. The Bulldogs junior is fighting, and also continuing a high school bowling career that is inspiring opponents and those in his community – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Also at Mason, Storm Miller might be the strongest athlete at his high school and finished third in a national weight-lifting competition last summer. He’s relying on strength now to fight a rare form of cancer that also initially was found in a leg – Lansing State Journal
Molly Holmes hasn't joined her siblings on the Leroy Pine River wrestling team yet – wait until next year – but she plays junior varsity basketball and is one of 13 kids in a family that loves sports – a family that adopted her after five foster placements and a fight to survive no child should experience – Cadillac News
Today in the MHSAA: 9/20/18
September 20, 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.
1. Girls Golf: St. Joseph clinched its seventh straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West championship with a jamboree win in Portage – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
2. Volleyball: In a matchup of ranked Jack Pine Conference foes, Division 3 No. 9 Houghton Lake downed No. 6 Beaverton in four sets – MI Sports Now
3. Boys Soccer: Cadillac earned its first win ever over Traverse City West, which opened in 1997 – Cadillac News
4. Girls Golf: Utica Eisenhower shot a 353 to win the 10-team Macomb County Invitational championship – C&G Newspapers
5. Volleyball: Richland Gull Lake upset Division 1 No. 6 Battle Creek Lakeview in four sets after dropping the first 28-26 – JoeInsider.com
6. Boys Soccer: First-place Brownstown Woodhaven downed second-place Gibraltar Carlson 3-2 in Downriver League play – Southgate News-Herald
7. Cross Country: Bloomingdale swept the girls and boys races at the first Southwest 10 Conference jamboree – Sturgis Journal
8. Boys Soccer: Holland Christian earned a second win over rival Holland this season, 1-0 on “Night of the Nets” – Holland Sentinel
9. Boys Soccer: Grand Blanc shut out rival Flint Powers Catholic 2-0 – WJRT
10. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 5 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian continued to shine with a sweep of Muskegon Catholic Central – Local Sports Journal