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: 9/20/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 21, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow defeated Shepherd, McBain, Mason, Division 3 No. 3 Roscommon and Mount Pleasant to win the Oilers’ invitational – Midland Daily News
2. CROSS COUNTRY The Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 11 Bloomfield Hills Marian and LPD1 No. 7 Brownstown Woodhaven girls and LPD2 No. 13 Adrian and Novi boys were team winners at the 57th Huron Invitational – Monroe News
3. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City Central swept championships at the Maple City Glen Lake Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Essexville Garber went 4-1 at its invitational with wins over Division 2 No. 4 Kingsley and No. 10 North Branch – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran repeated as Bridgman Invitational champion with a 6-0 record – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Macomb Lutheran North girls and Livonia Churchill boys won Autumn Classic team titles – Macomb Daily
7. BOYS SOCCER Alpena defeated Grayling once and Cheboygan twice to claim its Sunrise Soccer Challenge championship – Alpena News
8. CROSS COUNTRY Belding swept the team titles at the Morley Stanwood Invitational – Big Rapids Pioneer
9. CROSS COUNTRY A total of 10 varsity champions were awarded at the 58th Holly-Duane Raffin Festival of Races – Athletic.net
10. CROSS COUNTRY The Bay City Western and St. Louis girls and LPD1 No. 7 Midland and Montrose boys won at the 57th Al Kayner/Delta Invitational – Athletic.net