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: 10/12/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 12, 2022
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ithaca girls – No. 14 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and No. 6 St. Louis boys clinched Tri-Valley Conference 10 championships – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
2. VOLLEYBALL Kingsley swept Division 4 No. 2 Leland to clinch a share of the Northwest Conference title for the fourth-straight season – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. VOLLEYBALL Ludington defeated Fremont in four sets to clinch a share of the West Michigan Conference Rivers championship – Ludington Daily News
4. BOYS SOCCER Muskegon Mona Shores finished an Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title run with a 3-1 win over Grand Rapids Union – Local Sports Journal
5. VOLLEYBALL South Lyon East delivered Division 1 honorable mention White Lake Lakeland’s first loss of the season, winning in five sets – Oakland Press
6. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Manton kept pace in the Highland Conference with a sweep of LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Union City girls and Jonesville boys won third-straight Big 8 Conference jamborees – Coldwater Daily Reporter Girls | Boys
8. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer and Mona Shores opened O-K Green Tournament play with wins – MuskegonSports.com
9. CROSS COUNTRY Hart swept West Michigan Conference Rivers jamborees, while the Ludington girls and LPD2 No. 15 Fremont boys won in the Lakes; the Hart girls are No. 2 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 1 – Local Sports Journal Rivers | Lakes
10. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Calumet swept Negaunee – Upper Michigan Source