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: 9/16/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 16, 2022
1. GIRLS GOLF Grand Rapids Catholic Central – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – shot a 339 to win the Montague Invitational by 10 strokes – Local Sports Journal
2. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention White Lake Lakeland continued its undefeated start with a sweep of Rochester Adams – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER Leland shut out Division 3 No. 9 Traverse City Christian 1-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Saline – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – nearly doubled up Ann Arbor Huron 123-62 – Saline Post
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 13 Grand Haven moved to 7-0-3 with Cade LaRose scoring all four goals in a win over Grandville – MuskegonSports.com
6. CROSS COUNTRY Mackinaw City swept the second Northern Lakes Conference meets – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
7. VOLLEYBALL Brimley won the final two sets to defeat Cedarville/DeTour in five – MI Sports Now
8. BOYS SOCCER Greenville dealt Ionia its second loss, 3-0 – Greenville Daily News
9. BOYS SOCCER Birmingham Seaholm and Bloomfield Hills played to a 1-1 draw – Oakland Press
10. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City West won big in its rivalry matchup with Traverse City Central – Up North Live
Also of note …
CONFERENCE CHANGES Jackson Lumen Christi will be moving to the Detroit Catholic League, and the Greater Lansing Activities Conference has three schools on the move – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Lansing State Journal