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: 4/11/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 11, 2022

1. SOFTBALL Kaitlyn Pallozzi struck out all 21 batters faced in Division 1 No. 9 Farmington Hills Mercy’s 1-0 win over Ann Arbor Greenhills – Oakland Press

2. BASEBALL Division 2 top-ranked New Boston Huron opened with an impressive sweep of Division 1 No. 9 Temperance Bedford – Monroe News

3. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 5 Essexville Garber posted three dominating wins in claiming the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

4. TRACK & FIELD The Homer girls and Hillsdale boys won Grass Lake Invitational titles – Jackson Citizen Patriot Girls | Boys

5. TRACK & FIELD Alpena swept the Yooper Invitational championships at Lake Superior State – Petoskey News-Review

6. GIRLS SOCCER Garber also won its first Bay Country championship since 2018 in this sport with a victory over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

7. SOFTBALL Division 4 honorable mention Ishpeming opened the Spring Swing at Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome with a 7-3 win over Hancock – Marquette Mining Journal

8. TRACK & FIELD Dexter’s boys and Howell’s girls won Lansing Catholic Relays championships – Chelsea Sun Times News

9. GIRLS SOCCER Marshall defeated Cadillac 1-0 to win its home invitational – Cadillac News

10. TRACK & FIELD Freeland’s boys tied Hartland the Falcons’ girls won outright their invitationals that were moved to Sunday as the school’s track and softball teams got creative to get competitions in this weekend – Saginaw News | Midland Daily News