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: 10/8/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 8, 2021

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake handed top-ranked St. Joseph its first loss, 4-2, to win the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

2. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Adrian Lenawee Christian swept No. 1 Athens in a matchup of Division 4 contenders – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. GIRLS GOLF No. 5 Rochester Adams broke a three-team tie with the low fifth scorer to claim a Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional title just ahead of No. 7 Troy Athens and No. 10 Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Clarkston downed top-ranked Berkley 3-1 in league play – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Okemos defeated No. 13 East Lansing 3-1 to claim the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal

6. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills and Troy – tied for the top spot in LPD1 – both won Regional titles – Oakland Press

7. BOYS TENNIS Petoskey edged St. Johns to clinch an LPD3 Regional championship – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Centreville clinched a share of the Southwest 10 Conference championship with a sweep of Hartford – JoeInsider.com

9. BOYS SOCCER Howard City Tri Country advanced to the Central State Activities Association championship match with a shootout win over Big Rapids – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Davison remained undefeated in Saginaw Valley League play with a four-set win over Flint Powers Catholic – Flint Journal