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: 9/24/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 24, 2021
1. VOLLEYBALL South Lyon East downed Walled Lake Northern in four sets in a matchup of last season’s Lakes Valley Conference co-champions – Oakland Press
2. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Davison avenged last season’s District loss to Grand Blanc with a sweep in league play – Flint Journal
3. BOYS TENNIS Ludington earned an impressive 5-3 win over LPD4 No. 5 Big Rapids – Ludington Daily News
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Trenton, an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 3, swam to a 100-80 win over Brownstown Woodhaven – Southgate News-Herald
5. BOYS SOCCER Jack Spencer continued to build on his school shutouts record, adding another in Division 3 No. 6 Elk Rapids’ 5-0 win over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. CROSS COUNTRY Mackinaw City swept team first places at the latest Northern Lakes Conference jamboree – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
7. BOYS SOCCER Chelsea handed Pinckney its first Southeastern Conference White defeat, 1-0, to tighten the league race – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. BOYS SOCCER Detroit Catholic Central edged rival Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 3-2 – Oakland Press
9. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Holland improved to 10-2-2 with a 3-0 win over Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel
10. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Dundee quickly bounced back from a slow start to sweep Monroe – Monroe News