Today in the MHSAA: 4/18/16
April 18, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A week after snow still covered much of the Lower Peninsula, teams on both sides of the bridge got outside to get their seasons rolling – with much of most notable weekend action coming in softball, soccer and tennis.
Girls Soccer
Cadillac shut out Holland Black River and Holland and played Grand Rapids Northview to a 0-0 tie in winning the Holland Invitational on Saturday – Cadillac News
Softball
Spring Lake won the Lakeshore Grand Slam in Stevenson by downing reigning Division 2 champion Wayland 5-4 on the way to the title – Grand Haven Tribune
Melissa Wegener clubbed a seventh-inning home run as part of a five-run rally to help Bay City Western over rival Bay City Central 7-4 in the final of the Bay County Softball Championships – Bay City Times
From Thursday, Emily Dragonetti threw a no-hitter against Charlotte that was her school’s first in at least 14 seasons – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Also from Thursday, Dowagiac’s Taylor Hulett and Megan Soderbloom threw back-to-back no-hitters against Sturgis while striking out a combined 21 batters – Niles Daily Star
Girls Tennis
Battle Creek Lakeview won six flight championships in claiming the overall Battle Creek All-City title – Battle Creek Enquirer
From Wednesday, Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian and Division 3 No. 2 Detroit Country Day tied 4-4 with Country Day winning all four singles matches and Marian sweeping doubles – Oakland Press
Good Read
Eric Marcil as a student convinced the Muskegon Reeths-Puffer district to create a soccer program, and the 1992 alum came back to coach both the girls and boys teams before his death at 25 after a fight against lymphoma. The school’s field was renamed to honor him Thursday – Muskegon Chronicle
Today in the MHSAA: 9/25/17
September 25, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Girls Swimming & Diving: Host East Grand Rapids – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – outpaced LPD1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy in winning the Pioneer Classic – PrepSwimming.com
2. Volleyball: Honorable mention DeWitt downed reigning Class A champion and current No. 3 Novi in the semifinal and No. 8 Bloomfield Hills Marian in the championship match to win the Novi Invitational.
3. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 8 Grand Haven could be on the move this week after a 3-1 win over No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Grand Haven Tribune
4. Girls Golf: All six Bay City Central golfers posted season-low scores as the team scored a tournament record 362 to win the Bay County Golf Championship – Bay City Times
5. Volleyball: Class D No. 2 Leland downed Class B No. 10 Montague in the championship match of the Morley Stanwood Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. Volleyball: Class B No. 9 Kingsley downed Class C honorable mention McBain in both pool play and the tournament final of the Ramblers’ tournament – Cadillac News
7. Girls Cross Country: Traverse City Central (LPD1 No. 3) and lead runner Sielle Kearney won titles in the Eagle division of the Grand Rapids Cougar Falcon Invitational, Kearney followed by reigning LPD2 runner-up Anna Fischer of St. Joseph – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Volleyball: Class D No. 8 Onaway came back from a set down to beat Cheboygan and win the St. Ignace Invitational – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
9. Boys Soccer: Division 3 No. 10 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard downed host Alpena 2-0 to win the Huron Shores Tournament – Alpena News
10. Cross Country: The Berrien Springs boys (LPD3 honorable mention) and South Haven girls won Tri-State Invitational championships, with Zeeland East (boys are LPD2 No. 13) finishing second in both races – Niles Daily Star