Today in the MHSAA: 4/19/18
April 19, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Girls Tennis: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Midland Dow shut out LPD2 No. 6 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and gave up just a point to LPD2 No. 3 Birmingham Seaholm – Midland Daily News
2. Girls Tennis: Also at Midland, LPD2 No. 7 Traverse City Central downed Forest Hills Central and was shut out by Seaholm – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Lacrosse: Division 1 No. 10 Brighton edged No. 5 Howell 20-15 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Baseball: Brighton got a five-inning no-hitter from Cameron Tullar in a 12-1 win over Novi – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. Baseball: Division 1 No. 9 Sterling Heights Stevenson got back on the field with a win over Utica Eisenhower – Detroit News
6. Baseball: Division 1 top-ranked Saline opened league play with a victory over Temperance Bedford – Saline Post
7. Baseball: Birmingham Groves remained undefeated with a 7-5 win over rival Seaholm – Oakland Press
8. Football: Powers North Central has a new coach after a contentious few weeks led to Wednesday’s resignation of Kevin Bellefeuil, who guided the team to undefeated seasons in 2015 and 2016 – Escanaba Daily Press
9. Boys Basketball: Buckley coach Blair Moss has stepped down after leading the Bears to back-to-back Class D runner-up finishes – MI Sports Now
10. Girls Basketball: After 20 seasons over two tenures, Tim Walker has stepped down again as Bay City Western girls basketball coach – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 9/17/19
September 17, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A freshman phenom on the golf course helped her team lead Monday’s list of notables as a trio of tournament champions drove their way to the top.
1. Girls Golf: Grand Blanc freshman Kate Brody continued her dazzling high school debut by taking first in leading the Bobcats – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – to the Genesee County Golf Championship victory; Grand Blanc finished two strokes lower than runner-up and LPD3 No. 1 Flint Powers Catholic – Flint Journal
2. Girls Golf: Coldwater outshot runner-up and LPD4 No. 9 Jackson Lumen Christi by six strokes to win the Onsted Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
3. Girls Golf: Traverse City Central edged Traverse City West by a stroke to win the Charlevoix Classic against a field that also included LPD4 top-ranked Harbor Springs – Traverse City Record Eagle
4. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 8 Byron Center and Division 3 No. 1 Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a scoreless draw – FOX 17
5. Volleyball: Bloomfield Hills defeated Division 2 No. 4 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in five sets, after NDP downed Rochester Adams in four – Oakland Press
6. Boys Soccer: Hillsdale got past Michigan Center to stay in the mix for the Independent Soccer League West title – Hillsdale Daily News
7. Volleyball: Rock Mid Peninsula posted its first win ever over Munising, sweeping the Mustangs – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Boys Soccer: Vicksburg downed Sturgis for the first time in at least seven seasons, 1-0 – JoeInsider.com
9. Boys Soccer: After edging Riverview by just a goal in their first meeting this season, Division 3 No. 6 Grosse Ile came back to win big in the rematch – Southgate News-Herald
10. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 5 Midland Dow downed Bay City John Glenn to improve to 11-1 – Midland Daily News