Today in the MHSAA: 5/18/16
May 18, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Girls tennis and softball teams posted "sweeping" performances Tuesday as more championships were earned in multiple sports.
Boys Lacrosse
The MHSAA Regional Tournament started this week, and among early winners was Saginaw Heritage with a 17-7 victory over Swartz Creek – Saginaw News
Girls Soccer
Cadillac avenged its lone loss this season, improving to 13-1-2 with a 2-1 win over Traverse City Central – Cadillac News
Softball
Undefeated Coleman, No. 1 in Division 4, won the Mid-State Activities Conference championship for the second straight season, this time with a sweep of Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Girls Tennis
Traverse City Central won all 24 matches at the Big North Conference Tournament for the seventh time in the league’s history – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Boys Tennis
From Monday, Menominee remained undefeated with a sweep of Iron Mountain – Iron Mountain Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/17
October 20, 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. Football: Bellevue is having an incredible first season of 8-player football, and quarterback Gino Costello is building on an already impressive effort with a heavy heart after his mom died after a fight with cancer at the start of this month – Battle Creek Enquirer
2. Football: West Bloomfield kicker Nick O’Shea lost his father unexpectedly from a heart attack just 10 days ago. But how he and West Bloomfield’s coaches and players have rallied is also truly inspiring – Detroit Free Press
3. Volleyball: Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian finished a perfect run through the Northern Lakes Conference with a sweep of Vanderbilt – Petoskey News-Review
4. Volleyball: Class B No. 8 Spring Lake clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue title with a win over Comstock Park – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Boys Soccer: No. 7 Coldwater earned a rematch with No. 6-ranked Marshall by getting past perennial power Mason 2-0 to advance in Division 2 – Coldwater Daily Reporter
6. Volleyball: Class C No. 8 Unionville-Sebewaing clinched its sixth Greater Thumb Conference West title in seven seasons with a four-set win over Reese – Huron Daily Tribune
7. Cross Country: The Highland Milford girls (No. 10 in LPD1) and White Lake Lakeland boys (No. 5 in LPD1) clinched the inaugural Lakes Valley Conference championships – Observer & Eccentric Girls | Boys
8. Boys Soccer: Walled Lake Northern dealt rival Division 1 No. 15 Walled Lake Central a draw this year as the Vikings finished 15-0-1 in the Lakes Valley Conference, but Central avenged that tie with a 3-0 Division 1 win – Oakland Press
9. Volleyball: Houghton claimed the Copper Spike traveling trophy for the fourth straight season with a sweep of rival Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
10. Conference realignment: The Western Peninsula Athletic Conference is set to expand significantly with most of the Upper Peninsula’s 11-player football schools filling out the league – Marquette Mining Journal