Today in the MHSAA: 5/31/18
May 31, 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. Boys Lacrosse: Northville claimed its first Regional title in this sport, downing No. 10 Plymouth 12-5 in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric
2. Boys Lacrosse: Detroit Country Day edged Dearborn Divine Child 10-7 in Division 2 to earn an eighth straight Regional championship – Oakland Press
3. Boys Golf: New Baltimore Anchor Bay shot a 284 to win its Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional by 12 strokes – Macomb Daily
4. Girls Lacrosse: No. 8 Northville will play for a Division 1 Regional title after a 9-6 win over Canton – Observer & Eccentric
5. Boys Lacrosse: No. 2 East Grand Rapids locked up a sixth straight Regional title with a 16-2 win over Spring Lake in Division 2 – FOX 17
6. Boys Golf: Charlevoix claimed its second straight LP Division 3 Regional title shooting 327 to finish 16 strokes lower than runner-up and No. 7 Tawas – Petoskey News-Review
7. Softball: Olivia Tomaszewski threw a perfect game in the final regular-season game of the season for Division 4 No. 5 Frankfort, a 2-0 win over Manton – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Boys Lacrosse: No. 2 Hartland earned a Division 1 Regional title with a 21-5 win over Howell – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
9. Girls Lacrosse: Portage Northern moved on in a Division 1 Regional with a 15-8 win over Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune
10. Girls Soccer: Garden City scored the first three goals in a 3-1 rain-shortened Division 2 District win over Allen Park – Southgate News Herald
Today in the MHSAA: 8/28/15
August 28, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday saw the start of varsity football season, and nearly half of Michigan’s teams kicked off their fall.
Football’s first week in review will be posted Monday afternoon; in the meantime, there is more good news to report from today’s statewide headlines.
Cross Country
The Croswell-Lexington girls and Yale boys won the Mike Jackson Invitational, with Port Huron’s Rachel Bonner – fourth at the Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final last season – taking the girls individual title by 59 seconds – Port Huron Times-Herald
Girls Golf
Spring Lake set a school record shooting 321 to win the Big Rapids Invitational, also placing the top two individuals – Grand Haven Tribune
Good Reads
Longtime cross country and track and field official Doug Steward was quoted as saying he was close to retiring – in 2009. But this fall, after 51 years, he indeed will start his final races – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
The Lac Vieux Desert Tribe presented Watersmeet schools with $174,000 earlier this year that in part went to a new gym floor complete with the school's nationally-recognized Nimrod logo – Ironwood Daily Globe