Today in the MHSAA: 5/31/19
May 31, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
In addition to boys and girls Upper Peninsula Golf Finals – see “Latest Posts” at right for full coverage – numerous Lower Peninsula boys golf and girls soccer championships were handed out Thursday at the Regional and District levels, respectively.
1. Girls Soccer: No. 5 Plymouth scored twice over the final six minutes of regulation to tie its Division 1 District Final with Canton, then won a shootout to claim the championship – Observer & Eccentric
2. Boys Golf: No. 2 Warren DeLaSalle shot a 303 to edge No. 8 Grosse Pointe South by three strokes and win its Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional title – Macomb Daily
3. Boys Golf: St. Louis finished ahead of Frankenmuth and No. 7 Shepherd to win its LPD3 Regional – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
4. Girls Soccer: No. 9 Saginaw Nouvel won its 10th straight game, this one 5-1 over No. 13 Saginaw Valley Lutheran to earn a Division 4 District title – Saginaw News
5. Girls Soccer: Katherine Schonard scored a hat trick as Jackson Lumen Christi downed No. 6 Manchester 4-2 in a Division 4 District Final – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
6. Girls Soccer: No. 12 Elk Rapids won its fourth straight District title with its third shutout this season of Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. Girls soccer: Alexis Souder scored all four goals as No. 7 Houghton Lake won its third straight District title with a 4-0 win over McBain Northern Michigan Christian – MI Sports Now
8. Girls Soccer: No. 9 Grosse Ile edged Wixom St. Catherine 1-0 to claim a Division 3 District title – Southgate News-Herald
9. Girls Soccer: Ludington got past Big Rapids 3-1 to celebrate a Division 3 District title – Ludington Daily News
10. Girls Soccer: After nearly 60 minutes of scoreless play, Spring Lake scored four goals to get past Muskegon Reeths-Puffer in a Division 2 District Final – Local Sports Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 8/29/18
August 29, 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 Golf: Traverse City West shot a 313 to win the Alpena Invitational by 69 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa downed Zeeland by 26 points in a matchup of top programs statewide – Holland Sentinel
3. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 9 Beaverton improved to 20-0 this fall with a pair of victories – Midland Daily News
4. Boys Soccer: Salem stayed undefeated with a scoreless draw against rival Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric
5. Volleyball: Hillsdale Academy won the fifth set 16-14 to take a thriller against rival Hillsdale High – Hillsdale Daily News
6. Boys Soccer: Aidan Day scored four goals to lead Alpena over Sault Ste. Marie – Alpena News
7. Boys Soccer: Rivals Rochester and Rochester Adams played to a 2-2 draw – Oakland Press
8. Girls Swimming & Diving: Although Midland finished 1-2 as a team at the Highland Milford quad, Claire Newsman shined with two individual MHSAA Finals cuts and a third as part of a relay – Midland Daily News
9. Boys Soccer: Saline opened its league schedule with a 2-0 win over Ann Arbor Huron – Saline Post
10. Volleyball: Harrison came back from a 2-1 deficit to edge Lake City in five sets – MI Sports Now