Today in the MHSAA: 5/8/18

May 8, 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: Holland West Ottawa, No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, won the first outright Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title in program history with a clincher over Caledonia – Holland Sentinel

3. Girls Tennis: No. 1 singles player Anne Bandrowski earned the 100th win of her career in LP Division 4 No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis’ sweep of Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Soccer: No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central downed No. 18 Grand Haven in a nonleague matchup of Division 1 ranked teams – Grand Haven Tribune

4. Baseball: Unranked Plymouth edged Division 1 No. 14 Livonia Stevenson 4-3 thanks to a heavy-hitting performance by Nolen Dingledey – Observer & Eccentric

5. Boys Golf: Pinckney shot a 329 to beat runner-up Oxford and win the Jim Sander Invitational – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Girls Soccer: Shelby’s Amy England had four goals and two assists in her team’s 8-2 win over Hart – Local Sports Journal

7. Softball: Hillman came back from a seven-run deficit to down AuGres-Sims 11-10, then won the second game as well – Alpena News

8. Track & Field: The Norway boys and Iron River West Iron County girls repeated as champions at the Norway Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

9. Softball: Warren Lincoln came back from a nine-run deficit to down Madison Heights Madison 25-15 – Macomb Daily

10. Girls Soccer: Manistee scored twice over the final eight minutes to down rival Ludington 2-1 – Manistee News Advocate

Today in the MHSAA: 10/18/17

October 18, 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. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 9 Elk Rapids came back from a two-goal deficit to get past Northport 4-3 in overtime and advance in their District – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Volleyball: Class C No. 7 Calumet finished an outright Western Peninsula Athletic Conference title with a five-set win over rival Houghton, coming back after losing the second and third games – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

3. Boys Cross Country: Although it didn’t win the final Blue Water Area Conference jamboree, Yale clinched its first boys league title in 22 years – Port Huron Times Herald

4. Boys Cross Country: Jonesville claimed its first league title since 2003, finishing ahead of rival Concord (No. 7 in LPD4) to win the Big 8 Conference – Hillsdale Daily News

5. Volleyball: New Haven improved to 27-0 and clinched the Macomb Area Conference Bronze title with a sweep of Clinton Township Clintondale – Macomb Daily

6. Girls Cross Country: The Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 10 Remus Chippewa Hills girls finished a sweep of Central State Activities Association Gold jamborees to claim the league title – Big Rapids News

7. Cross Country: Bad Axe’s boys won their first league title since 2009, as both Ubly teams and the Reese girls also won repeat championships in the Greater Thumb Conference East and West; Ubly’s boys are No. 4 in LPD4 and the girls are No. 6 – Huron Daily Tribune

8. Cross Country: Spring Lake’s boys (No. 8 in LPD2) and girls (No. 11) also swept league titles, winning in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Boys Soccer: Fruitport downed Sparta 5-0 in Division 2 as Zack Shane scored all five goals and broke his school’s single-season scoring record – Local Sports Journal

10. Cross Country: The Pittsford girls (No. 11 in LPD4) and Battle Creek St. Philip boys (No. 6) also finished league title runs, in the Southern Central Athletic Association – Hillsdale Daily News

Also of note:

Volleyball: Gwinn got past Iron Mountain in five sets and after dropping the first two to secure a share of the Mid-Peninsula Conference championship – Marquette Mining Journal

Cross Country: From Monday, the St. Ignace girls (No. 1 in UPD2) and Brimley boys (No. 3 in UPD3) finished sweeps of Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference jamborees to claim league titles – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Boys Soccer: From Monday, Division 4 No. 6 Hillsdale Academy won an early big-time matchup, downing No. 7 Adrian Lenawee Christian 2-0 in District play – Adrian Daily Telegram