Today in the MHSAA: 6/2/16
June 2, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The girls soccer, girls and boys lacrosse and boys golf MHSAA tournaments continued on Wednesday as the best of the best continued to advance, but with at least a few surprises.
Boys Golf
Division 3 top-ranked Lansing Catholic won its Regional at Twin Brooks Golf Club ahead of No. 5 Tawas and Freeland, which also advanced – MLive-Lansing
From Tuesday, Onsted won its first league golf title since 1991 by finishing a perfect run in the Lenawee County Athletic Association – Adrian Daily Telegram
Girls Lacrosse
Ann Arbor Pioneer moved to 10-10 this season with an upset of Northville (15-3) in Division 1, 15-6 – Observer & Eccentric
Girls Soccer
Haley Rushing scored all three goals as Harbor Springs advanced in a Division 3 District with a 3-1 win over Houghton Lake – Petoskey News
Bri Heyboer also had a hat trick as No. 3 Grandville got past Grand Haven 4-1 in Division 1 – Grand Rapids Press
From Tuesday, No. 11 Brighton edged No. 8 Walled Lake Northern in a Division 1 opener – Livingston Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 8/27/18
August 27, 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. Cross Country: Adelyn Ackley led the Hart girls to another fast start with a championship finish ahead of Northville and Ann Arbor Pioneer at the Benzie Invitational; other notable champs included Spring Lake’s boys and McBain with a sweep of small-school titles – Athletic.net
2. Boys Tennis: Traverse City St. Francis won the Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett Invitational, defeating reigning Division 4 champion Liggett in the finale – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Tennis: Grosse Pointe South downed Midland Dow 6-2 in a matchup of top-10 Finals finishers from 2017 – Midland Daily News
4. Volleyball: Rain forced teams to leave the “boardwalk,” but Grand Haven went inside to win the Battle on the Boardwalk for the sixth time – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Cross Country: Fowlerville’s boys won the Laingsburg Invitational with three freshmen scoring – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. Volleyball: Niles went 7-0 to win the Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Invitational, at one point winning 14 straight sets – Niles Daily Star
7. Volleyball: Centreville swept all five opponents in winning the East Jackson Invitational – Sturgis Journal
8. Boys Tennis: Grand Haven edged Petoskey by two points to win the Holland Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune
9. Cross Country: The Holland girls and Sparta boys won Muskegon Catholic Central Invitational titles – Holland Sentinel
10. Cross Country: Mancelona’s boys and Boyne City’s girls won Mancelona Invitational titles – Petoskey News-Review
Also of note …
Officials: Deerfield’s Bill Gomoluch, a past girls and boys basketball coach at southeastern Michigan high schools and four-time MHSAA Softball Finals official, was named the National Pro Fastpitch Umpire of the Year – Adrian Daily Telegram