Today In The MHSAA: 6/9/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 9, 2021

1. Girls Soccer: Byron Center surged into its first Regional championship game with a 1-0 win over No. 2 Richland Gull Lake in Division 2 – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. Girls Soccer: Hartland scored with less than eight minutes to play to down two-time reigning Division 1 champion Novi 1-0 in a Regional Semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Girls Soccer: No. 14 Bloomfield Hills Marian edged top-ranked DeWitt 1-0 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – Lansing State Journal

4. Girls Soccer: No. 7 Grosse Ile put the pressure on late, but top-ranked Detroit Country Day held on for a 2-1 win in Division 3 Regional Semifinal play – Oakland Press

5. Girls Soccer: No. 10 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist earned an impressive 3-1 win over No. 2 Plymouth Christian Academy in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Southgate News-Herald

6. Girls Soccer: Cadillac earned its first Regional Semifinal win ever, 2-1 over Cedar Springs in Division 2 – Cadillac News

7. Girls Soccer: No. 15 Bad Axe also won its first Regional Semifinal in program history, downing Marine City Cardinal Mooney 5-2 in Division 4 – WJRT

8. Girls Soccer: Gillian Ciak’s overtime goal pushed top-ranked Troy Athens past Romeo in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Oakland Press

9. Girls Soccer: No. 4 Spring Lake advanced in Division 2 with a 4-1 win over East Grand Rapids – Local Sports Journal

10. Girls Soccer: No. 11  Kalamazoo Christian earned a Regional Final berth in Division 4 with a 4-1 win over Schoolcraft – FOX 17

Today in the MHSAA: 9/25/15

September 25, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Here’s some great Friday morning reading, including a look at some of the special impacts made on the football field from a coach fighting to stay on the sideline and two more recently retired from it.

Girls Golf

Frankenmuth saw all of its scoring records fall this week, for 18-hole team, 18-hole individual, 9-hole team and 9-hole individual – Saginaw News

Boys Soccer

Portage Central rebounded off its first loss of the season earlier this week to beat Division 2 No. 19 Stevensville Lakeshore 1-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Volleyball

Class A No. 4 Grand Haven downed No. 10 Rockford 3-1, gaining an edge in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red standings – Muskegon Chronicle 

Class D No. 10 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart lost the first set against annual power Beal City but came back to win the next three – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Good Reads

Gibraltar Carlson’s Zach Kohn stars in three sports, managing his time to train for them all, and locked down a Division I scholarship for baseball – Monroe Evening News

Battle Creek Harper Creek’s Ed Greenman and Battle Creek Pennfield’s Nick Koenigsknecht stepped away from the football sideline this season after a combined 44 years. They share some of their thoughts from the other side of the field – Battle Creek Enquirer

Tonight’s Richmond/Almont football game will be “Kocher Strong Night” in honor of Richmond co-coach John Kocher, who continues his fight against cancer – Port Huron Times-Herald