Today in the MHSAA: 8/20/19
August 20, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A handful of reigning MHSAA champions led Monday’s action, with last season’s top girls golf team off to a fast start at one of the state’s most prestigious regular-season tournaments.
1. Girls Golf: Northville shot a 318 to build a 16-stroke lead during the first day of the Lober Invitational; Northville is the reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys Soccer: Reigning Division 1 champion Ann Arbor Skyline played Novi to a 1-1 draw – We Love Ann Arbor
3. Girls Golf: Rochester Adams shots a 236 to clear the field by 21 strokes and win Perry’s Larry Judson Scramble – Coldwater Daily Reporter
4. Boys Soccer: Maple City Glen Lake and Manistee combined for 16 goals as Glen Lake won 9-7 – Manistee News Advocate
5. Boys Soccer: Reigning Division 4 champion Leland came back for a 3-2 win over North Muskegon – Local Sports Journal
6. Boys Soccer: Midland scored twice during the first half to get by Frankenmuth 2-1 – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Soccer: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard scored twice over two minutes to get past Lansing Christian 2-0 – We Love Ann Arbor
8. Boys Soccer: Detroit Catholic Central opened its season with a 3-2 win over Dearborn Divine Child – Oakland Press
9. Girls Tennis: Kingsford dominated singles and Gladstone dominated doubles as the teams played to a 4-4 draw – Escanaba Daily Press
10. Boys Soccer: Freeland opened the scoring midway through the first half and went on to a 5-1 win over Midland Bullock Creek – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 12/12/17
December 12, 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. Girls Basketball: Harbor Springs downed Alanson 42-25, but Alanson’s Brooke Nguyen did score her 1,000th career point – Petoskey News-Review
2. Girls Basketball: Rivals Ishpeming and Westwood traded leads late before the Hematites came out on top with two free throws at the end, 42-40 – Marquette Mining Journal
3. Boys Basketball: Class C Beaverton moved to 3-0 with a 56-43 win over Class A Midland Dow in the Chargers’ season opener – Midland Daily News
4. Boys Basketball: Boyne City continued to bounce back from its early loss to McBain by handing Cedarville its first defeat, 63-39 – Petoskey News-Review
5. Girls Basketball: Canton held on for its first win and to hand Novi its first loss despite 37 points by Ellie Mackay – Observer & Eccentric
6. Boys Basketball: Jake Witt continued to star as undefeated Ewen-Trout Creek got past Calumet 67-55 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
7. Football: A group of 13 Upper Peninsula schools with 8-player teams announced the formation of a football-only conference to begin play in 2018 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Coaches: Marine City Cardinal Mooney boys basketball coach Mike McAndrews writes a guest commentary on the ways he’s been blessed by his two decades on the sideline – Port Huron Times Herald
9. Wrestling: Warren Lincoln hosted its first Tom Costello Invitational on Saturday, renaming the annual event in honor of a 1991 MHSAA champion who died in a crash in August – Macomb Daily
10. Hockey: Plymouth turned its two-game trip to Grand Rapids at the start of this month into a “Father-Son Weekend” filled with activities in addition to games against Forest Hills Northern/Eastern and Grandville – Observer & Eccentric