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: 4/18/16
April 18, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A week after snow still covered much of the Lower Peninsula, teams on both sides of the bridge got outside to get their seasons rolling – with much of most notable weekend action coming in softball, soccer and tennis.
Girls Soccer
Cadillac shut out Holland Black River and Holland and played Grand Rapids Northview to a 0-0 tie in winning the Holland Invitational on Saturday – Cadillac News
Softball
Spring Lake won the Lakeshore Grand Slam in Stevenson by downing reigning Division 2 champion Wayland 5-4 on the way to the title – Grand Haven Tribune
Melissa Wegener clubbed a seventh-inning home run as part of a five-run rally to help Bay City Western over rival Bay City Central 7-4 in the final of the Bay County Softball Championships – Bay City Times
From Thursday, Emily Dragonetti threw a no-hitter against Charlotte that was her school’s first in at least 14 seasons – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Also from Thursday, Dowagiac’s Taylor Hulett and Megan Soderbloom threw back-to-back no-hitters against Sturgis while striking out a combined 21 batters – Niles Daily Star
Girls Tennis
Battle Creek Lakeview won six flight championships in claiming the overall Battle Creek All-City title – Battle Creek Enquirer
From Wednesday, Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian and Division 3 No. 2 Detroit Country Day tied 4-4 with Country Day winning all four singles matches and Marian sweeping doubles – Oakland Press
Good Read
Eric Marcil as a student convinced the Muskegon Reeths-Puffer district to create a soccer program, and the 1992 alum came back to coach both the girls and boys teams before his death at 25 after a fight against lymphoma. The school’s field was renamed to honor him Thursday – Muskegon Chronicle