Today in the MHSAA: 8/20/20
August 21, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
After five months filled with anxiety and uncertainty, high school sports returned to Michigan on Wednesday – and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern's Lilia Henkel gave us all something to immediately cheer about.
1. Girls Golf: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern was the biggest winner on the first day of high school sports since March, winning the Muskegon Mona Shores Invitational while senior Lilia Henkel shot an incredible 60 to finish first individually – FOX 17
2. Girls Golf: St. Joseph shot a first-place 355 and Maya Hunter was medalist with a 75 at the Gull Lake Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. Boys Tennis: Traverse City St. Francis defeated Haslett and Lansing Catholic as senior Charlie Schmude went over 100 career wins – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Girls Golf: Michigan Center shot a school-record 365 to win the Hanover-Horton Invitational by nearly 40 strokes – JTV
5. Girls Golf: Traverse City West’s Anci Dy shot a 69 to lead the Lober Classic’s individual standings after the first round, while Flint Powers Catholic was the first-day team leader at 332 – Up North Live
6. Boys Tennis: Niles Brandywine earned coach David Sidenbender his 100th win with a 5-3 victory over South Haven – Niles Daily Star
7. Girls Golf: Freeland edged Frankenmuth by a stroke to win the opening Tri-Valley Conference jamboree – Saginaw News
8. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow opened 1-0-1 with a win over Grand Blanc and tie of Troy Athens – Midland Daily News
9. Boys Tennis: Bay City Western and Central both finished 2-0-1 to pace an opening quad – Bay City Times
10. Boys tennis: Coldwater earned first-year coach Nathan Waterbury his first win with the program, shutting out Brooklyn Columbia Central – Coldwater Daily Reporter
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Flint Beecher is mourning the death of longtime coach Moses Lacy, who led the program to Class B championships in 1985 and 1987 – ABC 12
Today in the MHSAA: 2/10/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 10, 2025
1. BOYS WRESTLING Division 1 No. 2 Brighton and Division 2 No. 9 Fowlerville were among the most successful teams at Individual Boys Districts statewide, both qualifying 13 wrestlers for Regionals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Fraser’s Hunter Lemmon set multiple Macomb County Championship meet records, and St. Clair Shores Lakeview repeated as team champion – Macomb Daily
3. GIRLS WRESTLING A pair of reigning Finals champions were among 10 District winners from the Grand Rapids area at Girls Wrestling Districts – Grand Rapids Press
4. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River advanced four wrestlers to Regionals from an inaugural Girls Wrestling District – Cadillac News
5. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Detroit Catholic Central – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – followed a pair of multi-event winners to the Oakland County Championships title – Oakland Press
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Graham Junge became Flat Rock’s all-time leading scorer during a 59-40 win over Grosse Ile – Monroe News
7. BOYS WRESTLING Macomb County sent 107 wrestlers to Individual Regionals – Macomb Daily
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Grady Harless reached 1,000 career points in Bear Lake’s big win over Walkerville – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Dalton Williams reached 1,000 career points in Colon’s 61-55 win over Climax-Scotts – Sturgis Journal
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Avery Clous reached 1,000 career rebounds in Otisville LakeVille Memorial’s game against New Lothrop – Flint Journal