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: 1/15/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 15, 2025
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Olivia Flynn reached 2,000 career points in Harbor Springs’ big win over Cheboygan, becoming just the 34th player to do so – Petoskey News-Review
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City Christian’s Reece Broderick drained 15 3-pointers to tie an MHSAA record during a big win over Grand Traverse Academy – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw United handed Flint Carman-Ainsworth its first defeat, 60-46 – WJRT
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City John Glenn came back from 11 down at halftime to upset Freeland 70-65 – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL DeWitt won a matchup of top Lansing-area teams, 62-50 over Haslett – WILX
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain edged Kingsford 56-55 in a matchup of two of the best in the Upper Peninsula – Upper Michigan’s Source
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Chad Brown went over 1,000 career points in Hemlock’s big win over St. Charles – Saginaw News
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon Mona Shores’ Jordan Bledsoe also went over 1,000 career points during a 56-42 win over Jenison – Muskegon Chronicle
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Ethan Esse reached 1,000 career points in Allen Park Inter-City Baptist’s 75-50 victory over Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mio’s Mia McGregor posted her second quadruple-double this season with 46 points, 14 assists, 17 steals and 10 rebounds in a win over Atlanta – Bay City Times