Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/19

August 21, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Northville girls golf team tops our list of achievers for the second straight day, but Freeland's girls cross country team ranks just a step behind after winning for the second time in five days. 

1. Girls Golf: Reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion Northville followed up a first-day 318 with a 322 to win the prestigious Lober Invitational by 18 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Cross Country: Freeland won its second invitational already this fall, at Remus Chippewa Hills – Midland Daily News

3. Boys Soccer: Gladwin’s John Grijalva had a hat trick for the second straight game, this time in a 4-0 win over Tawas – Midland Daily News

4. Cross Country: The Kingsford girls and Ishpeming boys earned championships at the Munising Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Boys Soccer: Blaise Snabes scored four goals as Charlevoix got past North Bay – Petoskey News-Review

6. Boys Soccer: Evan Johnson scored three goals as Adrian came back for a 4-1 win against Milan – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow swept Holly, Gibraltar Carlson and Grand Rapids Christian – Midland Daily News

8. Boys Soccer: Mikey Tibbitts scored both goals as Stevensville Lakeshore edged Edwardsburg 2-1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. Boys Soccer: Troy downed Rochester Adams 1-0 in a storm-shortened matchup – Oakland Press

10. Boys Soccer: Kalamazoo Central beat Coldwater for the first time since 2013, 2-0 – JoeInsider.com

Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/19

October 21, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Fourteen more MHSAA Finals celebrated champions this weekend, and you’ll find coverage of all 10 events all over Second Half. Also making headlines across the state were District Finals in boys soccer, and league finals and notable invitationals in cross country and volleyball. 

1. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 15 Gaylord downed Alpena 2-1 to claim its first District title in this sport – Gaylord Herald Times

2. Boys Soccer: Clarkston Everest Collegiate also claimed its first District title with a 2-0 win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian in Division 4 – Oakland Press

3. Cross Country: Coldwater’s girls clinched the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title, their first league title since 1987. Marshall and Battle Creek Harper Creek shared the boys championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter 

4. Cross Country: The Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart boys – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and No. 4 Hillsdale Academy girls won the “Class D State Meet” hosted annually by the Irish, Hillsdale Academy upsetting the LPD4 top-ranked Sacred Heart girls – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

5.  Boys soccer: Ann Arbor Pioneer won a Division 1 District title in a shootout against No. 13 Saline – We Love Ann Arbor

6. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer upset No. 13 Spring Lake in a shootout win to claim a Division 2 District title – Local Sports Journal 

7. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 6 Centreville came back to defeat Division 4 No. 3 Mendon in three sets in the final of the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament to add that championship to its regular-season title – Sturgis Journal 

8. Volleyball: Fruitport downed Montague in five sets to claim the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

9. Cross Country: Saginaw Heritage swept the Saginaw County Championships – Athletic.net

10. Boys Soccer: Traverse City West downed rival Central for the third time this season, 3-0 in a Division 1 District Final – Traverse City Record-Eagle