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: 6/12/18

June 12, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
 

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media. 

1. Softball: No. 10 Centreville downed No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian 7-1 to claim a Division 3 Regional title – WWMT

2. Baseball: No. 2 St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic emerged from a Division 4 Regional with a win over No. 11 Decatur, which previously had eliminated top-ranked Kalamazoo Hackett – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. Softball: Honorable mention Flat Rock downed honorable mention Milan in nine innings to move on in Division 2 – Southgate News Herald

4. Baseball: No. 6 Grand Ledge is headed back to the Division 1 Quarterfinals thanks to a 5-1 Regional Final win over No. 14 Portage Northern – Lansing State Journal

5. Baseball: No. 16 Tecumseh shut out Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in Division 2 to advance – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Football: Benton Harbor coach Elliot Uzelac has resigned; he led the Tigers to their first MHSAA playoff appearance in 2015 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Also of note ... 

Baseball: If you haven't heard yet about this ultimate show of sportsmanship and proper perspective in athletics, you need to check out what happened during the Minnesota prep playoffs – Minneapolis Star-Tribune