Today in the MHSAA: 8/23/16
August 23, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first full week of this fall season teed off Monday with some especially impressive performances coming on golf courses in Grayling and Allendale.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Cross Country
Grand Haven’s girls and boys teams swept the Muskegon Orchard View Invitational, the girls taking 10 of the top 30 places and the boys winning by 37 points – Grand Haven Tribune
Girls Golf
Midland Dow shot a 345 to edge St. Joseph by two strokes and win the Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central Invitational at Grand Valley State University; Dow was second and St. Joseph fifth at last season’s Lower Peninsula Division 2 Final – Midland Daily News
Traverse City West set a team scoring record of 309 and Anika Dy set a Graying Country Club course record of 65 as the Titans won the Grayling Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle – Charlevoix finished second, claiming the first trophy of its three-year girls golf program history – Petoskey News-Review
Boys Soccer
Jake de Boer scored both Auburn Hills Avondale goals as his team held off Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 2-1 – Oakland Press
Girls Tennis
Gladstone, which scored one point at last season’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 Finals, downed reigning runner-up Escanaba 5-3 – Escanaba Daily Press
Today in the MHSAA: 2/23/16
February 23, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A pair of unexpected basketball results, including one in a league tournament semifinal, topped headlines from Monday’s statewide action.
Boys Basketball
Livonia Churchill advanced to the to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Kensington final by handing Northville its first loss this season, 51-48 – Detroit News
Bellaire locked up a fifth straight Ski Valley Conference title and 12th since 2000 with a 42-28 win over Indian River Inland Lakes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Girls Basketball
Mattawan dealt only the second loss of this season to Stevensville Lakeshore, 49-44, after trailing by two heading into the final quarter – Kalamazoo Gazette
Fenton won a matchup of top Flint-area teams, handing Goodrich only its third loss, 52-43 – Flint Journal
Ice Hockey
Troy downed Ann Arbor Huron 7-3, but Huron goalie Ethan St. Pierre made an incredible 51 saves – Ann Arbor News
Good Read
Jason Petras was a hero of Farmington hockey’s run to the 2014 Division 3 title, and now a senior he remains inspired by the memory of his mom Kim, who died three years ago Feb. 4 – Oakland Press