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: 8/21/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 21, 2025

1. GIRLS GOLF Brighton won the Lober Classic for the fourth time in five season, finishing 20 strokes ahead of the field – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS TENNIS Ishpeming Westwood edged three-time reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion Negaunee in a rematch of the top two teams from last season – Marquette Mining Journal

3. GIRLS GOLF Northville was first and Dexter second at the Dan Young Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News

4. VOLLEYBALL Byron Center downed East Grand Rapids in a “Rally on Reeds Lake” outdoor match – WOOD TV

5. BOYS SOCCER New Boston Huron avenged a 2024 loss with a 2-1 win over Melvindale – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS GOLF Grand Blanc and Midland Dow’s Sophia Lee were top finishers at the first Saginaw Valley League jamboree – Midland Daily News

7. VOLLEYBALL Parma Western earned two-set wins over Brooklyn Columbia Central and Pewamo-Westphalia – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. VOLLEYBALL Carrollton swept St. Charles, St. Louis and Sanford Meridian on volleyball opening night – Saginaw News

9. BOYS TENNIS Ludington won its invitational, with Cadillac finishing second – Cadillac News