Today in the MHSAA: 8/23/17
August 23, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Volleyball: Lake Orion emerged from what likely will end up one of the strongest volleyball quads in the state this fall, going 3-0 with wins over Clarkston, Oxford and Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Oakland Press
2. Girls Golf: After making the MHSAA Finals last season for the first time, Hartland is rolling again after winning its Hartland Invitational by three strokes with a school-record 326 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Volleyball: Spring Lake won all six matches to earn the Grand Rapids NorthPointe Invitational title and push coach Sarah Bulthuis over 700 wins for her career – Grand Haven Tribune
4. Boys Soccer: Saline avenged last season’s Regional Semifinal loss to Salem with a 3-0 win over the Rocks – Saline Post
5. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow moved to 4-0 this season with a 7-0 win over Freeland, and still hasn’t given up a goal in 2017 – Midland Daily News
6. Cross Country: The Portage Northern girls and Otsego boys won the St. Joseph Invitational, which was split into freshman-sophomore and junior-senior races and then scored as a combination of the two – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
7. Boys Soccer: Coldwater remained undefeated early this season with a 4-2 win over Kalamazoo Central – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Volleyball: Grand Traverse Academy went 6-0 in winning the Frankfort Invitational, also winning every set on the day – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. Boys Tennis: Petoskey headed south and picked up a sweep over Coopersville and Holland – Petoskey News-Review
10. Boys Soccer: Alpena got on the board this season with an opening win, 3-1 over Ogemaw Heights – Alpena News
Also of note …
Volleyball: From Monday, Manistique came back from a 24-13 deficit in the second game to win 29-27 and then finished a sweep of rival Ishpeming that also included a 26-24 victory in the first set – Marquette Mining Journal
Volleyball: From Saturday, Howard City Tri-County won the Greenville Daily News Invitational powered in part by two 6-foot-2 juniors – Greenville Daily News
Today In The MHSAA: 4/26/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 26, 2022
1. BOYS LACROSSE Hartland’s Bo Lockwood set the MHSAA career assists record at 241 and counting during the Division 1 No. 6 Eagles’ win over Salem – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 5 Hudsonville Unity Christian edged Division 2 No. 7 Spring Lake 2-1 in a league matchup of state-ranked teams – Grand Haven Tribune
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 8 Essexville Garber downed No. 15 Freeland 4-2 in league play – Mid-Michigan Now
4. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Western played Division 1 No. 2 Midland Dow to a league draw – Midland Daily News
5. GIRLS LACROSSE Ella Spooner’s school-record 13 goals led Holland West Ottawa past Zeeland 16-9 – Holland Sentinel
6. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 Grand Blanc handed honorable mention Midland its first losses of the season in a sweep – Midland Daily News
7. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 4 Johannesburg-Lewiston and Division 3 No. 19 Traverse City St. Francis played to a high-scoring split – Up North Live
8. BOYS GOLF North Muskegon won a close Shelby Invitational, shooting 358 to finish a stroke ahead of Reeths-Puffer and three ahead of Manistee – Manistee News-Advocate
9. SOFTBALL Mikaylyn Kenney didn’t allow a hit over a combined 11 innings in Pentwater’s no-hitter sweep of Bear Lake – Ludington Daily News
10. BASEBALL Flushing ran its winning streak to seven with a 13-12 victory over Lapeer – WJRT