Today in the MHSAA: 8/23/19

August 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Girls golf dominates our list of Thursday’s top achievers, with Rochester Adams leading the way by continuing an unbeaten start.

1. Girls Golf: Rochester Adams made it 3-for-3 in tournaments won, this time at the Troy Invitational shooting a 338 – Oakland Press

2. Girls Golf: Ann Arbor Skyline cleared the field by 28 strokes with a 366 to win the Monroe Invitational – We Love Ann Arbor

3. Girls Golf: Zeeland West shot a 384 to win the Zeeland East Invitational by 19 strokes – Holland Sentinel

4. Boys Tennis: Traverse City West repeated as champion of the Jim Teal Tournament – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Boys Soccer: Mitchell Hanosh scored five goals to lead Adrian past Clinton 7-4 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Soccer: Gladwin downed Clare to run its Jack Pine Conference winning streak to 54 – Midland Daily News

7. Cross Country: The Carson City-Crystal boys and Frankenmuth girls won Birch Run Invitational titles – Midland Daily News

8. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs opened Lake Michigan Conference play shooting a first-place 363 – Petoskey News-Review

9. Boys Soccer: Kalamazoo Loy Norrix earned an impressive draw, tying Portage Central 1-1 with a late score – JoeInsider.com

10. Boys Soccer: Petoskey bounced back from an opening loss with a 4-1 win over Bay City John Glenn – Petoskey News-Review

Today in the MHSAA: 1/12/16

January 12, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Today’s report includes our first skiing headline of this season – and make sure to check out as well a video involving the Plymouth football team and a fourth-grade student’s goal come true.

Boys Basketball

In a Monday matchup of unbeaten teams, Lake Linden-Hubbell got past Chassell 65-48 with a pair of players combining to score 52 of those points – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Bowling

From Sunday, Jackson’s girls won the Battle of the Baker tournament at M-66 Bowl in Battle Creek, beating Hartland 2-0 in the final match – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

From Saturday, Grand Haven’s teams swept the Fruitport Invitational after both qualified third to start the event but dominated the Baker games – Grand Haven Tribune

Skiing

The season got off to a late start, but there’s plenty of snow now and the Harbor Springs girls took advantage by winning the opening Grayling Invitational at Schuss Mountain – Petoskey News

Worth a Watch

We in Michigan can all use a little sunshine this time of year. This fall, Plymouth fifth-grader Connor “Sunshine” Sherman, with the help of the Plymouth High football program, put on the second Sunshine’s Skills and Drills Football Clinic for children with special needs. Here’s a look at how what started as a classroom project took off.