Today in the MHSAA: 8/24/20
August 24, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Cross country statewide and volleyball, boys soccer and girls swimming & diving in northern Michigan were able to kick off competition over the weekend, bringing a fresh slate of storylines to the return of high school athletics in this state.
1. Cross Country: Bay City Western ran its first dual meets in 21 years, with the boys defeating Freeland and the Freeland girls winning by two in a matchup of possible Finals contenders – Bay City Times
2. Girls Golf: Rockford edged St. Joseph by 11 strokes to win the Sydney Carfine Invitational at The Meadows – Local Sports Journal
3. Boys Tennis: South Lyon freshman Cameron Crosby dominated No. 1 singles in highlighting the season-opening Pinckney quad – Livingston Daily
4. Volleyball: Grand Haven opened with a strong showing at Cadillac, defeating the host Vikings, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Coopersville – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Boys Tennis: Big Rapids won back-to-back quads at Ludington and Wyoming – Big Rapids News
6. Volleyball: Petoskey edged Alpena 25-23, 25-19 to win the Sault Ste. Marie Invitational – Alpena News
7. Cross Country: Adrian Lenawee Christian swept championships at the Addison Early Bird Invitational – JTV
8. Girls Tennis: Ishpeming Westwood and Iron Mountain swept their tri-meets as the annual Kingsford Invitational was split into two round-robins to account for COVID-19 restrictions – Iron Mountain Daily News
9. Girls Golf: Parma Western shot a 380 to win its invitational by nine strokes – JTV
10. Boys Soccer: Traverse City Central outscored Manistee and Boyne City by a combined 11-0 during Saturday play – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Also of note …
Football: From last week, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood and Muskegon Catholic Central are mourning the death of Cranbrook varsity coach Ben Jones, who died in a car crash; he formerly starred at MCC – Detroit News
Boys Basketball: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley coach Kevin Voss has retired after 38 years coaching basketball – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 12/22/16
December 22, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
This final “Today” of 2016 highlights notable results in girls and boys basketball and hockey from Tuesday. We’ll pick back up our daily posting of headlines from around the state Jan. 3.
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.
Girls Basketball
Frankenmuth made it 100 straight Tri-Valley Conference East wins with a 65-24 victory over Caro – Saginaw News
Boys Basketball
Battle Creek Central opened the annual Chuck Turner Classic with a 60-50 win over Otsego – Battle Creek Enquirer
Williamston remained undefeated with a 73-58 win over strong Class C Dansville – Lansing State Journal
Frankfort downed Traverse City St. Francis 72-65 in a matchup of top small-school teams from the northern Lower Peninsula – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Hockey
Division 2 No. 8 Trenton found the net twice in the first period and went on to a 4-0 win over Division 3 No. 4 Warren DeLaSalle – Macomb Daily
Unranked Rochester downed No. 3 and Oakland Activities Association rival Troy, 5-3 – Oakland Press
Logan Homfeld’s overtime goal gave Muskegon Reeths-Puffer a 4-3 extra-period win over Muskegon Mona Shores – Muskegon Chronicle