Today in the MHSAA: 8/25/2015
August 25, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A soccer coach celebrated his 1,000th game and a community mourned the passing of a longtime football program leader.
Those and a feature on a member of our Student Advisory Council are among today’s notable headlines and links to coverage below.
Football
Newaygo is mourning the passing of longtime coach Mark Puff, who guided the varsity to 128 wins and seven league titles over 22 seasons before retiring in 2000 – Muskegon Chronicle
Girls Golf
Jackson Lumen Christi went from two returning members last season to 17 golfers total this fall and won its first tournament since 2013 by edging Parma Western by six strokes at Hanover-Horton’s invitational – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Boys Soccer
Fraser coach Thaier Mukhtar coached his 1,000th high school soccer game Monday (boys and girls games combined), guiding his team to a 5-0 win over Romeo. He formerly coached the Warren DeLaSalle boys and leads both teams at Fraser – Macomb Daily
Saginaw Heritage has posted three shutouts during a 4-0 start after finishing 9-10-1 last season; Monday’s was a 4-0 win over Flushing – Saginaw News
Alma’s Brevan Bender is coming off a season during which he set a school record with 30 goals, and Monday he netted five in an 8-0 win over Birch Run – Saginaw News
Volleyball
Left over from Saturday: St. Louis has long been one of the dominant programs in Class C statewide and against all classes in the mid-Michigan area; Ithaca beat the Sharks for the first time since 1993 when they faced off at the Alma Invitational – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Good Read
Muskegon senior Jared Pittman played in last season’s MHSAA Division 3 Football Final, and after his team was defeated handed the trophy to Orchard Lake St. Mary’s as a member of the MHSAA Student Advisory Council. He’ll be a significant contributor to his team and the Council this fall – Detroit Free Press
Today In The MHSAA: 4/13/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 13, 2022
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central won a matchup of 2021 semifinalists 4-0 over Byron Center – FOX 17
2. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice with a pair of six-inning shutouts including a no-hitter by MHSAA Student Advisory Council senior Brock Porter – Oakland Press
3. BOYS GOLF Big Rapids shot a 351 to win the Chippewa Hills Invitational – Big Rapids Pioneer
4. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City Central won the Up North Invitational with six flight champions – Petoskey News-Review
5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Troy scored three goals over the final three minutes to earn a 5-5 draw with No. 10 Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press
6. BASEBALL Midland Dow swept Division 1 No. 18 Traverse City West, coming back from a six-run deficit in the first game – Midland Daily News
7. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 16 Freeland swept Alma, with Jake Kowalski throwing a no-hitter in the 1-0 second-game win – Saginaw News
8. TRACK & FIELD Traverse City Central’s Kadyn Warner helped his team past Alpena with a shot put of 56-2½ – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. SOFTBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer and Wyoming split, with Rockets freshman Maddie Snyder hitting a grand slam and three-run homer in the team’s victory – MuskegonSports.com
10. SOFTBALL Milan’s Mariah Stines struck out 12 in a five-inning no-hitter of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News