Today In The MHSAA: 8/26/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 26, 2021
1. VOLLEYBALL Saugatuck swept Constantine to clinch the Delton Kellogg Tournament championship – Sturgis Journal
2. CROSS COUNTRY Macomb Dakota swept the championships at Manton’s Fox & Hound Invitational – Cadillac News
3. BOYS SOCCER Northville downed reigning Kensington Lakes Activities Association West champion Salem 3-0 – Observer & Eccentric
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Plainwell – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – edged Allegan by seven points to win the SCC Relays at Battle Creek Harper Creek – Sturgis Journal
5. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek moved to 4-1-2 with wins over Freeland and Sanford Meridian – Midland Daily News
6. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park opened Downriver League play with a 4-0 win over Trenton – Southgate News-Herald
7. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids scored three second-half goals to get past Manistee – Big Rapids News
8. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford also started 1-0 in Downriver League action with a 6-2 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald
9. BOYS SOCCER Grand Haven earned its first victory of the fall, 2-0 over Hudsonville – Grand Haven Tribune
10. GIRLS TENNIS Kingsford and Escanaba played to a 4-4 draw – Iron Mountain Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/13/16
April 13, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
As spring sports began picking up the pace with the warmer weather Tuesday, communities also celebrated lives of those now passed, including a statewide voice of high school sports.
Baseball
Big Rapids and Morley Stanwood wasted little time getting their offenses going, with Big Rapids coming out on top 19-14 in the only game of a doubleheader that got in before dark – Big Rapids News
Mount Pleasant got a no-hitter and two-hitter from its pitchers in a season-opening sweep of Midland Dow – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Pitchers Brandon Reed and Caleb Wascher each had 13 strikeouts as Millington swept Montrose 4-3 and 6-1 – Saginaw News
Boys Lacrosse
Birmingham Brother Rice survived another close game with rival Detroit Country Day, this time 8-3 – Oakland Press
Softball
Utica Ford, a regular contender at the statewide level, downed reigning Division 1 champion Warren Regina 14-4 – Macomb Daily
Stevensville Lakeshore downed Edwardsburg 13-3 in its first game of the season, but Edwardsburg stormed back with a 17-4 win over the annual MHSAA title contender – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Good Reads
Paul Carey was best known as a voice of the Detroit Tigers for a generation. But he also played a major role in Michigan high school sports, as we wrote about in 2014. Carey died Tuesday at 88 – Detroit News
Lacrosse rivals Battle Creek Lakeview and Harper Creek played each other with a common motivation Tuesday – to raise money and offer support for the family of Harlyn Radley, a local 6-year-old who died in a car crash in February – Battle Creek Enquirer