Today in the MHSAA: 8/28/15
August 28, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday saw the start of varsity football season, and nearly half of Michigan’s teams kicked off their fall.
Football’s first week in review will be posted Monday afternoon; in the meantime, there is more good news to report from today’s statewide headlines.
Cross Country
The Croswell-Lexington girls and Yale boys won the Mike Jackson Invitational, with Port Huron’s Rachel Bonner – fourth at the Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final last season – taking the girls individual title by 59 seconds – Port Huron Times-Herald
Girls Golf
Spring Lake set a school record shooting 321 to win the Big Rapids Invitational, also placing the top two individuals – Grand Haven Tribune
Good Reads
Longtime cross country and track and field official Doug Steward was quoted as saying he was close to retiring – in 2009. But this fall, after 51 years, he indeed will start his final races – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
The Lac Vieux Desert Tribe presented Watersmeet schools with $174,000 earlier this year that in part went to a new gym floor complete with the school's nationally-recognized Nimrod logo – Ironwood Daily Globe
Today in the MHSAA: 12/17/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 17, 2025
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Muskegon made a statewide wave with a 58-51 win over Rockford – Muskegon Chronicle
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Truman Brennan scored his 1,000th career point as Paw Paw defeated Edwardsburg 51-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette
3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Trenton defeated Lower Peninsula Division 3 honorable mention Riverview 100-86, ending Riverview’s dual meet winning streak at 37 – Southgate News-Herald
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints earned the 600th win in program history, defeating Mayville 57-19 – Bay City Times
5. BOYS BASKERTBALL Menominee followed Darrent Butler to an 84-52 win over Crystal Falls Forest Park – Upper Michigan’s Source
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Battle Creek Pennfield defeated Marshall 62-46 in a matchup of last season’s Interstate 8 Athletic Conference co-champions – Battle Creek Enquirer
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Emmanuel Cooley’s buzzer-beater gave Grand Blanc a 48-45 win over Saginaw United – WNEM
8. COMPETITIVE CHEER Howard City Tri County won the Central State Activities Association Blue opener – Big Rapids Pioneer
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s handed Clarkston its first loss, 61-37 – Oakland Press
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Braylon Frantz scored 32 points in St. Clair’s 66-63 overtime win over Croswell-Lexington – Port Huron Times Herald