Today in the MHSAA: 8/31/16
August 31, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
With school starting for many this week and the rest in only a few days, it’s a time for new beginnings in Michigan – including the local cross country season Tuesday in our northernmost counties.
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.
Cross Country
The Houghton boys and Calumet girls opened the local cross country season with wins at the Painesdale-Jeffers Invitational – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Girls Golf
Adrian shot a team 416 to win its home invitational, edging Coldwater by three strokes – Adrian Daily Telegram
Boys Soccer
Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned a 4-3 win over Fruitport despite the latter’s Zack Shane netting three goals – Muskegon Chronicle
Rochester remained undefeated with a 1-0 win over rival Adams thanks to second-half score – Oakland Press
Boys Tennis
Pinckney downed Howell using a doubles tie-breaker, but Howell’s Matt Wenzel got past Wilson Wagner is a matchup of Livingston County’s top singles players – Livingston Daily
Volleyball
Maria Mallon put together an incredible individual evening in leading her team over Macomb L’Anse Creuse North, Bloomfield Hills Marian and Lapeer – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 10/9/19
October 9, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
This is the time of year top programs rise from the rest, and the Benzie Central cross country teams led a list of Tuesday standouts that showed again why they are so highly regarded.
1. Boys Cross Country: Benzie Central continued an incredible streak of winning every Northwest Conference championship meet, girls and boys, since joining the league in 2007; the girls are ranked No. 3 and the boys No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys Soccer: Division 2 top-ranked Richland Gull Lake remained unbeaten with a 6-0 win over No. 7 St. Joseph in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championship match – WWMT
3. Girls Golf: No. 9 Traverse City West won its LPD1 Regional by 10 strokes, and Anci Dy was medalist by 16 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Girls Golf: Top-ranked Harbor Springs shot a 340 to clear its LPD4 Regional field by 89 strokes – Petoskey News-Review
5. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy improved to 33-1 with a sweep of No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press
6. Girls Golf: No. 8 Petoskey repeated as an LPD2 Regional champion, edging runner-up Traverse City Central by a stroke – Petoskey News-Review
7. Cross Country: Brighton swept Kensington Lakes Activities Association West tri-meets, the LPD1 No. 1 Bulldogs boys to clinch the division championship; the girls are ranked No. 6 in LPD1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian finished a title run through the Lakes 8 Conference with a win over Muskegon Catholic Central – Local Sports Journal
9. Girls Swimming & Diving: Dundee moved to 9-0 in dual meets with a 95-91 win over LPD3 No. 10 Milan, its first ever over that annually successful opponent – Monroe News
10. Volleyball: Boyne City earned its first win over Division 3 honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis since 2013, in five sets – Petoskey News-Review
Also of note …
Volleyball: From Tuesday, Division 3 honorable mention Manistique earned a share of the Mid-Peninsula Conference title with a sweep of Negaunee – Escanaba Daily Press