Today in the MHSAA: 9/10/19

September 10, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

When does a scoreless game become the most notable event of the day? When it’s played between a pair of neighbors considered the best in Michigan in their division.

1. Boys Soccer: The top-ranked teams in Division 3 held each other scoreless, as No. 1 Hudsonville Unity Christian and No. 2 Holland Christian locked up for a 0-0 draw – Holland Sentinel

2. Girls Golf: Big Rapids, No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, won the team title and Traverse City West’s Anci Dy was the medalist at the Lady Titan Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Manistique moved to 9-1-1 with a sweep of Ishpeming – Escanaba Daily Press

4. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 13 Alpena upped its winning streak to seven by a combined score of 45-0 with a big win over Harbor Springs – Alpena News

5. Girls Golf: Temperance Bedford shot a 417 to win the Maple Invitational by 29 strokes – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Soccer: Grand Blanc is off to another solid start and improved to 6-2-1 with a 4-1 win over Davison – Flint Journal

7. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 3 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep and Kalamazoo Christian both came up with big wins Monday – WWMT

8. Boys Soccer: Brett Waskevich’s three goals helped Midland to a 5-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News

9. Boys Soccer: Utica Eisenhower edged Utica Ford 2-0 – Macomb Daily

10. Boys Soccer: St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran led Lake Michigan Catholic by a goal with 22 minutes to play, and then scored five more to finish with a 7-1 win – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Also of note …

Volleyball: The Michigan High School Volleyball Coaches Association announced its finalists for this season’s Miss Volleyball Award – MLive

Today in the MHSAA: 2/7/18

February 7, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Boys Basketball: Canton extended its perfect regular season start with a 57-52 win over Wayne Memorial that clinched the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Black championship – Detroit Free Press

2. Boys Basketball: Big Rapids edged reigning Class B runner-up Ludington 43-38 – Big Rapids News

3. Girls Basketball: St. Joseph downed Battle Creek Lakeview 53-39 in a matchup of first-place teams in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference; St. Joseph leads the West and Lakeview the East – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. Skiing: Petoskey’s boys finished a sweep of Big North Conference meets, while Traverse City Central’s girls earned a close win ahead of rival West – Petoskey News-Review

5. Boys Basketball: Jacob Boonyasith set the Jenison career scoring record at 1,365 points with 14 in his team’s 85-64 win over Wayland – Grand Rapids Press

6. Girls Basketball: Fruitport Calvary Christian and Muskegon Oakridge clinched shares of their respective leagues’ titles – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Boys Swimming & Diving: Marysville got past St. Clair 102-83 to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Blue championship – Port Huron Times Herald

8. Boys Basketball: Romeo clinched the outright MAC White championship with a 57-47 win over Warren Mott – Macomb Daily

9. Boys Basketball: Unbeaten Iron Mountain downed Escanaba 74-48 in a match-up of the highest-ranked teams by Upper Peninsula media – Iron Mountain Daily News

10. Boys Basketball: Pittsford’s Tanner Mravec went over 1,000 career points in his team’s 59-42 win over Jackson Christian – Hillsdale Daily News