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: 5/18/17
May 18, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The most impressive performance of a busy Wednesday statewide likely came from the Detroit Catholic Central boys golf team, which won a loaded Oakland County tournament with a number few teams approach.
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.
Baseball
Fraser earned a third straight Macomb Area Conference Gold title with a 24-13 win over Warren Woods-Tower – Macomb Daily
Division 1 No. 7 Canton downed No. 11 Brighton 7-5 to claim the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Observer & Eccentric
Golf
Shepherd celebrated the Tri-Valley Conference Central title, its first league championship since 2004 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central shot a 284 to win the Oakland County championship by 18 strokes ahead of No. 2 Clarkston – Oakland Press
McBain Northern Michigan Christian clinched the inaugural Missaukee Cup with a first place ahead of Lake City and McBain in a Wednesday match – Cadillac News
Girls Soccer
Mattawan downed Division 2 No. 5 Richland Gull Lake 1-0 to win its first Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference tournament championship – Kalamazoo Gazette
Division 2 No. 17 Marshall clinched a third straight Interstate Eight Conference regular-season title with a 2-0 win over Battle Creek Harper Creek – Battle Creek Enquirer
Softball
Division 1 No. 6 Howell continued an incredible run with a 15-0 win over honorable mention Canton to earn the Kensington Lakes Activities Association overall championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Freshman Grace Lehto threw a no-hitter as Division 2 honorable mention Eaton Rapids edged Webberville 1-0 in a Lansing-area Softball Classic semifinal – Lansing State Journal
Bay City John Glenn swept Midland Dow, coming back from a 10-1 deficit to win the first game 13-11 – Bay City Times
Division 4 honorable mention Morenci handed Clinton its first Tri-County Conference sweep since joining the league in 2007 – Adrian Daily Telegram
First-place Allen Park, an honorable mention in Division 1, stayed ahead of second-place and Division 2 honorable mention Trenton in the Downriver League with a 3-2 win thanks to a walk-off hit by Kelsi Littleton – Southgate News-Herald
Track & Field
Traverse City Central’s boys downed Traverse City West by 64 points – they are tied for the No. 7 spot in the Lower Peninsula Division 1 rankings – Traverse City Record-Eagle
From Tuesday, the Deckerville girls and Peck and Kingston boys won North Central Thumb League championships – Huron Daily Tribune