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: 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