Today in the MHSAA: 9/13/16
September 13, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Spring Lake girls golf, Port Huron Northern boys tennis and Leland volleyball teams were among the state-ranked who stood up to local challenges Monday.
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.
Girls Golf
Division 3 No. 4 Spring Lake continued to extend a big lead in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue with a 34-stroke win at Monday’s league jamboree – Grand Haven Tribune
Boys Tennis
Port Huron Northern, ranked No. 10 in Division 1, got past Division 3 No. 7 St. Clair 6-2 in a matchup of top programs from the eastern shore – Port Huron Times Herald
Volleyball
Class D No. 3 Leland, also the reigning champion in that class, remains a favorite and showed it with wins over Traverse City Central and Class C No. 4 Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 4/12/18
April 12, 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.
1. Baseball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s impressed in its Detroit Catholic League opener, sweeping Division 2 No. 5 Dearborn Divine Child – Detroit News
2. Girls Soccer: Muskegon Mona Shores earned an impressive early-season win, 1-0 over Division 2 No. 19 Spring Lake – Local Sports Journal
3. Girls Soccer: Traverse City Central connected on a late penalty kick to get past Petoskey in a Big North Conference matchup – MI Sports Now
4. Baseball: Division 1 top-ranked Saline won a pair of one-run games against Fenton to open the season – Saline Post
5. Softball: Midland Bullock Creek scored a combined 25 runs in a sweep of Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Midland Daily News
6. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 5 Portage Central moved to 4-0 with a 4-0 win over Plainwell – JoeInsider.com
7. Girls Soccer: Allen Park and Gibraltar Carlson both remained undefeated in Downriver League play with a 1-1 draw – Southgate News Herald
8. Baseball: Birmingham Groves improved to 3-0 with a 7-2 win over previously undefeated Troy – Oakland Press
9. Boys Soccer: East Lansing coach Nick Archer, who began that program in 1977 and led it to five MHSAA Finals championships, has retired after pioneering the sport locally and statewide – Lansing State Journal
10. Girls Basketball: The Upper Peninsula basketball community is mourning the late Harvey Filppula, who built Dollar Bay’s girls program – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette