Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/16

September 16, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of intriguing results came in from girls golf and volleyball Thursday, and make sure to check out a number of “Good Reads” to get you into another sports-filled weekend.  

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

Midland Dow’s Stephanie Carras continued a dominating season for the top-ranked team in Division 2, winning a playoff hole tiebreaker to earn the medalist honor at the Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational – Midland Daily News

Second-year program Shepherd won its third straight Tri-Valley Conference West jamboree – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Volleyball

Lake Orion won a matchup of honorable mention teams in the Class A rankings, sweeping Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

Houghton took down Calumet in four sets to take an upper hand among top teams at the top of the Upper Peninsula – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Less than a week after falling to DeTour in the final at its home invitational, Pickford downed DeTour in three sets in league play – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Good Reads

Longtime Brighton swim coach Tim McInnis died suddenly Tuesday, leaving behind a community where his influence has been felt for decades – Livingston Post

MLive tells the story of the football rivalry between Utica Eisenhower and Sterling Heights Stevenson through the eyes of their former longtime coaches – MLive-Detroit

Two days before his father and former Farmington hockey coach Bill Newton died after a fight with cancer, Chris Newton – his dad’s former assistant the a former goalie on the team – received a lung transplant that is providing him new opportunities – Observer & Eccentric

Katherine Ristola’s older brother Jonathan never got to play varsity football because of injuries his junior and senior years. But she’s taken the opportunity to play in part with him in mind and become a big part of the Livonia Churchill football family – Detroit Free Press

Vanessa Romero has played football for 10 years, and after starting at the subvarsity level is contributing on the offensive line for Westland John Glenn’s varsity – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 4/15/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 15, 2026

1. SOFTBALL Piper Cavanaugh threw a 17-strikeout perfect game in Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central’s 3-0 win over TC West – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. TRACK & FIELD Jaelyn Ray ran a girls school-record 4:56.99 in the 1,600 during a meet sweep of Jackson – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Traverse City St. Francis dealt Division 4 No. 14 Elk Rapids its first loss, 4-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BASEBALL Kalamazoo Christian and Division 4 No. 3 Hackett Catholic Prep exchanged strong pitching performances in their split – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. BASEBALL Freeland and Division 2 No. 8 Saginaw Swan Valley split, Swan Valley winning the first game 9-1 and Freeland the second 6-1 – Saginaw News

6. BASEBALL Harbor Springs swept Onaway, with Nick Lemieur throwing a one-hitter in the opener – Petoskey News-Review

7. BASEBALL St. Clair Shores Lakeview earned what could become a key 4-0 win over Fraser – Macomb Daily

8. BASEBALL Sanford Meridian earned an impressive sweep of Beaverton 4-2 and 2-1 – Midland Daily News

9. GIRLS SOCCER Grand Ledge earned a 4-0 shutout of Holt – Lansing State Journal

10. BASEBALL Clinton Township Clintondale evened its record with a win over Warren Lincoln – Macomb Daily