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: 4/10/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 10, 2026
1. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn handed Division 3 No. 10 Essexville Garber just its third league loss since the start of 2019, 3-0 – Bay City John Glenn
2. SOFTBALL Flint Kearsley defeated Corunna 42-25 in a game that lasted more than three hours – Flint Journal
3. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Country Day came back from a halftime deficit to get past Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 9-7 – Oakland Press
4. BASEBALL Chad Grundy reached 400 coaching wins with Marion’s sweep of Traverse City Christian – MI Sports Now
5. BASEBALL After losing Wednesday’s series opener to Ann Arbor Skyline, Division 1 No. 10 Saline swept Thursday’s doubleheader 4-3 and 11-3 – Ann Arbor News
6. GIRLS SOCCER Molly Labate scored the go-ahead goal with 12:57 to play to lead Division 1 No. 14 Clarkston past Royal Oak – Oakland Press
7. BASEBALL Undefeated and Division 4 No. 4 New Boston Huron held on for a 3-2 win over Monroe Jefferson – Southgate News-Herald
8. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Linden swept Goodrich 8-5 and 10-6 – Flint Journal
9. GIRLS SOCCER Traverse City West made two first-half goals stand in a 2-0 win over Traverse City Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. SOFTBALL Eaton Rapids swept Holt, including winning the second game 10-9 – Lansing State Journal