Today in the MHSAA: 9/17/15

September 17, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Today’s know-your-sports checklist includes catching up on impressive feats by some of the state’s top-ranked girls golf teams and enjoying a pair of inspirational stories about leading soccer scorers.

Girls Golf

Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 4 Lake Orion won the Oakland County Division 1 Tournament for the second straight season, edging No. 6 Novi by one shot and No. 1 Rochester by two – Oakland Press

Three Spring Lake golfers carded three birdies apiece to lead the LP Division 3 No. 1 Lakers to a 53-stroke win in the Lakes 8 jamboree on their home course – Muskegon Chronicle

Boys Soccer

Freeland improved to 11-1 with its first win over Saginaw Swan Valley in three seasons, also handing the Vikings their first loss this fall – Saginaw News

Boys Tennis

Midland Dow, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, fell to No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central at the Midweek Classic, but still won the tournament thanks to No. 6 Detroit U-D Jesuit’s win over FHC – Midland Daily News and Saginaw News

Volleyball

Ionia swept reigning Capital Area Activities Conference White champion Williamston, beating the Hornets for the first time under sixth-year coach Jeanna Kraatz – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Niles emerged as the biggest winner from the SMAC 6-Pack Tournament on its home floor with victories over Battle Creek Lakeview, Battle Creek Central and Richland Gull Lake, all in two games – Niles Daily Star

Bay City John Glenn improved to 9-1 with a win over Tawas, opening North East Michigan Conference play as the reigning champion and with nearly the same lineup as in 2014 – Bay City Times

Good Reads

We’re big fans of athletes who play multiple sports, and Port Huron’s Jon Miller is one of the latest – he’s the soccer team’s leading scorer and the top field goal kicker in school history, plus one of the football team’s leading receivers. A great line from the story: “But if there’s one kid that can take this on, it’s the kid that’s loading his senior year with as many memories as possible.” – Port Huron Times-Herald

Andrew Shippell is Marshall’s leading scorer this season, and after three years of fighting is preparing to celebrate a milestone – the end of his chemotherapy in February – Battle Creek Enquirer

Today in the MHSAA: 9/30/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 30, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Rochester Adams clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association White championship with a 5-2 win over Birmingham Groves – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 8 Portage Central carded a 156 to win the final Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference jamboree – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. GIRLS GOLF Rochester Adams – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 311 to set the pace at the latest OAA Red/White event – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline downed No. 2 Pioneer 3-2 – Ann Arbor News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist hung on for a 1-0 win over No. 8 Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kyla Kuiper had 31 assists and served 17 points during the third set of Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland East’s sweep of Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 7 Chelsea won its invitational with eight first-place finishes and a diving school record – Ann Arbor News

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Romeo held off multiple comeback attempts to get past Macomb Dakota in five sets – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West kept pace in the Big North Conference with a sweep of Gaylord – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Mason finished a season sweep of Williamston – WLNS