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: 10/7/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 7, 2022
1. GIRLS GOLF St. Louis edged Shepherd by eight strokes to clinch its first Regional title in golf, in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Saginaw News
2. BOYS TENNIS Fowlerville also won its first Regional in this sport, edging DeWitt by two points in LPD3 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Saline shuffled the league standings and possibly the state rankings with a sweep of No. 3 Ann Arbor Skyline – Chelsea Sun Times News
4. BOYS TENNIS No. 6 Birmingham Seaholm was first and reigning Finals champion and current No. 5 Groves second at their LPD2 Regional – Oakland Press
5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 No. 3 Northville swam past No. 5 Brighton 98-88 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. BOYS TENNIS Sturgis is returning to the LPD3 Finals after claiming a Regional title – Sturgis Journal
7. BOYS TENNIS No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern was first and No. 8 Traverse City Central second at their LPD2 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 14 Saline clinched the Southeastern Conference Red title with a big win over Ypsilanti Lincoln – Saline Post
9. BOYS SOCCER Portage Central got past Mattawan in a shootout to claim the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament title – Kalamazoo Gazette
10. BOYS SOCCER East Lansing defeated Okemos 1-0 to claim the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal