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: 4/12/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 12, 2022
1. BOYS GOLF Grand Rapids Christian shot a 318 to win the Forest Hills Invitational by two strokes – Grand Haven Tribune
2. BASEBALL Tyler Sager struck out 20 Ovid-Elsie hitters in Chesaning’s 8-0 win – Owosso Argus-Press
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Midland Dow moved to 3-0 with a 1-0 win over Division 3 No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News
4. BASEBALL Brighton put up an impressive win, 8-1 over Division 1 No. 6 Livonia Stevenson – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Grand Blanc opened with an extra-inning walk-off win over Clarkston, 4-1 – Mid-Michigan Now
6. SOFTBALL Fremont also won in an extra-inning walk off, 6-5 over Hart – MuskegonSports.com
7. BOYS GOLF Holland Christian shot a 340 to win the annual Wooden Shoe Invitational – Holland Sentinel
8. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 5 South Lyon East swept Waterford Mott with Delaney Lis and Anna Lassan throwing four-inning no-hitters – Oakland Press
9. SOFTBALL Division 1 top-ranked South Lyon opened with a sweep of Milford – Oakland Press
10. BASEBALL Coldwater opened with four pitchers combining to no-hit Schoolcraft – Coldwater Daily Reporter