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: 10/29/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 29, 2021
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 New Baltimore Anchor Bay handed top-ranked Troy its only loss, 3-1 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Macomb Daily
2. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Richland Gull Lake won a matchup of the top teams in Division 2, downing No. 2 St. Joseph 2-0 to clinch a Regional title – Battle Creek Enquirer
3. BOYS SOCCER Holland Black River earned its first Regional title, doing so with a 3-2 Division 4 win over top-ranked Hartford – Holland Sentinel
4. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Northville clinched its first Regional title in 14 years, downing No. 2 Clarkston 1-0 in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 13 Grand Rapids Christian shut out No. 8 Petoskey 2-0 to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Petoskey News-Herald
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Grosse Ile downed Michigan Center 4-1 in Division 3 to secure a fourth-straight Regional title – Southgate News-Herald
7. BOYS SOCCER Flint Powers Catholic claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 7 Williamston – WJRT
8. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Wyoming Potter’s House Christian edged North Muskegon 1-0 to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Grand Rapids Press
9. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice outlasted Grosse Pointe North 3-2 in overtime to clinch a Division 2 Regional title – Oakland Press
10. BOYS SOCCER Grosse Pointe South defeated Salem 2-1 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Observer & Eccentric