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: 9/10/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 10, 2025
1. GIRLS GOLF Freeland – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and Holly’s Savannah Peters were winners at the Saginaw Heritage Invitational – Saginaw News
2. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 3 Brighton girls and top-ranked Northville boys won races that also included Salem’s teams – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood scored late to get past No. 11 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 3-2 – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Northville handed Division 1 honorable mention Livonia Stevenson its first loss, 1-0 – Hometown Life
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 6 Utica Eisenhower held off Romeo in four sets – Macomb Daily
6. VOLLEYBALL Hart swept Shelby as Alayna Schiller reached 1,000 career digs – Local Sports Journal
7. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central ran its winning streak over Traverse City West to 11 but the teams played a five-set match for the first time since 2019 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. VOLLEYBALL Marquette and Negaunee also went to a fifth set, with the Sentinels emerging victorious – Upper Michigan’s Source
9. CROSS COUNTRY Pinckney’s girls and boys were first among teams from the White division at the first Southeastern Conference jamboree – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow opened Saginaw Valley League play with a four-set win over Heritage – Midland Daily News