Today in the MHSAA: 9/17/19

September 17, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A freshman phenom on the golf course helped her team lead Monday’s list of notables as a trio of tournament champions drove their way to the top.

1. Girls Golf: Grand Blanc freshman Kate Brody continued her dazzling high school debut by taking first in leading the Bobcats – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – to the Genesee County Golf Championship victory; Grand Blanc finished two strokes lower than runner-up and LPD3 No. 1 Flint Powers Catholic – Flint Journal

2. Girls Golf: Coldwater outshot runner-up and LPD4 No. 9 Jackson Lumen Christi by six strokes to win the Onsted Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. Girls Golf: Traverse City Central edged Traverse City West by a stroke to win the Charlevoix Classic against a field that also included LPD4 top-ranked Harbor Springs – Traverse City Record Eagle

4. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 8 Byron Center and Division 3 No. 1 Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a scoreless draw – FOX 17

5. Volleyball: Bloomfield Hills defeated Division 2 No. 4 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in five sets, after NDP downed Rochester Adams in four – Oakland Press

6. Boys Soccer: Hillsdale got past Michigan Center to stay in the mix for the Independent Soccer League West title – Hillsdale Daily News

7. Volleyball: Rock Mid Peninsula posted its first win ever over Munising, sweeping the Mustangs – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Boys Soccer: Vicksburg downed Sturgis for the first time in at least seven seasons, 1-0 – JoeInsider.com

9. Boys Soccer: After edging Riverview by just a goal in their first meeting this season, Division 3 No. 6 Grosse Ile came back to win big in the rematch – Southgate News-Herald

10. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 5 Midland Dow downed Bay City John Glenn to improve to 11-1 – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/12/19

September 12, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

While volleyball and soccer fill most of the spots on our list from Wednesday night’s most notable events across the state, our top achievers were on the golf course with a three-time county champion leading the way.

1. Girls Golf: Ariel Chang won her third Macomb County Tournament with an even-par 72 to lead Utica Eisenhower to the team championship; Eisenhower is ranked No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Macomb Daily

2. Volleyball: Essexville Garber went 3-0 at the Freeland quad, handing the host Falcons just their second defeat – Midland Daily News

3. Volleyball: Traverse City West edged rival Central 15-11 in the deciding fifth set to clinch the match win – Up North Live

4. Cross Country: Saugatuck swept the first Southwestern Athletic Conference jamboree, the LPD3 honorable mention girls ahead of Galesburg-Augusta and the No. 11 boys ahead of Watervliet – Holland Sentinel

5. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Morley Stanwood swept rival Kent City – Big Rapids News

6. Boys Soccer: Alcona came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Oscoda 3-2 – Alpena News

7. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 3 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep got past rival Kalamazoo Christian 5-0 – JoeInsider.com

8. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 9 Cadillac swept Petoskey in Big North Conference play – Cadillac News

9. Boys Tennis: LPD3 No. 8 St. Joseph showed why it’s ready to contend again with a sweep of Stevensville Lakeshore – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

10. Boys soccer: Two seasons after winning one game, Shepherd moved to 6-1 with a big win over Pinconning – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun