Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/18

September 19, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Girls Golf: Traverse City West, No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, won the Frank Altmore Invitational in Midland with Anika Dy shooting a course record 63 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys soccer: Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central edged rival Portage Northern 2-1 in the latest matchup of their intense rivalry – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 8 Spring Lake came back after losing the first set to defeat Comstock Park in four – Grand Haven Tribune

4. Volleyball: Escanaba came back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat Gladstone in five sets – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Boys Soccer: Division 1 top-ranked Troy Athens stayed undefeated with a 4-0 win over rival Athens – Oakland Press

6. Cross Country: McBain’s girls and boys – both ranked No. 8 in LPD3 – swept team first places at the first Highland Conference jamboree of this season – Cadillac News

7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central improved to 10-3-1 with a key league win, 1-0, over Detroit U-D Jesuit – Observer & Eccentric

8. Cross Country: Grosse Ile took the girls team win and both individual first places at the first Huron League jamboree; the girls team is No. 12 in LPD2 – Southgate News-Herald

9. Boys soccer: Cadillac scored in the final minutes to get past Traverse City Central – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Soccer: Rochester Hills Stoney Creek scored all of its goals during the second half of a 4-0 win over Rochester – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 10/9/18

October 9, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Boys Soccer: Lincoln Alcona clinched a share of a sixth straight North Star League title with a win over Fairview – Alpena News

2. Cross Country: The Ishpeming Westwood girls and Upper Peninsula Division 2 top-ranked Ishpeming boys won Mid-Peninsula Conference championships – Marquette Mining Journal

3. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 4 Kalamazoo Hackett claimed a second straight outright Southwestern Athletic Conference championship with a 4-3 win over Fennville – JoeInsider.com

4. Boys Soccer: Hillsdale Academy finished a repeat run as Independent Soccer League West champion with a win over Jonesville – Hillsdale Daily News

5. Girls Golf: Myra Becksfort led Hamilton to the Wooden Show Invitational title with her second individual championship at the event – Holland Sentinel

6. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 3 Allegan was first and Sturgis second at the Wolverine Conference tournament – Sturgis Journal

7. Boys Tennis: LPD2 No. 6 Midland Dow earned coach Terry Schwartzkopf his 200th career victory in a win over Davison – Midland Daily News

8. Volleyball: Beaverton improved to 33-2-2 with a three-set win over Division 4 No. 10 Onaway – Midland Daily News

9. Volleyball: Petoskey improved to 30-4-1 with a three-set win at Sault Ste. Marie – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Escanaba came back after losing the first set to defeat Norway 3-1 – Escanaba Daily Press

Also of note …

Cross Country: Fraser’s boys clinched the Macomb Area Conference Blue dual meet championship with an undefeated record – the first league title of any sort for a Fraser cross country team – C&G Newspapers