Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/19
September 19, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Close finishes on the golf course and soccer pitch top today’s list and gave ranked teams extra reason to celebrate Wednesday.
1. Girls Golf: South Lyon – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – shot a 344 to finish ahead of LPD1 No. 6 Rochester Adams by a stroke and win the Oakland County Division 1 championship – C&G Newspapers
2. Boys Soccer: No. 8 Adrian Lenawee Christian won a matchup of ranked Division 4 teams 3-2 over No. 4 Kalamazoo Hackett – Adrian Daily Telegram
3. Boys Soccer: Unranked Saginaw Valley Lutheran downed Division 3 No. 13 Hemlock 4-1 – Saginaw News
4. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 7 Ann Arbor Pioneer shot a 170 to remain undefeated with a quad match win – We Love Ann Arbor
5. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 2 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept its “Teal Attack” match with Carleton Airport – Monroe Evening News
6. Boys Soccer: Macomb Dakota moved to 7-0 with a 4-1 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson – Macomb Daily
7. Volleyball: Portage Central won a close match with rival Portage Northern in four sets – JoeInsider.com
8. Volleyball: Holton came back after dropping the first two sets to defeat Lakeview in five – Local Sports Journal
9. Boys Soccer: A last-minute goal pushed Vicksburg past Otsego 3-2 – WWMT
10. Volleyball: Traverse City Central swept Petoskey in league play – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Noel Dean on Parental Expectations
July 9, 2012
At Lowell High, football parents who think their child should be playing more get an opportunity to convince coach Noel Dean of the same -- but must do so in a meeting with the parents of the player who would lose time in the process.
Dean, who has led the Red Arrows to three MHSAA titles, recently spoke with the America Football Coaches Association about managing parental expectations and providing a wider view of his program and the decisions that must be made to parents who often see through a more narrow scope.
Click on the link below, and especially pay attention at the 2:30 mark as Dean talks about his strategy for discussing playing time.