Today in the MHSAA: 9/21/17

September 21, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

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

Today's Top 10

1. Boys Soccer: A story we’ll certainly be following over the next few weeks, Lincoln Alcona goalkeeper Connor McCoy is 19 saves from setting a national high school record – Alpena News 

2. Girls Golf: Bloomfield Hills, ranked No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 327 to edge No. 6 Lake Orion by only one stroke and win the Oakland County Division 1 tournament – C&G Newspapers

3. Girls Tennis: Reigning UPD1 co-runner-up Marquette claimed a pair of singles championships on the way to winning the Great Northern Conference tournament – Marquette Mining Journal

4. Girls tennis: Although play will finish today, reigning UPD1 champion Negaunee clinched the Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament title with six flight championships so far – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Boys Tennis: LPD2 No. 5 Birmingham Seaholm edged No. 6 Birmingham Groves by a point by sweeping doubles (the teams played five doubles matches to only four singles matches)Oakland Press

6. Girls Golf: LPD3 No. 2 Macomb Lutheran North shot a 341 to finish four strokes ahead of second-place Utica Eisenhower and win the Macomb County championship tournament – Macomb Daily

7. Cross Country: Negaunee swept its annual WIN Meet titles with Colton Yesney lowering his course record to 16:19; both Miners teams are ranked No. 3 in UPD1 – Marquette Mining Journal

8. Girls Golf: LPD2 No. 3 St. Joseph clinched its sixth straight league championship by shooting a 176 to win the fourth Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West jamboree – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. Volleyball: Morley Stanwood swept Class C honorable mention White Cloud in a match for first place in the Central State Activities Association Silver – Big Rapids News

10. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 20 Buckley outshot Benzie Central by 19 but had to settle for a 1-1 tie – Cadillac News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/18/18

September 18, 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: In a matchup of the top two ranked teams in Division 2, No. 1 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern came out on top 1-0 over Grand Rapids Christian – Grand Rapids Press

2. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, claimed the team and individual championships at the Charlevoix Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

3. Volleyball: Flat Rock twice came back from one-set deficits to down Riverview in five – Southgate News-Herald

4. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 6 Kalamazoo Hackett posted a meaningful win over rival and previously ranked Kalamazoo Christian, 4-0 – JoeInsider.com

5. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 6 Beaverton edged Gladwin by two points in both of the final two sets to improve to 26-1-2 – Midland Daily News

6. Boys Soccer: Will Bright’s goal with a minute to play pushed Zeeland East past neighbor West 2-1 – Holland Sentinel

7. Boys Soccer: Alma extended its winning streak to four with a 6-1 win over Shepherd, moving the Panthers to 8-2-2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. Volleyball: Iron Mountain came back after losing the first set to defeat Manistique in four – Iron Mountain Daily News

9. Boys Soccer: New Boston Huron scored four second-half goals to pull away from Flat Rock and improve to 8-1-1 – Southgate News-Herald

10. Boys Soccer: Benzie Central claimed a 4-1 road victory over Buckley with three second-half goals –WPBN