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: 8/26/20
August 26, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Tuesday saw some of the state’s best from a season ago continue to pick back up where they left off last fall, especially on the volleyball court and golf and cross country courses.
1. Girls Golf: Top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern won its invitational with a 326 at The Meadows at Grand Valley State; FHN has won three straight Lower Peninsula Division 2 titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Cross Country: The Hartland boys and Ann Arbor Skyline girls were victorious in dual meets LPD1 championship contenders matched up in the boys race – Livingston Daily
3. Volleyball: Montague swept a powerful field at Cadillac, downing the host, North Branch and Mt. Morris – Local Sports Journal
4. Cross Country: Houghton swept championships at the Painesdale Jeffers Invitational – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 9 Ann Arbor Pioneer shot a 177 to get past Saline and Temperance Bedford – Saline Post
6. Girls Golf: Battle Creek Harper Creek claimed the first Interstate 8 Athletic Conference jamboree by two strokes over Coldwater, shooting a 187 – Coldwater Daily Reporter
7. Boys Soccer: Traverse City Central improved to 3-0 with a 3-1 win over Midland – MI Sports Now
8. Volleyball: Grayling won its matches against Onekama and Buckley, both in sweeps, at the Frankfort quad – Petoskey News-Review
9. Volleyball: Traverse City Central swept in quad play for the second-straight day, on Tuesday downing Benzie Central, Kalkaska and Traverse City Christian – Up North Live
10. Boys Tennis: LPD2 No. 4 Midland Dow swept Gibraltar Carlson and Bay City Western – Midland Daily News