Today in the MHSAA: 9/22/20
September 22, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Golf and volleyball dominated Monday’s headlines statewide, topped by a matchup of the top two teams in Lower Peninsula Division 1 links.
1. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 2 Rochester Adams shot a 306 to win the Midland Dow Invitational by three strokes ahead of top-ranked Northville – Midland Daily News
2. Volleyball: By just a combined eight points, Farmington Hills Mercy swept rival Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press
3. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 7 Hartland shot a 330 to win the Coach Miller Invitational at Oak Pointe – Livingston Daily
4. Volleyball: Kent City moved to 5-0-2 with a comeback win over annual power Morley Stanwood – Local Sports Journal
5. Girls Golf: LPD4 No. 2 Montague shot a 353 to win the Lady Tullymore Invitational in Big Rapids – Local Sports Journal
6. Girls Golf: Anci Dy’s 66 led Traverse City West to a Big North Conference win in Cadillac – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 8 North Muskegon and previously-ranked Whitehall played to a 4-4 tie – Local Sports Journal
8. Boys Soccer: Whitehall improved to 6-0 with a 4-1 win over Muskegon Oakridge – Local Sports Journal
9. Volleyball: Richmond came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Marine City in five – Port Huron Times Herald
10. Volleyball: Sturgis avenged 2019 losses to Otsego and South Haven and also defeated Battle Creek Harper Creek – JoeInsider.com
Today in the MHSAA: 10/16/18
October 16, 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: Unranked Macomb Lutheran North upset No. 8 Imlay City 2-1 in a Division 3 District opener – Macomb Daily
2. Boys Soccer: No. 3 Lansing Catholic scored the game winner in overtime to defeat formerly-ranked Williamston in a Division 3 District opener – Lansing State Journal
3. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 6 Adrian Lenawee Christian pulled away from No. 9 Manchester 4-1 in a District opener – Adrian Daily Telegram
4. Boys Soccer: Owosso downed Flint Kearsley 3-1 in Division 2 for its first District boys soccer win since 2011 – Owosso Argus-Press
5. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Berkley rallied for a 2-1 win over Troy in Division 1 – Oakland Press
6. Boys Soccer: A second-half goal pushed No. 8 Brighton past Walled Lake Central in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. Boys Soccer: Melvindale won another close match with Allen Park, coming back from a halftime deficit to edge the Jaguars 2-1 in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald
8. Boys Soccer: Boyne City needed a shootout to dispatch of Grayling, 2-1, in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review
9. Boys Soccer: Clinton went to the seventh round of a shootout to get past Jackson Christian 2-1 in a Division 4 opener – Adrian Daily Telegram
10. Boys Soccer: Top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern opened its postseason with a Division 2 win over Lowell – FOX 17
Also of note …
Volleyball: From Saturday, Kingsford needed an extra point to finish a comeback win over Gladstone in the Great Northern Conference tournament final – Iron Mountain Daily News
Girls Swimming & Diving: From Saturday, Plymouth freshman Brady Kendall won the 50-yard freestyle and 100 butterfly as a multi-winner at the MISCA Invitational, which featured a number of the state’s top teams – MISCA