Today in the MHSAA: 9/22/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 22, 2022

1. GIRLS GOLF Montague – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won a third-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association Tournament title, shooting a 361 to outpace the field by 27 strokes – CatchMark SportsNet

2. GIRLS TENNIS Escanaba edged Marquette by two points to claim the Great Northern Conference Tournament championship – Upper Michigan Source

3. BOYS SOCCER Buckley moved into first place alone in the Northwest Conference with a 2-1 win over Division 4 No. 14 Leland – MI Sports Now

4. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City Central shot a 344 to win the Cadillac Invitational – Cadillac News

5. GIRLS GOLF East Jordan edged Cheboygan by four strokes to win the Charlevoix Invitational – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

6. BOYS SOCCER Midland Bullock Creek avenged its lone league loss this fall with a 5-1 win over Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Midland Daily News

7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD4 No. 10 Beal City girls and Manton boys won the first Highland Conference jamborees – Cadillac News

8. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow handed Saginaw Heritage its first league loss, 5-1 – Midland Daily News

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Frankenmuth shut out Freeland 3-0 – Mid-Michigan Now

10. VOLLEYBALL Stevensville Lakeshore swept St. Joseph in a match where the first two sets were decided by three and two points, respectively – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/16

January 5, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Winter sports return in force with a full slate of events statewide tonight, but here are a few headlines of note as we get rolling – plus two great reads from the wrestling world.

Boys Basketball

Ishpeming in recent seasons has scheduled its first basketball games later than other teams to offset the football team’s four straight runs to the MHSAA Finals at Ford Field – but the Hematites were one of the first to play in 2016 and came away with a 74-72 win over Gladstone to move to 2-0 – Marquette Mining Journal

Girls Bowling

From Sunday, two-time reigning Division 2 champion Flint Kearsley got past 2015 Division 1 finalist Jackson to win the Lila Jean Furnish Classic in Owosso, which included a number of the state’s top teams – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Good Reads

When Clinton wrestler Nick Rolland was 3, his parents were told to say their good-byes after he was pulled from under a running lawn mower. But doctors were able to save his life, and then his leg, and this weekend he’ll wrestle for his 100th career win – Adrian Daily Telegram

Hastings wrestling coach Mike Goggins started out as an athlete for the Saxons, later coached at the middle school and now also is the high school athletic director – and owner of more than 400 varsity coaching wins after reaching that milestone during the Montrose Invitational on Dec. 29 – Grand Rapids Press