Today in the MHSAA: 9/24/20

September 24, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A local girls golf tournament with statewide implications topped Wednesday’s list of headliners, with key contests in soccer and tennis following closely behind among biggest newsmakers.

1. Girls Golf: Ann Arbor Pioneer, ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 365 to win the Ann Arbor City Tournament ahead of No. 8 Ann Arbor Skyline – We Love Ann Arbor

2. Boys Soccer: Riverview won a match of unbeatens, downing reigning Division 3 champion Grosse Ile 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald

3. Boys Soccer: Linden improved to 6-0 and moved into first in the Flint Metro League Stripes alone with a 4-2 win over now second-place Fenton – Flint Journal

4. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 8 North Muskegon won a matchup of ranked teams 6-2 over No. 15 Ludington – Local Sports Journal

5. Girls Golf: Holland West Ottawa shot a 197 to edge Zeeland West for the annual Wooden Shoe Invitational championship – Holland Sentinel

6. Boys Soccer: First-place Leland opened up its lead in the Northwest Conference with a 5-0 win over second-place Maple City Glen Lake – Up North Live

7. Volleyball: St. Joseph swept Stevensville Lakeshore in their “Dig Pink” matchup – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. Volleyball: Midland Bullock Creek came back after losing the third and fourth sets to defeat St. Louis in five – Midland Daily News

9. Volleyball: Fraser swept Grosse Pointe South in a league match – Macomb Daily

10. Boys Soccer: Bad Axe improved to 5-1 with a 7-2 win over Unionville-Sebewaing – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 1/13/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 13, 2025

1. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland Christian – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – was first and No. 2 East Grand Rapids second at the annual D3 Invitational – Holland Sentinel

2. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 6 Temperance Bedford defeated Middleville Thornapple Kellogg, Stevensville Lakeshore, No. 7 Rockford, Holt and Division 2 No. 6 Greenville to win the Rockford Duals – Monroe News

3. BOWLING The Eisenhower/Utica girls and New Baltimore Anchor Bay boys won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

4. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing edged Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 69-68 in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 at the GottaGetIt Hoops Classic at East Kentwood – WLNS

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice impressively downed Muskegon 66-50 in East Kentwood – Muskegon Chronicle

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Peyton Ruel became the all-time leading scorer for Muskegon Oakridge during a 66-45 win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Local Sports Journal

7. WRESTLING Kingsford won its Ray Mariucci Tournament for the first time since 1993 – Escanaba Daily Press

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Alison Rockburn went over 1,000 career points in Belding’s win over Comstock Park – Greenville Daily News

9. BOWLING Frankenmuth’s Liam Liddle rolled a 300 in his team’s win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Anna Wypych set a Rockford record with 38 points in a win over East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press

Also of note …

VOLLEYBALL Farmington Hills Mercy’s Campbell Flynn was named Gatorade National Player of the Year – Oakland Press

FOOTBALL Dearborn is mourning the death of Divine Child legend Bill McCartney, who actually led the boys basketball team to the Class B title in 1973, and later the Colorado football program to a national title – Southgate News-Herald