Today in the MHSAA: 9/28/18

September 28, 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. Girls Golf: Coldwater, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, won a tie-breaker – both in the regular-season standings and then at the league tournament – to edge LPD3 No. 7 Marshall for the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 9 Holland West Ottawa upset No. 4 Rockford, edging the Rams by a point, 158-157, in league competition – Holland Sentinel

3. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 2 Portage Central clinched a share of the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference title with a 1-0 win over Richland Gull Lake – the teams entered the night tied for first – JoeInsider.com

4. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 7 Detroit Catholic Central avenged its earlier loss to Birmingham Brother Rice with a 2-0 win – Oakland Press

5. Girls Golf: LPD4 No. 4 Harbor Springs completed an overall Lake Michigan Conference championship with a big win at the league tournament – Petoskey News-Review

6. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 3 Lake Orion remained undefeated in league play with a four-set win over honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press

7. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 7 Spring Lake claimed 2-1 wins over honorable mention Whitehall and No. 8 Fruitport to improve to 27-4 – Local Sports Journal

8. Boys Soccer: Division 4 top-ranked Muskegon Western Michigan Christian took over the lead alone atop the Lakes 8 Conference with a 3-1 win over Division 3 No. 4 Ludington – Ludington Daily News

9. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 8 Hudsonville also earned a key Ottawa-Kent Conference Red win, edging honorable mention Grand Haven by 19 – Grand Haven Tribune

10. Boys Soccer: Division 3 No. 7 Elk Rapids broke Boyne City’s nine-game winning streak with a 2-1 victory – Petoskey News-Review

Also of note …

Girls Tennis: From Wednesday, reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion Negaunee won the Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament ahead of reigning Upper Peninsula Division 2 champ Ishpeming Westwood – Marquette Mining Journal

Girls Tennis: From Wednesday, reigning UP Division 1 runner-up Marquette edged Menominee by two points to clinch the Great Northern Conference title – Escanaba Daily Press

Girls Swimming & Diving: From Tuesday, LPD1 No. 2 Saline won more relays and swimming events, but honorable mention Ann Arbor Pioneer prevailed with a three-point victory – Saline Post

Today in the MHSAA: 8/22/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 22, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Traverse City St. Francis’ Grace Slocum won Bob Lober Classic championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS TENNIS Reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 co-champion Negaunee edged rival Ishpeming Westwood 5-3 – Upper Michigan Source

3. VOLLEYBALL East Grand Rapids swept Hopkins in the first outdoor “Rally on Reeds” match – FOX 17

4. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba came back after losing the first two sets to defeat West Iron County – Escanaba Daily Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Warren De La Salle Collegiate held off Romeo 6-4 – Macomb Daily

6. BOYS SOCCER Steele Stowe scored the lone goal in Ludington’s win at Petoskey – Ludington Daily News

7. GIRLS GOLF Averie Pumford led the way as Freeland won the first Tri-Valley Conference jamboree – Saginaw News

8. BOYS SOCCER Fruitport improved to 4-0 with a 5-2 win over Whitehall – MuskegonSports.com

9. VOLLEYBALL McBain Northern Michigan Christian swept a tri against Harrison and Manton – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS SOCCER A 1-1 draw between Grass Lake and Brooklyn Columbia Central could have Cascades Conference implications in a few months – Jackson Citizen Patriot