Today in the MHSAA: 9/29/20
September 29, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Lower Peninsula girls golf postseason begins next week, and Monday saw contenders continue to thrive as they build toward championship challenges. Finalists for the state's elite volleyball award also were announced.
1. Girls Golf: Bloomfield Hills Marian – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – shot a 304 to win the Detroit Catholic League championship tournament – Oakland Press
2. Girls Golf: LPD2 No. 9 Okemos shot 332 and LPD4 No. 2 Montague 352 to take the top two places at the East Lansing Invitational – Local Sports Journal
3. Boys Soccer: Elk Rapids ran its shutout streak to seven games in defeating Charlevoix 8-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Volleyball: Division 4 top-ranked Mendon came back after losing the first set to defeat Constantine in four – JoeInsider.com
5. Volleyball: Pentwater swept Big Rapids Crossroads to move to 5-0 this fall – Ludington Daily News
6. Girls Golf: Zeeland East’s Bailey Bravata was medalist and LPD2 No. 6 Muskegon Mona Shores the team winner at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Holland Sentinel
7. Volleyball: Marquette moved to 8-1 overall with a sweep of Gladstone – WLUC
8. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 9 Saginaw Valley Lutheran swept Midland Bullock Creek, handing the Lancers their first league loss – Midland Daily News
9. Boys Soccer: Clinton came back to defeat Onsted 3-2 – Adrian Daily Telegram
10. Volleyball: Portage Central swept Kalamazoo Central – WWMT
Also of note …
Volleyball: The Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association announced its Miss Volleyball Award finalists – MIVCA
Today in the MHSAA: 3/15/16
March 15, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Boys basketball teams across the state moved into Regionals on Monday, while the state’s leading girls basketball scorer this season finished her career with Michigan’s most prestigious individual award.
Boys Basketball
Macomb Dakota scored with six seconds left in double overtime to get past Clarkston 68-66 in Class A – Macomb Dakota
Lansing Everett trailed by 12 heading into the fourth quarter against Kalamazoo Central, but scored 30 points in the final period to win in Class A, 56-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Also in Class A, Muskegon won a matchup of arguably the two best teams from the state’s west side, getting past Grand Rapids Christian 64-53 – Muskegon Chronicle
Williamston eliminated reigning Class B champion Wyoming Godwin Heights, 57-55 in overtime – Lansing State Journal
Ithaca set a single-season record with its 22nd win in a 79-60 Class C victory over Millington – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Girls Basketball
Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick made headlines all season with incredible scoring totals, and capped her high school career by winning the Miss Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press