Today in the MHSAA: 9/3/15
September 3, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Exciting soccer finishes, plus news from volleyball, girls golf and cross country top today’s headlines from media across the state.
Cross Country
The biggest school at the Battle Creek All-City Invitational swept the team titles, with Lakeview’s boys and girls both winning; the top racers from the smallest school, Battle Creek St. Philip’s Ava Strenge and Jack Greenman, won the individual titles – Battle Creek Enquirer
Girls Golf
Same players, new coach, and Muskegon Mona Shores is back among the elite with a win in the Ottawa-Kent Black on Wednesday after finishing second in the first league jamboree – Muskegon Chronicle
Boys Soccer
Portage Central won a battle of undefeated teams from the Kalamazoo area, downing Mattawan 1-0 with a second-half goal – Kalamazoo Gazette
Ludington scored three goals over a 10-minute second-half span to win a high-scoring 5-3 matchup with Whitehall – Ludington Daily News
Saginaw Heritage freshman keeper Joseph Horwath became a wall over the final two minutes as the Hawks edged Valley Lutheran 3-2 – Saginaw News
Volleyball
Camden-Frontier came back from two sets down to beat Hillsdale Academy, claiming the deciding game 15-13 – Hillsdale Daily News
New Baltimore Anchor Bay improved to 12-1-2 this fall under first-year coach Brittany McGinnis, a former standout at Fraser, by beating her alma mater and two others – Macomb Daily
Good reads
Most of the competitors at Frankenmuth’s Patriot Cup girls golf tournament were toddlers or only a little older on Sept. 11, 2001, so the Eagles will host 21 teams in remembrance of the victims of attacks and those who continue to serve – Saginaw News
Charlevoix dedicated its recently purchased football scoreboard Friday to late coach Don Carey, who led multiple teams at the school over nearly three decades – Charlevoix Courier
Today in the MHSAA: 5/10/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 10, 2024
1. GIRLS TENNIS LPD2 No. 9 Traverse City Central ran its Big North Conference title streak to 11 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. TRACK & FIELD Ithaca’s girls and boys teams finished a repeat in the Tri-Valley Conference Blue; Ithaca’s girls are ranked No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, and the boys are ranked No. 2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun | Athletic.net
3. GIRLS SOCCER Ovid-Elsie clinched an outright Mid-Michigan Activities Conference title with a shutout of Durand – Lansing State Journal
4. TRACK & FIELD Pinckney’s girls secured the Southeastern Conference White championship, and Chelsea won the boys meet – Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net
5. BOYS GOLF Quincy won its Oriole Classic by six strokes – Coldwater Daily Reporter
6. SOFTBALL Millington swept Midland Bullock Creek 3-1 and 7-1 in a matchup of Division 3 honorable mentions – WNEM
7. BASEBALL Iron Mountain earned a split with Division 3 No. 20 Gladstone – Upper Michigan Source
8. BASEBALL McBain downed Division 4 No. 20 Marion 7-2 – Cadillac News
9. SOFTBALL Grace Schloop tied Midland’s career strikeout record with 17 more in a 4-1 win over Lapeer – Midland Daily News
10. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 5 Frankenmuth downed Division 3 honorable mention Otisville LakeVille Memorial 7-2 – Saginaw News