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: 9/12/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 12, 2023

1. GIRLS GOLF Bay City John Glenn won the Bay County championship with a 386, and Kiera Inda was a repeat medalist – Bay City Times

2. GIRLS GOLF Brighton – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 310 to win its Coach Miller Invitational by 57 strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian earned an impressive 4-2 league win over Division 2 No. 8 Fruitport – FOX 17

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis earned a close three-set win over Cadillac as part of a quad – Cadillac News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Linden and Flushing played to a 2-2 draw – WJRT

6. GIRLS GOLF Freeland shot a 376 to win the Shark Invitational in St. Louis – Big Rapids Pioneer

7. BOYS SOCCER Gladwin got past Clare 5-2 with three goals from Treyton Siegert – MI Sports Now

8. BOYS SOCCER Kyler Marshall led Niles Brandywine past New Buffalo with three goals – Niles Daily Star

9. BOYS SOCCER Kalkaska set itself up to become part of a league title race with a 5-4 win over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. BOYS SOCCER Grand Blanc came back from a one-goal deficit to get past Midland 3-1 – Midland Daily News