Today in the MHSAA: 9/9/16
September 9, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Top-ranked teams in golf, swimming & diving and volleyball faced off all over the Lower Peninsula on Thursday, providing some telling finishes as we near the end of the short holiday week.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Golf
Division 1 top-ranked Rochester shot 309 to finish one stroke ahead of No. 9 Brighton and win the Holt Invitational – Livingston Daily
Traverse City West’s Anika Dy continued her special season with a course record-tying 67 to lead the No. 2 Titans to another victory at the Petoskey Invitational at Bayview Country Club – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Girls Swimming & Diving
Division 1 No. 6 Northville just got past Division 2 No. 4 Grosse Pointe South by capturing all three relays – Observer & Eccentic
Volleyball
Class A No. 8 Clarkston moved to 15-1 with a sweep of No. 9 Macomb Dakota, Birmingham Seaholm and Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press
St. Clair Shores Lakeview downed South Lake and then edged Lake Shore to win the “War on the Shores” city championship – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 10/17/17
October 17, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 18 Novi scored the game’s lone goal to upset No. 9 Northville in a District opener – Observer & Eccentric
2. Boys Soccer: Manistee scored the winning goal on a penalty kick in overtime to upset No. 15 Whitehall 2-1 in a Division 3 first-round game – Manistee News-Advocate
3. Boys Soccer: Pontiac won its first District game in program history, downing Armada 3-2 in Division 2 – Oakland Press
4. Boys Soccer: DeWitt took East Lansing to overtime before the Trojans emerged with a 2-1 win in a Division 2 opener – Lansing State Journal
5. Boys Soccer: No. 12 Plymouth also survived a close Division 1 opener, clipping Salem 1-0 – Observer & Eccentric
6. Volleyball: Unranked Lapeer was the big winner of its tri-match, downing Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary and also Class B No. 9 Freeland in five sets – Saginaw News
7. Boys Soccer: Howell broke a tie with Pinckney late to emerge with a 2-1 win in Division 1 after playing the Pirates in overtime two of the last three seasons – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. Football: Coming off Farmington Hills Harrison coach John Herrington tying the MHSAA record for football wins (and since breaking it) held by Birmingham Brother Rice’s Al Fracassa, the Observer & Eccentric interviewed the legends together – Observer & Eccentric
9. Multi-Sport Athletes: Grand Haven athletic director Scott Robertson wrote a guest column for his local paper explaining the benefits of the multi-sport experience, citing a recent star at his school known well by fans statewide – Grand Haven Tribune
10. Mascots: We know our school’s mascot, but do we know why that mascot was chosen? The Tri-County Times dives into the backstories of four schools’ mascots in its area – Tri-County Times