Today in the MHSAA: 10/8/15

October 8, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The start of the Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Tournament included plenty of highlights to top an eventful Wednesday statewide.

Girls Golf

Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 8 Muskegon Mona Shores won the MHSAA Regional at Thornapple Pointe Golf Club, but Reeths-Puffer freshman Karina VanDuinen also was exceptional going under par to finish first individually – Muskegon Chronicle

LP Division 2 top-ranked Midland Dow tied No. 6 Flushing at 340 and won the Regional title on the fifth-golfer tie-breaker – Saginaw News

Frankenmuth, No. 4 in LP Division 4, won its first Regional title and just ahead of No. 5 Freeland – Saginaw News

New Boston Huron qualified for the MHSAA Finals for the first time in this sport by finishing third at Monroe Country Club – Mlive-Detroit

Boys Soccer

Division 2 top-ranked Holland Christian and Division 3 No. 6 Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a 3-3 tie that made both 6-0-2 in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green – Holland Sentinel

Unranked Tecumseh is 6-4-4 but unbeaten in eight straight after tying Division 2 No. 12 Dexter – Adrian Daily Telegram

Unranked Buckley, a solid 13-2, upset Division 4 No. 3 Leland 2-1. Buckley hadn’t beaten Leland in boys soccer since 2003 – Cadillac News

Division 3 No. 10 Gladwin capped its Northern Michigan Soccer League schedule with another win to finish with a conference record of 10-0 – Midland Daily News

Volleyball

Unranked Mason, a Class A quarterfinalist a year ago, downed No. 10 DeWitt in five sets to create a two-team tie atop the Capital Area Activities Conference Red standings – Lansing State Journal

Good Reads

Coldwater will host its first swimming and diving meet tonight thanks to a $15 million dollar donation that paid for a new aquatic center and was given in honor of the school’s Class of 1942 by one of its members – Battle Creek Enquirer

Farmington Hills Harrison football is 5-1 under longtime coach John Herrington in what might be the final season of the school and despite the transfers of two players before the start of practice – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 12/20/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 20, 2022

1. HOCKEY Devin McIntyre became Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer during a 7-1 win over Livonia Franklin – Ann Arbor News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Carleton Airport’s Olivia Gratz scored a school-record 38 points to lead her team past Milan 76-51 – Monroe News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Zoie Bamm scored a school-record 34 points to lead Brooklyn Columbia Central past Michigan Center 55-30 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Ty Kohlmann tied New Lothrop’s single-season school scoring record with 45 points in a win over Webberville – Owosso Argus-Press

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Alpena edged Hillman 57-54, but Hillman’s Trenton Taratuta tied a school record with 41 points – Alpena News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morley Stanwood improved to 5-0 with a 63-62 overtime win over Cadillac – Big Rapids Pioneer

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mason County Central held off a Ludington comeback attempt for a 41-34 win – Local Sports Journal

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portland came back from a halftime deficit to defeat East Lansing 35-28 – Lansing State Journal

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Concord moved past Sturgis 48-40 in overtime – Sturgis Journal

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Charlevoix edged Kingsley 49-47 – Petoskey News-Review

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Longtime Rockford coach Ralph Munger, one of the winningest in state history, is expected to take over at Newaygo – Grand Rapids Press