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: 6/4/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 4, 2024

1. BASEBALL Holland Black River clinched its first District title in this sport, edging Bangor 3-2 in Division 4 – Holland Sentinel

2. SOFTBALL St. Joseph finished a 3-0 Division 2 District title win over honorable mention Stevensville Lakeshore – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. BASEBALL Bryce Fox’s eighth-inning home run sent No. 17 Hudsonville past No. 14 Zeeland East in a Division 1 District Final – FOX 17

4. SOFTBALL Honorable mention Hamilton completed a repeat District title run with a 10-4 win over Holland Christian in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel

5. BASEBALL Benzie Central shut out No. 19 Kingsley 6-0 to clinch a Division 3 District championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BASEBALL Holland Christian also advanced in Division 2 with a 12-2 win over South Haven – Holland Sentinel

7. BASEBALL No. 8 Watervliet edged Schoolcraft 3-2 to clinch a third-straight District title, in Division 3 – WPSPanthers.com

8. BASEBALL No. 9 Williamston scored in the top of the 10th inning but No. 17 DeWitt scored twice during its final at bats to clinch the 62nd Dean Shippey Capital Diamond Classic title with a 10-9 victory – Lansing State Journal