Today in the MHSAA: 12/10/15
December 10, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Wednesday was the first day of winter in full swing with significant matchups coming in six sports as four got into the heart of their first week of the season. Be sure to check out as well a story on MHSAA officials recruiting efforts.
Girls Basketball
Traverse City St. Francis won an early battle between two of the north’s top small-school teams, downing Frankfort (featured today on Second Half) 76-72 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
A pair of Concord players filled the stat sheet in a 62-56 win over Michigan Center; senior Lindsey Lehmen led with 24 points, five assists, four rebounds and four steals, and sophomore Camryn Ward grabbed 19 rebounds – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Boys Basketball
From Tuesday, Sanford Meridian freshman Lucas Lueder will be among first-year players to watch, if his 18 points in a 65-61 win over Saginaw Nouvel are an indication – Midland Daily News
Boys Bowling
Vandercook Lake could be in line for an exciting season or four after watching freshmen Korey Reichard (278) and Conner Lackey (267) lead the way in a 29-1 win over Grass Lake – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Ice Hockey
Division 3 No. 10 Farmington’s two first-period goals were enough as the Falcons scored a key early-season win over Division 2 No. 4 Berkley – Oakland Press
After finishing regulation tied, Division 2 No. 9 Traverse City Central needed only 14 seconds of overtime to get past Cadillac 4-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Boys Swimming & Diving
Chelsea coach Dave Jolly was the mid-Michigan link to Wednesday’s Waverly Relays, the annual event for Lansing-area teams to kick off the season; his Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 3-ranked team broke Okemos’ five-year hold on the meet championship – Lansing State Journal
Wrestling
No. 3 Davison earned one of the most significant early wins so far this season, 45-27 over No. 4 Brighton, which beat Davison in the Division 1 Semifinals last season – Livingston Daily
Saginaw Swan Valley, No. 8 in Division 3, just escaped Essexville Garber for a 32-30 win – Saginaw News
Good Read
After more than five decades as an official, Dick Kalahar is watching from the stands this season. He is among a growing number of retiring officials the MHSAA is charged with replacing over the next few years, and this piece looks at some of the challenges and opportunities, in part through Kalahar’s eyes – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Today in the MHSAA: 10/11/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 11, 2023
1. CROSS COUNTRY Buckley’s girls – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – claimed the school’s first Northwest Conference title in any girls sport, and Benzie Central clinched the boys championship while Traverse City St. Francis claimed the final Lake Michigan Conference titles; the St. Francis boys are No. 1 in LPD3, and the girls are No. 2 – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Benzie Record-Patriot
2. CROSS COUNTRY Brighton’s LPD1 No. 3-ranked girls dominated their race with Hartland and Howell to clinch the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS SOCCER Bad Axe downed Caro 4-1 to clinch a fifth-straight Greater Thumb Conference West championship – Huron Daily Tribune
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 8 Bloomfield Hills Roeper edged Plymouth Christian Academy 1-0 to clinch the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Blue title – Hometown Life
5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 10 Alma boys and No. 9 Frankenmuth girls finished Tri-Valley Conference Red championship runs – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun | Athletic.net
6. GIRLS GOLF No. 6 Rochester carded a 333 to claim its Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional title – Oakland Press
7. GIRLS GOLF Ludington edged Remus Chippewa Hills by four strokes to win an LPD3 Regional – Ludington Daily News
8. GIRLS GOLF No. 4 St. Joseph carded a 364 to win an LPD2 Regional championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 10 Holland avenged an early-season loss to Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 4-1 to finish its championship run through the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green – Holland Sentinel
10. VOLLEYBALL Ludington downed Fremont 3-1 in a matchup of co-leaders in the West Michigan Conference Lakes – MI Sports Now