Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/16
January 5, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Winter sports return in force with a full slate of events statewide tonight, but here are a few headlines of note as we get rolling – plus two great reads from the wrestling world.
Boys Basketball
Ishpeming in recent seasons has scheduled its first basketball games later than other teams to offset the football team’s four straight runs to the MHSAA Finals at Ford Field – but the Hematites were one of the first to play in 2016 and came away with a 74-72 win over Gladstone to move to 2-0 – Marquette Mining Journal
Girls Bowling
From Sunday, two-time reigning Division 2 champion Flint Kearsley got past 2015 Division 1 finalist Jackson to win the Lila Jean Furnish Classic in Owosso, which included a number of the state’s top teams – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
When Clinton wrestler Nick Rolland was 3, his parents were told to say their good-byes after he was pulled from under a running lawn mower. But doctors were able to save his life, and then his leg, and this weekend he’ll wrestle for his 100th career win – Adrian Daily Telegram
Hastings wrestling coach Mike Goggins started out as an athlete for the Saxons, later coached at the middle school and now also is the high school athletic director – and owner of more than 400 varsity coaching wins after reaching that milestone during the Montrose Invitational on Dec. 29 – Grand Rapids Press
Today in the MHSAA: 5/14/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 14, 2024
1. SOFTBALL Cheboygan swept Newberry to complete a three-peat in the Straits Area Conference – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
2. GIRLS SOCCER Trenton finished a third-straight outright Downriver League championship run with a 2-0 win over Brownstown Woodhaven – Southgate News-Herald
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Traverse City St. Francis downed Grayling 5-3 to secure its first Lake Michigan Conference title in this sport – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. GIRLS SOCCER Grand Haven dealt Division 1 top-ranked Hudsonville its first defeat in a shootout – FOX 17
5. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 5 Pinconning’s Geena Gauthier struck out 20 batters in her team’s 5-2 win over Saginaw Swan Valley, and also had a home run, while Swan Valley won the second game – Saginaw News
6. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 15 East Jordan ran its no-hitter streak to three with a pair against Boyne City – Petoskey News-Review
7. BOYS GOLF New Boston Huron won the Monroe County Championship tournament on a tie-breaker – Monroe News
8. GIRLS SOCCER Hadley Fox scored five more goals to lead Big Rapids past Remus Chippewa Hills in the Central State Activities Association Tournament – Big Rapids Pioneer
9. BASEBALL Midland swept Saginaw Heritage, with Jacoby Lind throwing a perfect game in the latter of the doubleheader – Midland Daily News
10. BASEBALL Okemos downed Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 9-3 - WILX
Also of note …
GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Midland Dow claimed a third-straight Saginaw Valley League title outright thanks to Davison’s 1-0 win over Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News