Today in the MHSAA: 2/2/16
February 2, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Statewide sports action Monday was light, so we’ll focus on a series of stories published today that should pull at your heart strings and put life’s little obstacles in proper perspective.
Good Reads
Mason’s Brendan Brown is fighting for his life, against a form of cancer that has led to the amputation of a leg and soon will mean the removal of parts of his lungs. The Bulldogs junior is fighting, and also continuing a high school bowling career that is inspiring opponents and those in his community – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Also at Mason, Storm Miller might be the strongest athlete at his high school and finished third in a national weight-lifting competition last summer. He’s relying on strength now to fight a rare form of cancer that also initially was found in a leg – Lansing State Journal
Molly Holmes hasn't joined her siblings on the Leroy Pine River wrestling team yet – wait until next year – but she plays junior varsity basketball and is one of 13 kids in a family that loves sports – a family that adopted her after five foster placements and a fight to survive no child should experience – Cadillac News
Today in the MHSAA: 5/30/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 30, 2024
1. GIRLS GOLF Escanaba and Bark River-Harris swept team and individual championships at the Upper Peninsula Division 1 and 2 Finals, respectively – MHSAA.com
2. BOYS TENNIS Negaunee completed a perfect season with a UPD1 championship, and West Iron County prevailed in UPD2 by a point – MHSAA.com
3. BOYS GOLF Marquette scored a 300 to win the UPD1 title, and Hancock followed the individual runner-up to a UPD2 victory – MHSAA.com
4. BOYS LACROSSE Byron Center clinched its first Regional championship in this sport, downing Mattawan 12-6 in Division 2 – Kalamazoo Gazette
5. BOYS GOLF Howell shot a 306 to clinch its first Regional title in this sport since 2004, in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. GIRLS SOCCER No. 2 Flint Powers Catholic advanced in its Division 3 District with a 2-1 win over No. 11 Essexville Garber – Flint Journal
7. GIRLS SOCCER No. 5 Grosse Ile ran its District title streak to 12 with a big win over Flat Rock in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald
8. BOYS GOLF Ann Arbor Skyline carded a 302 to win its fourth-straight LPD1 Regional championship – Ann Arbor News
9. GIRLS SOCCER No. 8 Rockford advanced in its Division 1 District with a 2-0 win over No. 13 Muskegon Mona Shores – Grand Rapids Press
10. BOYS LACROSSE Rockford downed Hudsonville 17-5 to clinch a Division 1 Regional title – FOX 17