Today in the MHSAA: 8/20/20

August 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

After five months filled with anxiety and uncertainty, high school sports returned to Michigan on Wednesday and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern's Lilia Henkel gave us all something to immediately cheer about. 

1. Girls Golf: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern was the biggest winner on the first day of high school sports since March, winning the Muskegon Mona Shores Invitational while senior Lilia Henkel shot an incredible 60 to finish first individually – FOX 17

2. Girls Golf: St. Joseph shot a first-place 355 and Maya Hunter was medalist with a 75 at the Gull Lake Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. Boys Tennis: Traverse City St. Francis defeated Haslett and Lansing Catholic as senior Charlie Schmude went over 100 career wins – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Girls Golf: Michigan Center shot a school-record 365 to win the Hanover-Horton Invitational by nearly 40 strokes – JTV

5. Girls Golf: Traverse City West’s Anci Dy shot a 69 to lead the Lober Classic’s individual standings after the first round, while Flint Powers Catholic was the first-day team leader at 332 – Up North Live

6. Boys Tennis: Niles Brandywine earned coach David Sidenbender his 100th win with a 5-3 victory over South Haven – Niles Daily Star

7. Girls Golf: Freeland edged Frankenmuth by a stroke to win the opening Tri-Valley Conference jamboree – Saginaw News

8. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow opened 1-0-1 with a win over Grand Blanc and tie of Troy Athens – Midland Daily News

9. Boys Tennis: Bay City Western and Central both finished 2-0-1 to pace an opening quad – Bay City Times

10. Boys tennis: Coldwater earned first-year coach Nathan Waterbury his first win with the program, shutting out Brooklyn Columbia Central – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Flint Beecher is mourning the death of longtime coach Moses Lacy, who led the program to Class B championships in 1985 and 1987 – ABC 12

Today in the MHSAA: 9/26/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 26, 2023

1. GIRLS GOLF Cheboygan shot a program-record 365 to win its invitational by three strokes – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Holland Christian downed No. 12 Holland High 3-0 – Holland Sentinel

3. GIRLS GOLF Adrian shot a 365 to win the Lenawee County championship by 51 strokes – Adrian Daily Telegram

4. BOYS SOCCER Nolan Sanders scored his eighth game-winning goal this season, sending Carleton Airport past Flat Rock 4-3 in a Huron League Tournament opener – Monroe News

5. VOLLEYBALL Edwardsburg swept Division 3 No. 10 Buchanan in nonleague play – Niles Daily Star

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 7 Madison Heights Bishop Foley pulled within a victory of clinching the Catholic League Intersectional 2 title with a 1-0 win over Royal Oak Shrine Catholic – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER Ludington sits alone atop the West Michigan Conference standings thanks to a 4-2 win over Fremont – Ludington Daily News

8. BOYS SOCCER Logan Korson reached 30 goals for the season with both in Midland Bullock Creek’s 2-0 win over Ithaca – Midland Daily News

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 8 Three Rivers swept St. Joseph – Sturgis Journal

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 15 Linden held off Owosso for a 3-2 victory – Owosso Argus-Press