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: 5/11/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 11, 2023
1. GIRLS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa ran its dual-match winning streak to 35 and clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title with a win over Hudsonville – Holland Sentinel
2. TRACK & FIELD Frankenmuth swept Tri-Valley Conference Red championships, and Ithaca swept in the TVC Blue at league meets; Frankenmuth’s boys are No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 and its girls are No. 7, and Ithaca’s girls are ranked No. 3 in LPD3 – Saginaw News
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Rochester finished a repeat Oakland Activities Association Red outright championship with a 1-1 draw against No. 5 Stoney Creek – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS LACROSSE Haslett/Williamston added a Capital Area Activities Conference Cup championship to its regular-season title with a 13-5 win over DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
5. GIRLS TENNIS Muskegon Mona Shores edged LPD4 No. 6 North Muskegon by four points to claim the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal
6. TRACK & FIELD Constantine’s LPD3 No. 4-ranked boys defeated Lawton 86-51 to claim the Southwestern Athletic Conference Valley title, while Lawton’s girls were victorious 110-27 – Sturgis Journal
7. GIRLS LACROSSE Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern avenged its earlier loss to Forest Hills Central with a 13-12 win – FOX 17
8. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 3 Chelsea swept Division 1 No. 9 Saline 5-1 and 4-2 – Ann Arbor News
9. TRACK & FIELD The Brethren girls and LPD4 No. 8 Marion boys won West Michigan D League championship meet titles – Athletic.net
10. TRACK & FIELD Benzie Central and Kingsley swept championships in their respective divisions of Benzie’s Bruce Garland Relays – Traverse City Record-Eagle