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: 10/4/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 4, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Troy clinched the Oakland Activities Association Red championship by handing No. 7 Oxford its first loss, 2-0 – Oakland Press
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Mason clinched the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup with a shootout win over No. 3 DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
3. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Saginaw Valley League Tournament, wrapping up its 19th-straight league title – Midland Daily News
4. GIRLS GOLF Caledonia followed Copelin O’Krangley to the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament championship – Local Sports Journal
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Portage Central claimed a third-straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament championship with a 3-1 win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – Kalamazoo Gazette
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Fruitport secured the O-K Silver title with a 9-2 win over Wyoming Godwin Heights – MuskegonSports.com
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis downed No. 6 Elk Rapids 3-1 – MI Sports Now
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Temperance Bedford handed Division 3 top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central its second loss this fall – Monroe News
9. BOYS SOCCER Melvindale downed Division 2 No. 13 New Boston Huron 1-0 during a night of special recognition for a past standout – Southgate News-Herald
10. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids handed No. 11 Grayling its lone Northern Shores Conference loss, 2-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle