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: 4/4/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 4, 2024
1. GIRLS/BOYS LACROSSE Brighton’s girls opened with a 17-3 win over Birmingham United, and the Bulldogs boys improved to 3-0 with a 7-6 double-overtime win over Haslett/Williamston – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. GIRLS SOCCER Sydney Fox scored five goals in Birch Run’s 7-1 win over Corunna – WJRT
3. BASEBALL/SOFTBALL Kalamazoo Central swept Loy Norrix on the diamonds as the school opened Derek Jeter Field for baseball and Jeter Family Field for softball – Kalamazoo Gazette
4. GIRLS SOCCER Three players scored three goals apiece in Dearborn Edsel Ford’s win over Taylor – Southgate News-Herald
5. BOYS LACROSSE Tecumseh edged Ann Arbor Skyline 3-2 in overtime – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. BASEBALL A pair of pitchers combined to allow three hits in Division 1 No. 8 Sterling Heights Stevenson’s 5-0 win over Troy Athens – Oakland Press
7. GIRLS SOCCER Chloe Wishart scored four goals in Trenton’s 6-0 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald
8. GIRLS SOCCER Grayling opened with a 5-0 victory over Houghton Lake – MI Sports Now
9. BASEBALL Warren De La Salle Collegiate opened with a 7-1 win over Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Macomb Daily
10. GIRLS SOCCER Kingsley and Buckley opened with a 1-1 draw – Traverse City Record-Eagle