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: 8/29/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 29, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Northville came back to defeat Novi 2-1 – Hometown Life
2. CROSS COUNTRY Johannesburg-Lewiston’s Allie Nowak and Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner were the pacesetters at the East Jordan Invitational – Cheboygan Daily Tribune | Athletic.net
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Chelsea – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – clinched the Waverly Relays championship ahead of co-runners-up East Lansing and Okemos – Lansing State Journal
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Bay City Western claimed the Bay County championship – Bay City Times
5. CROSS COUNTRY The Houghton girls and Painesdale Jeffers boys were champs at the Jeffers-Kilpela Farm Invitational – Marquette Mining Gazette | Superior Timing
6. GIRLS GOLF Whitehall and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer both carded 373s to share the Whitehall Invitational championship – Ludington Daily News
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Rockford and Central Montcalm girls and Jenison and Grand Rapids Covenant Christian boys were winners of the Saranac Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune | Athletic.net
8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ubly girls and Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port boys were Cass City Invitational winners – Huron Daily Tribune | Athletic.net
9. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow opened league play with a 3-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News
10. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Kingsford downed Iron Mountain 7-0 – Iron Mountain Daily News