Today in the MHSAA: 8/23/16

August 23, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The first full week of this fall season teed off Monday with some especially impressive performances coming on golf courses in Grayling and Allendale.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Cross Country

Grand Haven’s girls and boys teams swept the Muskegon Orchard View Invitational, the girls taking 10 of the top 30 places and the boys winning by 37 points – Grand Haven Tribune

Girls Golf

Midland Dow shot a 345 to edge St. Joseph by two strokes and win the Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central Invitational at Grand Valley State University; Dow was second and St. Joseph fifth at last season’s Lower Peninsula Division 2 Final – Midland Daily News

Traverse City West set a team scoring record of 309 and Anika Dy set a Graying Country Club course record of 65 as the Titans won the Grayling Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle – Charlevoix finished second, claiming the first trophy of its three-year girls golf program history – Petoskey News-Review

Boys Soccer

Jake de Boer scored both Auburn Hills Avondale goals as his team held off Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 2-1 – Oakland Press

Girls Tennis

Gladstone, which scored one point at last season’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 Finals, downed reigning runner-up Escanaba 5-3 – Escanaba Daily Press

Today in the MHSAA: 8/30/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 30, 2024

NOTE: Highlights from Thursday’s football games will be included in the “1st & Goal: 2024 Week 1 Review” to be published Tuesday.

1. GIRLS GOLF Traverse City St. Francis’ Grace Slocum continued her incredible play with a course record in winning the Petoskey Invitational by 10 strokes; Petoskey won the team title by four strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS GOLF Grand Rapids Catholic Central carded a 339 to win the Big Rapids Invitational – Ludington Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Ludington downed Manitowac Lincoln of Wisconsin 2-0 to with a fourth-straight Badger Cup – Ludington Daily News

4. GIRLS GOLF Clarkston scored a 337 to win the Patriot Cup at The Fortress in Frankenmuth – Midland Daily News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett edged Jackson Lumen Christi 3-2 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Grand Haven hosted its annual Battle on the Boardwalk outdoor tournament – Grand Haven Tribune