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Today in the MHSAA: 8/24/15
August 24, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
All MHSAA fall sports but football kicked off competition last week, with cross country, boys soccer, girls swimming and diving and volleyball starting Saturday.
Below are some notable headlines from the first weekend of this season, plus links to coverage.
Cross Country
St. Johns hosted its second “Under the Lights” meets Friday; Ithaca’s girls and Saugatuck’s boys bested fields loaded with much larger opponents – Lansing State Journal
The St. Joseph girls and Bridgman boys won championships at the Niles Stampede – the St. Joseph girls, who finished fourth in Lower Peninsula Division 2 last season, by a large margin – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Girls Golf
Maple City Glen Lake’s Nichole Cox, last season’s LP Division 4 individual champion, came back to defeat Brighton freshman Annie Pietila at the two-day Lober Invitational at Grand Traverse Resort – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Boys Soccer
Two of the state’s powers met in the championship game of the Detroit Country Day Tournament on Saturday – with 2013 Division 1 runner-up Bloomfield Hills downing the host Yellowjackets 1-0 in a shootout – Oakland Press
Girls Swimming & Diving
Howell won its Kenzie Klassic, which honors swimmer Mackenize Watts, who died in 2005 at age 15. The school also raised enough money to award three scholarships and begin funding cardiac-related causes – Livingston Daily
Volleyball
Novi won the Lakeshore Classic by coming back after losing the first two games to beat Grand Haven 3-2 in a rematch of a 2014 Class A Semifinal – Muskegon Chronicle
Battle Creek Harper Creek, for the first time, won the gold championship at the long-running Carrie Adams Memorial Tournament hosted by reigning Class D champion Battle Creek St. Philip – Battle Creek Enquirer
Good Read
Mike Steele, a Midland Dow grad and now pitching coach at Long Beach State in California, argues that parents need to raise their athletes to compete instead of providing specific training in one sport – Midland Daily News
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Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 11, 2023
1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Northville added another impressive early win, 5-1 over No. 7 Hartland – Hometown Life
2. SOFTBALL Pinckney swept Division 1 honorable mention Canton 5-1 and 8-3 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS GOLF Grand Rapids Christian shot a 298 to win the Forest Hills Invitational – Local Sports Journal
4. GIRLS SOCCER Boyne City moved to 2-0 with a 2-1 win over Division 4 No. 11 Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review
5. BASEBALL Grand Rapids Christian opened its season with a 9-1 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – FOX 17
6. GIRLS SOCCER Sami Hollenbaugh scored six goals in Quincy’s big win over Comstock – Coldwater Daily Reporter
7. BASEBALL Braylon Laroo no-hit Detroit U-D Jesuit in a 3-0 win for Division 1 No. 18 Detroit Catholic Central – Oakland Press
8. SOFTBALL Ava Costales had a pair of home runs and seven RBI in St. Clair Shores Lakeview’s 15-5 win over Warren Cousino – Macomb Daily
9. SOFTBALL McKenzie Kady threw a five-inning no-hitter in Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker’s opening win over Caro, then starred with the bat in the second-game win – Huron Daily Tribune
10. SOFTBALL Linden moved to 4-0 with a sweep of Holly that saw Olivia Burke hit three home runs in the second game – Flint Journal