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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: 8/29/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 29, 2022
1. CROSS COUNTRY Benzie Central’s Hunter Jones and Hart’s Jessica Jazwinski, both Grand Rapids Christian teams, the Traverse City St. Francis girls and Hart boys were among high achievers at the Pete Moss Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net
2. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, continued to impress with wins over No. 3 Birmingham Groves and No. 4 Seaholm and a tie with top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Midland Daily News
3. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores won its third-straight Battle of the Boardwalk sweeping Grand Haven, Fruitport and Spring Lake – Local Sports Journal
4. VOLLEYBALL Johannesburg-Lewiston has yet to lose a set this season after adding six more match wins at its invitational – Petoskey News-Review
5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 4 Milan placed first in every event of the Riverview Rock-N-Relays – Monroe News
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Onsted girls and Erie Mason boys won Lenawee County Preview Meet championships, Onsted led by a record-setting run – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. BOYS TENNIS Bay City Western was first and LPD4 No. 3 Big Rapids second at the Portland Quad – Big Rapids Pioneer
8. CROSS COUNTRY Walled Lake Northern swept Howell Highlander Invitational titles – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
9. CROSS COUNTRY The Union City girls and Bronson boys won Colon Magi Kickoff championships – Sturgis Journal
10. BOYS SOCCER Leland bounced back from its first loss to defeat Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Traverse City Record-Eagle