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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: 5/27/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 27, 2022
1. GIRLS SOCCER A last-minute overtime goal sent No. 5 Rochester past Romeo 3-1 in a Division 1 District opener – Oakland Press
2. SOFTBALL Ypsilanti Lincoln swept Saline to claim the Southeastern Conference Red championship – Ann Arbor News
3. BOYS GOLF Northville – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 297 to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament by two strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis swept honorable mention Elk Rapids to finish a league title run in the Lake Michigan Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. GOLF Marquette swept girls and boys Great Northern Conference championships – Escanaba Daily Press
6. TRACK & FIELD Manton’s 86-77 boys win over Lake City created a three-way shared Highland Conference championship between those two and Beal City – Cadillac News
7. GIRLS SOCCER Davison followed up its regular-season win over Grand Blanc with a 2-1 Division 1 District victory – Flint Journal
8. GIRLS SOCCER Muskegon Mona Shores opened Division 1 District play with a 4-1 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Local Sports Journal
9. GIRLS SOCCER No. 15 Gaylord opened its Division 2 District with a 3-0 win over Bay City John Glenn – Petoskey News-Review
10. TRACK & FIELD Warren Regina’s Ella Jenkins and New Baltimore Anchor Bay’s Matheu Morrison swept hurdles races among highlights at the Macomb County Invitational – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
Also of note …
FOOTBALL Coach Kelly Luplow has retired after leading Clare to 251 wins over 34 seasons – Saginaw News