Today in the MHSAA: 8/27/18
August 27, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Cross Country: Adelyn Ackley led the Hart girls to another fast start with a championship finish ahead of Northville and Ann Arbor Pioneer at the Benzie Invitational; other notable champs included Spring Lake’s boys and McBain with a sweep of small-school titles – Athletic.net
2. Boys Tennis: Traverse City St. Francis won the Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett Invitational, defeating reigning Division 4 champion Liggett in the finale – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Tennis: Grosse Pointe South downed Midland Dow 6-2 in a matchup of top-10 Finals finishers from 2017 – Midland Daily News
4. Volleyball: Rain forced teams to leave the “boardwalk,” but Grand Haven went inside to win the Battle on the Boardwalk for the sixth time – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Cross Country: Fowlerville’s boys won the Laingsburg Invitational with three freshmen scoring – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. Volleyball: Niles went 7-0 to win the Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Invitational, at one point winning 14 straight sets – Niles Daily Star
7. Volleyball: Centreville swept all five opponents in winning the East Jackson Invitational – Sturgis Journal
8. Boys Tennis: Grand Haven edged Petoskey by two points to win the Holland Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune
9. Cross Country: The Holland girls and Sparta boys won Muskegon Catholic Central Invitational titles – Holland Sentinel
10. Cross Country: Mancelona’s boys and Boyne City’s girls won Mancelona Invitational titles – Petoskey News-Review
Also of note …
Officials: Deerfield’s Bill Gomoluch, a past girls and boys basketball coach at southeastern Michigan high schools and four-time MHSAA Softball Finals official, was named the National Pro Fastpitch Umpire of the Year – Adrian Daily Telegram
Today in the MHSAA: 3/8/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 8, 2023
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Buchanan held on for a 66-59 win over Bronson in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flint Carman-Ainsworth won another of the best matchups of the Regional Semifinals, 51-37 over Grand Blanc in Division 1 – Mid-Michigan Now
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Warren Fitzgerald remains undefeated after a 60-54 win over Marysville in Division 2 – Macomb Daily
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lansing Catholic earned an impressive 46-33 Division 2 win over Tecumseh – Lansing State Journal
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie advanced in Division 1 with a 42-31 win over Midland Dow – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Farmington Hills Mercy held off Utica Ford in Division 1 50-44 – Oakland Press
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Byron Center ran its winning streak to 20 with a 62-43 win over Muskegon in Division 1 – Muskegon Chronicle
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Christian will play for a Division 3 Regional title after a 60-51 win over Watervliet – WWMT
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids West Catholic advanced with a 52-39 win over Portland in Division 2 – FOX 17
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cass City advanced in Division 3 with a 41-31 win over New Lothrop – Huron Daily News