Today in the MHSAA: 9/12/17

September 12, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10

1. Football: Saranac coach Andy Lytle, also a first sergeant in the Michigan Army National Guard, has left his team for deployment to Florida to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Longtime West Bloomfield coach John Burch will be the namesake of that school’s natatorium, and he’s continuing to coach for the South Lyon Unified co-op team although he’s been fighting pancreatic cancer for a year – Observer & Eccentric

3. Boys Tennis: Bloomfield Hills’ Andrew Zhang is one of the most highly-regarded junior players in the country, and also is lending his talents to his high school team again this fall after helping the Black Hawks to a shared 2015 LP Division 1 title and 2016 runner-up finish – Observer & Eccentric

4. Boys Soccer: Leland moved to 10-0 by handing Buckley its first loss of the season; Leland is ranked No. 3 in Division 4 – Traverse City St. Francis

5. Girls Tennis: Undefeated Negaunee got its toughest test so far this season, but moved to 8-0 with a 5-3 win over Marquette – Marquette Mining Journal

6. Boys Soccer: Grosse Ile moved to 12-0 this season by handing New Boston Huron its first loss – Southgate News Herald

7. Boys Soccer: Lincoln Alcona’s Jordan Steiner set a school record and earned a spot in the MHSAA record book with eight goals in a win over Whittemore-Prescott – Alpena News

8. Girls Golf: Sturgis shot a 182, its sixth-best nine-hole score ever, to win its sixth straight Wolverine Conference jamboree – Sturgis Journal

9. Boys Soccer: Ovid-Elsie earned its fifth shutout in six games, this time locking down Chesaning – Owosso Argus-Press

10. Girls Golf: LP Division 3 No. 8 Spring Lake extended its Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue lead by shooting a 164 to win Monday’s jamboree by 23 – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note:

Girls Swimming & Diving: Brighton, No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, earned a 94-92 win over No. 6 Northville last week and then finished second to No. 2 Farmington Hills Mercy at the Fenton Relays over the weekend – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 23, 2023

1. GIRLS GOLF Repeat champions Rochester Adams and Farmington Hills Mercy, first-time winner Grand Rapids Catholic Central, and Lansing Catholic won Lower Peninsula Finals titles, and Macomb Lutheran North’s Lauren Timpf and Ann Arbor Greenhills’ Mia Melendez joined only six others in claiming a third individual championship – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette ran its Upper Peninsula Finals streak to five, while Painesdale Jeffers and Dollar Bay both won their third-consecutive titles – MHSAA.com

3. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette and Hancock continued championship streaks and Chassell climbed to the top again, while Ishpeming’s Lola Korpi won her third individual title at the UP Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow capped an undefeated season, Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor Greenhills repeated and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood was a champion again at the Lower Peninsula Finals – MHSAA.com

5. CROSS COUNTRY Frankenmuth swept Saginaw County championships, with the Eagles Mary Richmond and Freeland’s TJ Hansen winning their third individual titles; Frankenmuth’s girls are ranked No. 8 in Lower Penisula Division 2, and the boys are No. 12 – Saginaw News

6. VOLLEYBALL Kent City defeated Grant, Reed City and Division 3 honorable mention Morley Stanwood to claim the Central State Activities Association Tournament title – Local Sports Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Battle Creek Harper Creek defeated Coldwater and Marshall to claim the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference Tournament championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Bronson finished 3-0 and downed Quincy in the finale to win the Big 8 Conference Tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. VOLLEYBALL Cassopolis went 5-0 and closed with a sweep of Centreville to clinch the Southwest 10 Conference Tournament title – Niles Daily Star

10. VOLLEYBALL Buchanan secured the outright Lakeland Conference title with a league tournament win – Niles Daily Star