Today in the MHSAA: 9/15/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 15, 2022

1. BOYS TENNIS Lower Peninsula Division 2 top-ranked Midland Dow earned three more impressive wins over No. 4 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, No. 10 (tied) Detroit U-D Jesuit and Flushing – Midland Daily News

2. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 2 Adrian Lenawee Christian won the latest Independent Golf League jamboree on a fifth-score tie-breaker over No. 6 Brooklyn Columbia Central – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Holland Christian and No. 5 Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a 1-1 draw – Holland Sentinel

4. GIRLS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores edged LPD2 No. 15 Zeeland West by a stroke to win the latest Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Grand Blanc earned a 4-1 win on the road at Division 3 No. 11 Flint Powers Catholic – Mid-Michigan Now

6. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 4 Milan earned a 106-80 win over Dexter, which additionally doubled up LPD3 honorable mention Chelsea – Chelsea Sun Times News

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber came back from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Alma in five sets – Bay City Times

8. BOYS SOCCER Brownstown Woodhaven earned an important edge in the Downriver League with a 5-2 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

9. VOLLEYBALL Carleton Airport swept Flat Rock in a memorable rivalry match – Monroe News

10. BOYS SOCCER Michigan Center made its first-half goal stand in a win over Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Today in the MHSAA: 9/21/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 21, 2023

1. GIRLS GOLF Macomb Lutheran North – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – won its fourth-straight Macomb County championship, with senior Lauren Timpf the medalist for the third-straight season – Macomb Daily

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Holland Christian clinched the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue regular-season championship with a 3-0 win over Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian – FOX17

3. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids clinched a share of the Central State Activities Association title with a 3-1 win over Howard City Tri County – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Detroit Country Day downed No. 5 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 2-0 – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 8 Grosse Ile won another matchup of ranked teams, 1-0 over No. 9 Milan – Southgate News-Herald

6. VOLLEYBALL Gladwin defeated Sanford Meridian in a matchup of Jack Pine Conference leaders – Midland Daily News

7. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis carded a 398 to win the Charlevoix Rayder Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. GIRLS GOLF After finishing runner-up at its first three league jamborees, Muskegon Reeths-Puffer won one for the first time in five years in the O-K Green – Local Sports Journal

9. BOYS SOCCER Cadex Saxton and Tony Romero both scored four goals as Flint Kearsley downed Owosso – Mid-Michigan Now

10. VOLLEYBALL Stevensville Lakeshore won its Dig Pink match with St. Joseph in four sets – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL The Ecorse community is mourning the death of three-sport standout Dennell Kemp Jr., who was especially instrumental in the boys basketball team's successes the last two seasons and was expected to play Division I college baseball after graduation – MLIVE-Detroit

TENNIS Salem is mourning the death of longtime coach Bill Nelson, who led the Rocks for 28 years and then continued as an assistant – Hometown Life

FOOTBALL Zeeland is mourning the death of longtime athletic director Stan Jesky, who also served as football coach and was instrumental in the reorganization when Zeeland split into two high schools – Holland Sentinel