Today in the MHSAA: 9/16/16

September 16, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of intriguing results came in from girls golf and volleyball Thursday, and make sure to check out a number of “Good Reads” to get you into another sports-filled weekend.  

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Girls Golf

Midland Dow’s Stephanie Carras continued a dominating season for the top-ranked team in Division 2, winning a playoff hole tiebreaker to earn the medalist honor at the Ann Arbor Pioneer Invitational – Midland Daily News

Second-year program Shepherd won its third straight Tri-Valley Conference West jamboree – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Volleyball

Lake Orion won a matchup of honorable mention teams in the Class A rankings, sweeping Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

Houghton took down Calumet in four sets to take an upper hand among top teams at the top of the Upper Peninsula – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Less than a week after falling to DeTour in the final at its home invitational, Pickford downed DeTour in three sets in league play – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Good Reads

Longtime Brighton swim coach Tim McInnis died suddenly Tuesday, leaving behind a community where his influence has been felt for decades – Livingston Post

MLive tells the story of the football rivalry between Utica Eisenhower and Sterling Heights Stevenson through the eyes of their former longtime coaches – MLive-Detroit

Two days before his father and former Farmington hockey coach Bill Newton died after a fight with cancer, Chris Newton – his dad’s former assistant the a former goalie on the team – received a lung transplant that is providing him new opportunities – Observer & Eccentric

Katherine Ristola’s older brother Jonathan never got to play varsity football because of injuries his junior and senior years. But she’s taken the opportunity to play in part with him in mind and become a big part of the Livonia Churchill football family – Detroit Free Press

Vanessa Romero has played football for 10 years, and after starting at the subvarsity level is contributing on the offensive line for Westland John Glenn’s varsity – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 8/22/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 22, 2022

1. VOLLEYBALL Centreville came back after losing the first set to defeat Battle Creek St. Philip and win the 28th Carrie Adams Memorial Tournament – Battle Creek Enquirer

2. CROSS COUNTRY East Grand Rapids swept both the girls and boys Portage Central Early Bird Invitational championships – Athletic.net

3. VOLLEYBALL McBain went undefeated including defeating Battle Creek Harper Creek in the final of the Leland Invitational – Cadillac News

4. BOYS TENNIS Big Rapids won the Allegan Quad with the host finishing second – Big Rapids Pioneer

5. BOYS SOCCER Detroit Country Day downed Royal Oak in a shootout to clinch the Paul Bartoshuk Tournament title – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn scored the lone goal of his team’s Bay County championship game win over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Traverse City was first and Muskegon Mona Shores second at the Ludington Relays – Local Sports Journal

8. CROSS COUNTRY Freeland swept championships at St. Johns’ Under the Lights Invitational, and DeWitt’s girls also were victorious – Athletic.net

9. CROSS COUNTRY The Brighton and Fraser girls and Northville and Livonia Stevenson boys won Lamplighter Invitational titles – Athletic.net

10. VOLLEYBALL Niles Brandywine went undefeated in winning the Coloma Early Bird Invitational – Niles Daily Star