Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/17

September 19, 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. Safety: Hemlock girls tennis coach Dean Rusch saved a life while deejaying a wedding for his entertainment company, using an AED he keeps on hand as a coach – WNEM

2. Girls Golf: Top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood edged No. 2 Macomb Lutheran North by a stroke in a match of Lower Peninsula Division 3 contenders – Oakland Press

3. Girls Golf: LPD1 top-ranked Traverse City West clinched its eighth straight tournament win, shooting a 341 to claim the Charlevoix Lady Rayder Classic by 12 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Girls Golf: LPD2 No. 3 St. Joseph posted an impressive win at the Point O’Wood Invitational, shooting a 356 to edge LPD4 No. 1 Kalamazoo Hackett by nine strokes – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. Girls Golf: Coldwater won the nine-team Onsted Invitational with a 348, its season-low tournament score – Coldwater Daily Reporter

6. Cross Country: In what has to be a first, Houghton standouts Clayton Sayen and Seth Helman decided in the home stretch of the Calumet Invitational who would cross the finish first by playing rock-paper-scissors; Chassell’s Lela Rautiola won the girls race by 39 seconds – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

7. Boys Soccer: Buckley downed Kingsley 5-1 as Ridge Beeman tallied his fifth hat trick of this fall – Cadillac News

8. Girls Golf: Pinckney improved to 10-1 in the Southeastern Conference White in its first season in the league with a 40-stroke win over Tecumseh – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. Fans: Redford Union has dedicated the 2017-18 school year to longtime fan and alum Jimmy Rollin, who died in July and was a supporter of the school’s teams. Union will have a moment of silence for him at the home opener for each varsity sport – Observer & Eccentric

10. Girls Swimming & Diving: Mull is a well-known last name in Lansing area swimming, and Grand Ledge sophomore Lola Mull is upholding her family’s reputation for pool excellence – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 9/26/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 26, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Freeland – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – capped a Tri-Valley Conference championship run with another jamboree win – Saginaw News

2. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 10 Traverse City Central claimed the Big North Conference Tournament title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 top-ranked Midland Dow finished a perfect dual match run through the Saginaw Valley League with a sweep of Davison – Midland Daily News

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 Holland earned a 3-0 league win over No. 15 Zeeland East – FOX 17

5. GIRLS GOLF Petoskey edged Cadillac by two strokes to win the Vikings’ invitational – Cadillac News

6. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 top-ranked Romeo girls and Utica boys won the latest Macomb Area Conference Red jamborees – Macomb Daily

7. VOLLEYBALL Coldwater came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Parma Western in five during its annual Purple Week matchup – Coldwater Daily Reporter

8. VOLLEYBALL Allen Park Cabrini ended a six-match losing streak to Riverview Gabriel Richard with a sweep – Southgate News-Herald

9. BOYS SOCCER Farmington downed rival North Farmington 3-1 – Oakland Press

10. VOLLEYBALL A late second-set rally helped Orchard Lake St. Mary’s to a sweep of Macomb Lutheran North – Oakland Press