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: 8/22/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 22, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Traverse City St. Francis’ Grace Slocum won Bob Lober Classic championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS TENNIS Reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 co-champion Negaunee edged rival Ishpeming Westwood 5-3 – Upper Michigan Source

3. VOLLEYBALL East Grand Rapids swept Hopkins in the first outdoor “Rally on Reeds” match – FOX 17

4. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba came back after losing the first two sets to defeat West Iron County Escanaba Daily Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Warren De La Salle Collegiate held off Romeo 6-4 – Macomb Daily

6. BOYS SOCCER Steele Stowe scored the lone goal in Ludington’s win at Petoskey – Ludington Daily News

7. GIRLS GOLF Averie Pumford led the way as Freeland won the first Tri-Valley Conference jamboree – Saginaw News

8. BOYS SOCCER Fruitport improved to 4-0 with a 5-2 win over Whitehall – MuskegonSports.com

9. VOLLEYBALL McBain Northern Michigan Christian swept a tri against Harrison and Manton – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS SOCCER A 1-1 draw between Grass Lake and Brooklyn Columbia Central could have Cascades Conference implications in a few months – Jackson Citizen Patriot