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

Today in the MHSAA: 10/4/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 4, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Troy clinched the Oakland Activities Association Red championship by handing No. 7 Oxford its first loss, 2-0 – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Mason clinched the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup with a shootout win over No. 3 DeWitt – Lansing State Journal

3. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Saginaw Valley League Tournament, wrapping up its 19th-straight league title – Midland Daily News

4. GIRLS GOLF Caledonia followed Copelin O’Krangley to the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament championship – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Portage Central claimed a third-straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament championship with a 3-1 win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – Kalamazoo Gazette

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Fruitport secured the O-K Silver title with a 9-2 win over Wyoming Godwin Heights – MuskegonSports.com

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis downed No. 6 Elk Rapids 3-1 – MI Sports Now

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Temperance Bedford handed Division 3 top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central its second loss this fall – Monroe News

9. BOYS SOCCER Melvindale downed Division 2 No. 13 New Boston Huron 1-0 during a night of special recognition for a past standout – Southgate News-Herald

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids handed No. 11 Grayling its lone Northern Shores Conference loss, 2-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle