Entries for 'Grand Blanc'

The rules of golf are pretty simple — for the most part. But for one brief moment Friday at the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 1 Girls Golf Finals, Northville sophomore Samantha Coleman had a mental lapse. And she broke a rule.

Few MHSAA Lower Peninsula Girls Golf Finals weekends, at least in recent memory, have featured so many successful returning teams and individuals as this weekend's will at Michigan State University's Forest Akers courses.  Two programs riding consecutive champions...

Grant Fisher had already established himself as one of the state's top high school distance runners of his era when he took the track for his last MHSAA Finals on May 30, 2015. By the end of the day, he'd run into the record books as one of Michigan's fastest all-time.

Rochester Hills has regained its status as the hub for Division 1 competitive cheer, with Stoney Creek and Rochester High combining to win three of the last four Finals championships. Rochester Adams hopes to join its neighbors Friday night with its first title after f...

A year ago, Sterling Heights Stevenson won its first MHSAA Finals in competitive cheer. Five more Division 1 teams will look to do the same at Friday’s Division 1 championship meet at the Grand Rapids Delta Plex. But the past champs will provide plenty of competi...

This edition of “Clip of the Week” sponsored by Great Clips and produced by State Champs! Sports Network features Davison quarterback Cannon Hall, who led his team to a big win Friday over Grand Blanc.

The first unexpected development in the eyes of many was that the game was about to go into overtime. The next unexpected development was that it didn’t.  Finally, the last unexpected development was that the team many figured would take home the runner...

This weekend will feature a first-time scenario in MHSAA girls soccer, and one certainly rare in any sport at any level: The Division 2, 3 and 4 championships games Friday or Saturday at Williamston High School will be rematches of the same Finals from 2017. Grand Blan...

Every school year sees its share of MHSAA all-time achievements challenged. But few have taken the football record book by storm like a trio of talented kickers did this past fall.

It’s easy to name some of the powers that have dominated Michigan competitive cheer over the years – and most of them will return to the MHSAA Finals this weekend in Grand Rapids. But two of this year's title favorites are among 21 seeking to win a champion...

Three four-year varsity softball standouts carried Midland to another Quarterfinal run in the spring, finishing their careers as the Chemics finished 32-8 – and finishing as well with their best work all over the MHSAA record book. Click below to check out their ...

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central girls soccer coach Jeremy Stacy technically had an MHSAA championship on his coaching resume before Saturday, but he wasn’t there that day to experience it. In his first year leading the Rangers’ program back in 2008, Stacy...

The top-ranked teams in all four divisions have made good on those expectations as we turn to the final two days of the 2017 girls soccer season.  Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central in Division 1, Bloomfield Hills Marian in Division 2, Flint Powers Catholic in Divi...

It was cold and rainy on April 29, 2016, and Grand Blanc’s Quiara Wheeler was scared. The line to make to even have your throw measured in the discus at the Charlie Janke Track & Field Invitational in Jackson was 80 feet, farther than her personal best.

Michigan, not unlike most other states across the nation, is struggling with a shortage of officials for junior high and high school sports. Steve Tannar, the Kensington Lakes Activities Association assigner, says locally that Michigan High School Athletic Association r...

A sense of familiarity surrounds all four of this weekend’s MHSAA Lower Peninsula Golf Finals. In Division 1, Detroit Catholic Central is the reigning champion and again looks incredibly strong, while in Division 3 Lansing Catholic has won three straight and will...

Marcus Matelski finished his brilliant high school basketball career at Boyne Falls this winter among the all-time leaders in MHSAA history in both points and steals. Click below for more on the 6-foot-2 guard’s accomplishments and other recent additions to MHSAA...

After coming in a close second at last year’s Lower Peninsula Division 2 girls swimming and diving championships at the Holland Aquatic Center, the Ann Arbor Skyline girls returned to the same pool this year and came away with some different results. Moving b...

A lot has changed in MHSAA girls swimming and diving since Lower Peninsula Finals weekend a year ago.  But changes bring opportunities, and there are plenty of candidates hoping to become the next wave of champions at three meets that begin Friday and conclude Sat...

Emma Curtis had two decisions to make as she entered high school. The first: Volleyball or swimming? The second: High school or club swimming?