Entries for 'Grosse Ile'

By the end of play Friday, Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart had already repeated as the Lower Peninsula Division 4 team champion, but don't ask any of the girls how that felt. The coaches did not mention it until Saturday at Kalamazoo College’s Stowe ...

Saturday’s girls tennis forecast calls for traditional powers to dominate another Lower Peninsula Finals. But keep an eye out for at least a pair of hopefuls aiming for their first championships in this sport.

Hudsonville Unity Christian junior Jordan Bruckbauer was likely the only player on his team who remembered his first goal of the 2018 season, which came earlier this fall before the playoffs began. But it’s a safe bet nobody on his team, or anyone else in the Uni...

Tying together all four MHSAA Boys Soccer Finals to a common theme is impossible this season.  But all four games have stories to tell.

This edition of “Clip of the Week” sponsored by Great Clips and produced by State Champs! Sports Network features Grosse Ile soccer standout Jacob Sawicki, who recently scored his 100th career goal.

This could be a weekend of coincidence as all four 2017 Lower Peninsula Boys Golf Finals runners-up are in position to take the most challenging last step and become MHSAA champions. Keep an eye on Grosse Pointe South, Flint Powers Catholic, Big Rapids and Grand Rapids...

Three-point shooting played a big part in Pewamo-Westphalia’s run to the Class C Girls Basketball Semifinals this winter, led by senior guard Emily Spitzley. Check out where she and her team rank in the MHSAA girls basketball record book, plus more rece...

This season’s MHSAA Baseball and Softball Finals will be played in two weeks, June 15-17 at Michigan State University. As we begin to turn our attention to that grand finale for the school year, MHSAA historian Ron Pesch takes on a recollection of the diamond cha...

The Michigan High School Athletic Association has selected eight student-athletes from Class B member schools to receive scholarships through the Farm Bureau Insurance Scholar-Athlete Award program. Each of the scholarship recipients will be honored at halftime ceremon...

Michael Szabo capped his Midland Dow tennis career this fall with his name all over the MHSAA record book. His accomplishments are among those recently added to the record listings, along with notable achievements by athletes from all over the state in football, g...

Three of last season’s Lower Peninsula boys golf champions are expected to repeat this weekend, and three of last season’s four individual champions also will return. The lineups at the top of this spring’s MHSAA Finals clearly will be star-studded &n...

MHSAA Finals championships are typically remembered forever in trophy cases of schools around the state. But sometimes there are championships that differentiate themselves more than others from a historical perspective. No doubt, the championship the Grosse Ile girls ...

Every athlete playing in this weekend’s Lower Peninsula Girls Tennis Finals will achieve a notable feat, be it personal or for her school. But Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook-Kingswood’s Alexandria Najarian could finish Saturday at Kalamazoo College among the mo...

All four 2013 MHSAA competitive cheer champions also won their respective divisions in 2012. All four of those champions are back for the Finals this weekend at the Grand Rapids DeltaPlex. But all four likely will face their toughest competition of the last three seas...

Margaret Esordi says she likes to play golf in the rain, and she proved it Saturday in the MHSAA Division 4 girls golf championship meet at Bedford Valley Golf Course. Esordi, a sophomore who has been the No. 5 player for Grosse Ile, battled the cold and rain for a 38 ...

A year ago, many eyes turned to the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 2 Final as Muskegon Mona Shores completed a quest to become the first in LP history to win four straight team championships. And many will be watching Division 2 again this weekend as a standout individu...

Battle Creek Lakeview, East Lansing, Lansing Catholic and Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Central all have rich traditions in boys golf. They're also the teams ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions by the coaches association heading into this weekend's MHSAA Lower Penin...

They swept the doubles championships. But it was freshman Tate Lehmann – the top seed at No. 4 singles – who clinched the MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 4 team title for Bloomfield Hills Academy of the Sacred Heart on Saturday at Kalamazoo College’s ...

The MHSAA Competitive Cheer finals annually are among the association's best-attended championships. And a number of this season's contenders are regulars at the Grand Rapids Delta Plex. Nine of 32 finalists have won a combined 37 MHSAA championships.