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April 16, 2012

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Baseball

Milestone victory: Johannesburg-Lewiston coach Rick Guild won his 700th game, becoming the ninth Michigan baseball coach to do so according to the MHSAA record book. Guild took over the Cardinals program in 1975. (Gaylord Herald Times)

No-no No. 2: Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett’s Alex Daar threw his second no-hitter of this young season, striking out 15 in a 4-0 win over Livonia Clarenceville. He also struck out 15 in his first no-hitter this spring. (Detroit News)

Softball

One day, two no-hitters: Saginaw Valley Lutheran pitchers Sarah Appold and Kelsey Schaus combined to no-hit Flint Southwestern for the day on Saturday. Appold threw a no-hitter in the first game of a doubleheader, striking out 14, while Schaus did the same in the second game while striking out 11. (Saginaw News)

Soccer

Hornets sting Mason: In a matchup of reigning District champions in Divisions 3 and 2, respectively, Williamston downed Mason 3-1. Both teams likely will be ranked when the first polls are released this week. The Hornets are 4-1, with their lone loss to Birmingham Marian, and with Hudsonville Unity Christian and a tournament including Flint Powers Catholic, Detroit Country Day, Frankenmuth, Plainwell and Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard coming up over the next two weekends. (Lansing State Journal)

Tennis

West Ottawa wins at Lowell: Holland West Ottawa, which tied for 12th at last season’s Lower Peninsula Division 1 Final, edged currently-ranked Division 3 No. 8 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 47-44 to win the Lowell Invitational. (Holland Sentinel)

Media

Thanks, Jim: Longtime Port Huron Times-Herald sports editor Jim Whymer retired from the paper after more than 33 years. An enthusiastic advocate of high school athletics, Whymer has been a tireless presence both in his community and statewide serving as a voting member of various Associated Press committees for football and basketball rankings and all-state teams. (Port Huron Times-Herald)

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Today in the MHSAA: 8/29/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 29, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Northville came back to defeat Novi 2-1 – Hometown Life

2. CROSS COUNTRY Johannesburg-Lewiston’s Allie Nowak and Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner were the pacesetters at the East Jordan Invitational – Cheboygan Daily Tribune | Athletic.net

3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Chelsea – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – clinched the Waverly Relays championship ahead of co-runners-up East Lansing and Okemos – Lansing State Journal

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Bay City Western claimed the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Houghton girls and Painesdale Jeffers boys were champs at the Jeffers-Kilpela Farm Invitational – Marquette Mining Gazette | Superior Timing

6. GIRLS GOLF Whitehall and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer both carded 373s to share the Whitehall Invitational championship – Ludington Daily News

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Rockford and Central Montcalm girls and Jenison and Grand Rapids Covenant Christian boys were winners of the Saranac Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune | Athletic.net

8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ubly girls and Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port boys were Cass City Invitational winners – Huron Daily Tribune | Athletic.net

9. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow opened league play with a 3-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Kingsford downed Iron Mountain 7-0 – Iron Mountain Daily News