Mentor of Many (Kalamazoo Gazette)

April 17, 2012

Longtime Plainwell coach and athletic director Jack Streidl died Monday at age 93 and after nearly a lifetime of serving his community's athletic programs in a variety of roles.

The Kalamazoo Gazette's Scott DeCamp recounts the contributions of the Menominee native and Western Michigan grad who won more than 200 football games and was present as the school's stadium was named after him in 2008. 

Remembering a legend: Plainwell teacher/coach Jack Streidl 'always saw the best in people'

Today in the MHSAA: 11/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 10, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Bloomfield Hills came back after losing the first set and nearly the second to defeat No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian in four in a Division 1 District Final – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Battle Creek Harper Creek – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – clinched its first league championship in this sport since 1983, winning the Southwestern & Central Conference title – Battle Creek Enquirer

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Chesterfield Austin Catholic won its first District title in this sport, sweeping Sterling Heights Parkway Christian in Division 4 – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 8 Battle Creek St. Philip swept Climax-Scotts in Division 4 to clinch a 26th-straight District title – Battle Creek Enquirer

5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 3 Hudsonville Unity Christian finished as outright champion in the O-K Lakeshore after tying No. 6 Grand Rapids Christian at the league meet – Holland Sentinel

6. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 honorable mention Chelsea won a fifth-straight Southeastern Conference White championship – Chelsea Sun Times News

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING The Traverse City Tritons cooperative program won a fifth-straight Coastal Conference title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 honorable mention Grand Blanc edged LPD2 honorable mention Midland Dow to win the Saginaw Valley League championship meet – Midland Daily News

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 No. 6 Rockford was first and Grand Haven second at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship meet – Grand Haven Tribune

10. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Gibraltar Carlson completed an outright championship in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald