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: 5/26/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 26, 2026

1. TRACK & FIELD Hillsdale Academy swept MITCA Division 4 championships; both the girls and boys teams entered the event ranked No. 1 – Hillsdale Daily News

2. TRACK & FIELD – The top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis girls and No. 2 Ithaca boys won MITCA Division 3 championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. TRACK & FIELD The No. 2 Holland Christian girls and top-ranked Frankenmuth boys won MITCA titles in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel | Saginaw News

4. TRACK & FIELD The top-ranked Rockford girls and East Kentwood boys won MITCA Division 1 titles – Athletic.net

5. TRACK & FIELD The Oak Park girls and Novi boys won Oakland County championships – Oakland Press

6. BOYS GOLF Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – clinched the Tri-Valley Conference Blue title by winning the final league event – Saginaw News

7. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 9 Lansing Catholic edged Division 1 honorable mention Grand Ledge 7-6 to win the Greater Lansing Hall of Fame Softball Classic title – WILX

8. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 17 Howell finished 2-1 at the Flint Tournament of Champions, falling to Macomb Dakota but defeating No. 5 Bay City Western and Davison – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 13 Garden City downed Division 1 No. 19 Allen Park 3-0 – Southgate News-Herald

10. GIRLS SOCCER Jackson Lumen Christi shut out Leslie to open Division 4 postseason play – Jackson Citizen Patriot