Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/19
October 23, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Boys Soccer Regional Semifinals began in full force Tuesday across the state, and today’s list of achievers is filled with those results – with some volleyball and swimming & diving mixed in.
1. Boys Soccer: Top-ranked Grandville Calvin Christian edged reigning Division 4 champion and current No. 6 Leland 2-1 in a Regional Semifinal – MI Sports Now
2. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s fourth straight postseason shutout came over No. 3 North Muskegon in another high-powered Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Local Sports Journal
3. Boys Soccer: No. 3 Grosse Ile won another of the biggest matchups in Regional Semifinal play, downing No. 7 Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 6-0 – Southgate News-Herald
4. Boys Soccer: No. 4 Mattawan moved on in Division 2 with a 4-1 win over No. 10 DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
5. Boys Soccer: No. 5 Dansville got past No. 14 Hartford 2-0 in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
6. Volleyball: Midland Dow finished a perfect run to the Saginaw Valley League North title with a sweep of rival Midland – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Soccer: No. 7 Detroit Catholic Central came back from an early 1-0 deficit to get past Clarkston 2-1 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Observer & Eccentric
8. Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland, an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 1, downed LPD2 No. 9 Byron Center 105-73 – Holland Sentinel
9. Boys Soccer: No. 2 Troy Athens advanced to a Division 1 Regional Final with a 4-0 win over Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Oakland Press
10. Boys Soccer: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley went to overtime to get past Rochester Adams 2-1 in Division 1 – Oakland Press
Also of note …
Football: The southwestern football community is mourning the death of longtime Galesburg-Augusta football coach Bill Maskill, who when he retied after the 1991 season was the all-time winningest coach in the sport in Michigan high school history – WWMT
Volleyball: From Monday, Bellaire swept Johannesburg-Lewiston to claim a share of the Ski Valley Conference championship, its first league title in this sport – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 5/4/18
May 4, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Track & Field: Top-ranked East Kentwood downed Rockford 74-63 in a matchup of the top two placers, respectively, in Division 1 boys last season – FOX 17
2. Girls Soccer: Undefeated and Division 1 No. 5 Brighton continued to surge with a 1-0 win over No. 6 Northville in league play – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Baseball: Zeeland West downed Division 2 top-ranked Holland Christian 3-1 to earn a 2-1 advantage in their season series – Holland Sentinel
4. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 9 Bloomfield Hills edged No. 15 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 2-1 in league play – Oakland Press
5. Girls Soccer: Traverse City West handed a 1-0 defeat to three-time reigning Big North Conference champion Cadillac – Cadillac News
6. Softball: Amber Gibson threw a no-hitter as East Jordan swept Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review
7. Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Kalkaska pushed its record to 15-0 with a sweep of Grayling – MI Sports Now
8. Boys Lacrosse: Division 2 No. 8 Grosse Pointe North moved to 9-1 with a 13-5 win over rival Grosse Pointe South – Detroit News
9. Boys Basketball: Longtime Petoskey coach Dennis Starkey has announced his retirement after more than three decades leading a top program – Petoskey News-Review
10. Girls Basketball: Kingsford coach Mike Cross stepped down after 22 years in the program and 14 with the varsity and as the all-time winningest coach in program history – Iron Mountain Daily News