Today in the MHSAA: 10/25/17
October 25, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Boys Soccer: No. 8 Buckley turned away 25 shots to upset No. 3 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 4 Portage Central needed overtime to get past Brighton, which last week eliminated top-ranked Ann Arbor Skyline – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Boys Soccer: Longtime rivals Detroit Country Day and Macomb Lutheran North locked up again in Division 3, with No. 5 Country Day emerging with a 3-1 win over the No. 8 Mustangs – Oakland Press
4. Volleyball: Bay City Western added to its best season already since 2007, sweeping rival Bay City Central – Bay City Times
5. Volleyball: Class D No. 7 Rudyard downed rival Pickford 3-1 in its final regular-season match to finish a perfect run through the Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
6. Boys Soccer: No. 17 Gibraltar Carlson eliminated reigning Division 2 runner-up Dearborn Divine Child with a 3-2 shootout win – Southgate News Herald
7. Boys Soccer: No. 9 Lansing Catholic moved on in Division 3 with a 4-1 win over No. 19 Freeland – Lansing State Journal
8. Volleyball: Class D No. 10 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept Coleman to finish a perfect run through the Mid-State Activities Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Boys Soccer: No. 12 Plymouth netted the lone goal with just more than 11 minutes to play to down No. 19 Saline in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric
10. Boys Soccer: No. 16 Ludington hung on for a 1-0 win over Boyne City in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review
Today in the MHSAA: 4/16/19
April 16, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Winter’s overnight brief return didn’t keep teams from kicking off the third week of April on the diamonds and soccer and lacrosse fields Monday.
1. Softball: Ann Arbor Skyline swept Ann Arbor Huron, with Mayah Alam throwing a five-inning no-hitter in the second game – We Love Ann Arbor
2. Baseball: Livonia Stevenson downed rival Livonia Churchill 6-2 to move into a first-place tie with Churchill in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Black – Observer & Eccentric
3. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 13 Portage Central downed Mattawan 5-1 with Jaclynn Sibley scoring a hat trick – JoeInsider.com
4. Baseball: Boyne City swept Kingsley with a pair of one-hitters – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Softball: Centreville swept White Pigeon, earning coach Scott Logan his 100th career win – Sturgis Journal
6. Girls Soccer: The North Bay co-op team improved to 5-1 with a 4-2 win over Leland – MI Sports Now
7. Boys Lacrosse: Midland’s co-op team moved to 6-0 with a 17-7 win over Saginaw Heritage – Midland Daily News
8. Baseball: Grosse Pointe South got past Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 3-1 on Nick Raicevich’s one-hitter – Detroit News
9. Softball: Saline rallied in the eighth inning to win the first game of a sweep of Ann Arbor Pioneer – We Love Ann Arbor
10. Baseball: Ann Arbor Huron carried a 10-0 lead into the sixth inning but had to hold on for a 10-9 win over Skyline – We Love Ann Arbor
Also of note …
Bowling: The Division 1 and 2 Finals were covered by Bowling Showcase and appeared on the March 23 show on WADL in Detroit.