Today in the MHSAA: 10/26/16
October 26, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first round of Boys Soccer Regionals on Tuesday shook up the rankings in all four divisions, as “upsets” – and overtime drama – were in abundance.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Boys Soccer
Unranked Fenton moved on in Division 2 with a 2-1 upset of No. 9 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Flint Journal
Flint Powers Catholic avoided an upset run by Richmond, as the No. 4 Chargers got past the unranked Blue Devils 2-1 in overtime in Division 3 – Flint Journal
No. 13 Lansing Catholic continued its run of topping higher-ranked teams, downing No. 9 Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard 2-0, also in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal
Division 1 No. 13 Salem got past No. 11 Saline, 2-1, in a semifinal – Ann Arbor News
No. 3 Ann Arbor Greenhills held off No. 17 Royal Oak Shrine 4-0 in Division 4 – Ann Arbor News
Unranked Benzonia Benzie Central edged No. 10 Tawas 5-4 in a shootout to win a Division 3 semifinal 4-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Volleyball
Marine City came back from a 2-1 deficit to down St. Clair and win the Macomb Area Conference Gold title outright – Port Huron Times Herald
Houghton and Calumet will split the West-Peninsula Athletic Conference title after Houghton’s win over Iron River West Iron County – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Utica Ford improved to 23-3-1 with a MAC Blue-clinching sweep of Fraser – Macomb Daily
Today in the MHSAA: 4/22/16
April 22, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A top Michigan high school football coach will say good-bye while another longtime winner in tennis has celebrated a milestone win.
Baseball
Adrian Madison and Britton Deerfield split an “unusual” doubleheader indeed with Britton Deerfield winning 5-4 and then Madison 22-1 in the second game – Adrian Daily Telegram
In another unexpected turn, Grand Rapids Union’s Sergio Diaz no-hit Zeeland East, but East won with two unearned runs – Holland Sentinel
Division 2 No. 4 DeWitt got a one-run win and a comeback tie at Division 4 No. 4 Beal City – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Division 1 No. 10 Grosse Pointe South came back from four down to edge Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 6-5 – Detroit News
Girls Soccer
Traverse City Central delivered Cadillac the latter's first loss this season, 2-1 in Big North Conference play – Cadillac News
Softball
A matchup of teams that recently made MHSAA Semifinals in different divisions ended in a split as Stevensville Lakeshore opened with a win over Portage Central, but Central won the second game – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Dayna Fennell hit her seventh and eighth home runs to break the Gladwin single-season record in only the team’s eighth game this spring – Midland Daily News
Girls Tennis
From Wednesday, Ludington gave longtime coach Tom Kudwa his 200th career victory with a win over Fremont – Ludington Daily News
Track & Field
The Powers North Central boys and Ontonagon girls finished this week’s series of Superior Dome Classic meets with Division 3 championships at Northern Michigan University – Marquette Mining Journal
Football
Longtime and successful Allen Park football coach Tom Hoover has resigned after 20 seasons as head coach and 30 overall, with a 171-50 varsity record – Detroit Free Press
Good Read
The Battle Creek Enquirer caught up with this season’s MHSAA Norris Award winner, Linda Hoover, who is in her 36th year as an MHSAA registered official while also considered one of the elite softball umpires nationwide – Battle Creek Enquirer