Today in the MHSAA: 10/9/20

October 9, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The boys soccer regular-season rushed toward its conclusion Thursday with a league championship game and two more intriguing semifinals making our headliner list.

1. Boys Soccer: Walled Lake Western edged Walled Lake Central in overtime to claim the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title – The Spinal Column

2. Boys Tennis: No. 6 Troy defeated No. 14 Rochester Adams to earn a Lower Peninsula Division 1 District championship – Oakland Press

3. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Mona Shores came back from a two-goal deficit to defeat Division 2 No. 6 (MPR) Wyoming 4-3 in an Ottawa-Kent Conference Green semifinal – Local Sports Journal

4. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 12 (MPR) Richland Gull Lake advanced to the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championship game with a 3-0 win over No. 15 St. Joseph – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. Girls Golf: LPD4 No. 9 Harbor Springs clinched another Lake Michigan Conference championship – Petoskey News-Review

6. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer outraced No. 10 Ann Arbor Huron 123-63 – We Love Ann Arbor 

7. Boys Soccer: Division 3 No. 4 (MPR) Elk Rapids downed Boyne City 3-0 to finish the Lake Michigan Conference scheduled unbeaten – MI Sports Now

8. Volleyball: Saugatuck downed Holland to remain undefeated this fall – Holland Sentinel

9. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 10 Fenton put up multiple pool records in a win over Swartz Creek – WJRT

10. Boys Soccer: Essexville Garber came back from a one-goal deficit to defeat Bay City Central 3-1 – Bay City Times

Also of note …

Girls Golf: From Wednesday, Sturgis locked up its fifth Wolverine Conference title in six seasons – Sturgis Journal

Boys Soccer: From Wednesday, Division 1 No. 10 (MPR) Brownstown Woodhaven claimed a third-straight Downriver League title with a win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

Boys Soccer: From Wednesday, Sterling Heights downed St. Clair Shores Lakeview to clinch a share of the Macomb Area Conference Blue title – Macomb Daily

Today In The MHSAA: 4/11/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 11, 2022

1. SOFTBALL Kaitlyn Pallozzi struck out all 21 batters faced in Division 1 No. 9 Farmington Hills Mercy’s 1-0 win over Ann Arbor Greenhills – Oakland Press

2. BASEBALL Division 2 top-ranked New Boston Huron opened with an impressive sweep of Division 1 No. 9 Temperance Bedford – Monroe News

3. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 5 Essexville Garber posted three dominating wins in claiming the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

4. TRACK & FIELD The Homer girls and Hillsdale boys won Grass Lake Invitational titles – Jackson Citizen Patriot Girls | Boys

5. TRACK & FIELD Alpena swept the Yooper Invitational championships at Lake Superior State – Petoskey News-Review

6. GIRLS SOCCER Garber also won its first Bay Country championship since 2018 in this sport with a victory over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

7. SOFTBALL Division 4 honorable mention Ishpeming opened the Spring Swing at Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome with a 7-3 win over Hancock – Marquette Mining Journal

8. TRACK & FIELD Dexter’s boys and Howell’s girls won Lansing Catholic Relays championships – Chelsea Sun Times News

9. GIRLS SOCCER Marshall defeated Cadillac 1-0 to win its home invitational – Cadillac News

10. TRACK & FIELD Freeland’s boys tied Hartland the Falcons’ girls won outright their invitationals that were moved to Sunday as the school’s track and softball teams got creative to get competitions in this weekend – Saginaw News | Midland Daily News