Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/16

April 11, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Forget for a minute the snow of the last two days; spring has arrived for high school sports, and a number of teams got started over the weekend.

Baseball

Port Huron Northern pitcher Brett Manis picked up a memorable early highlight with 17 strikeouts in no-hitting Yale on Friday – Port Huron Times Herald

Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse improved to 3-1 with a 6-4 comeback win over Macomb Dakota at the Spring Break Tournament – Macomb Daily

Girls Tennis

Midland Dow opened with an impressive pair of wins over Division 3 powers Detroit Country Day and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Midland Daily News

Track & Field

Some top Upper Peninsula athletes got off to quick starts as Ironwood competed at the Simpson Invitational in Superior, Wisconsin – Ironwood Daily Globe

Good Reads

The Detroit-area Observer & Eccentric newspapers have been reporting over the last two weeks a number of stories on officials as the MHSAA works to recruit more into the avocation. Below are links to just some from the series.  

Wrestling official Zaim Cunmulaj - KLAA assignor Bob Czech - Football and Basketball official Donta Favors - MHSAA always recruiting

Today in the MHSAA: 4/24/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 24, 2026

1. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 2 Unionville-Sebewaing and Division 3 honorable mention Cass City split a doubleheader – Huron Daily Tribune

2. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Escanaba and Negaunee split, with the Miners winning the opener 3-2 and Escanaba taking the second game 10-5 – Marquette Mining Journal

3. BOYS GOLF DeWitt – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – carded a 312 and Traverse City West a 313 to top the Grand Blanc Invitational standings – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. BOYS LACROSSE Romeo defeated Grosse Pointe South 13-8 in a matchup of league title contenders – Macomb Daily

5. BASEBALL Solomon Wegmeyer threw a no-hitter to send Holland West Ottawa past Division 1 No. 19 Rockford 2-1 – Holland Sentinel

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate held on for a 1-1 draw against Ann Arbor Greenhills – Oakland Press

7. SOFTBALL Avery Cipa hit two inside-the-park home runs during the same inning for Livonia Stevenson in a win over Garden City – Hometown Life

8. BASEBALL Kalamazoo Central and Loy Norrix split with the games decided in extra innings and then a walk-off – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. SOFTBALL Zoey Overton had a combined four home runs and 13 RBIs during Howell’s sweep of Milford – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Saginaw Swan Valley swept North Branch, winning the second game on a walk-off – Saginaw News