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: 4/28/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 28, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake edged Division 1 No. 9 Portage Central 1-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. TRACK & FIELD The Zeeland East girls – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and West boys won their annual matchup of neighbors that also are among statewide powers – Holland Sentinel Girls | Boys

3. BASEBALL Homer improved to 14-0 with a sweep of Quincy including a walk-off win in the opener – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. GIRLS LACROSSE Huron Valley United broke away from South Lyon United with 11 straight goals in a 17-9 win – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS SOCCER Clio made its move in the Flint Metro League with a 3-0 win over first-place Fenton – Mid-Michigan Now

6. GIRLS SOCCER Muskegon Western Michigan Christian continues to lead the Lakes 8 Conference after a 3-1 win over Muskegon Orchard View – MuskegonSports.com

7. GIRLS SOCCER St. Joseph scored the game’s only goal late in a 1-0 win over Portage Northern – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. GIRLS TENNIS Bay City John Glenn edged Essexville Garber 5-3 – Bay City Times

9. TRACK & FIELD The Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Big Rapids boys earned three-meet sweeps in league competition – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. BASEBALL Erie Mason swept a key league doubleheader 4-3 and 8-5 over Petersburg Summerfield – Monroe News