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: 5/28/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 28, 2026

1. BOYS GOLF Newberry and Lake Linden-Hubbell won their first Finals titles in this sport, and Marquette repeated – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS GOLF Big Bay de Noc moved up to first after three straight runner-up finishes, with Bark River-Harris and Negaunee also claiming Finals championships – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS TENNIS Marquette and West Iron County extended Finals winning streaks – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS GOLF No. 6 Rochester Adams, Troy and Port Huron Northern all tied for first at their Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional, with Adams winning on a tie-breaker – Oakland Press

5. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 5 Traverse City Central clinched its first Big North Conference title in this sport with a win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. SOFTBALL Mackinaw City swept Boyne Falls to clinch the Northern Lakes Conference championship – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

7. BOYS LACROSSE Romeo downed Birmingham United 15-7 in Division 1 to clinch the first Regional title in this sport for a Macomb Area Conference team – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS SOCCER Flint Powers Catholic upset No. 8 Frankenmuth 1-0 in a Division 3 District Semifinal – WNEM

9. BOYS LACROSSE Brighton claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 12-5 win over Walled Lake – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. GIRLS SOCCER Hart advanced in its Division 3 District with a 5-4 win over Montague, scoring the game-winner with 14 seconds to play – CatchMark SportsNet