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: 5/16/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 16, 2025

1. GIRLS TENNIS Lower Peninsula No. 8 Harbor Springs edged No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis by two points to claim its first Regional title since 2017 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS TENNIS Top-ranked Utica Eisenhower was first and No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek second at an LPD1 Regional – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS TENNIS No. 8 Holland West Ottawa edged No. 7 Rockford in LPD1, and No. 8 Holland Christian won all eight flights to claim an LPD3 Regional team title – Holland Sentinel

4. BASEBALL After entering the day one game back, Division 1 top-ranked Bay City Western claimed the outright Saginaw Valley League title with a sweep of Bay City Central – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 DeWitt shut out Grand Ledge 2-0 to win the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal

6. GIRLS TENNIS No. 3 Chelsea claimed an eighth-straight Regional title, finishing first with Grosse Ile second in LPD3 – Chelsea Sun Times News

7. GIRLS TENNIS No. 4 Midland Dow scored all but one possible point to clinch an LPD2 Regional title – Midland Daily News

8. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Lake Orion split with Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, the opening win clinching the Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press

9. SOFTBALL Grant secured the Central State Activities Association Red title with a sweep of Remus Chippewa Hills – Local Sports Journal

10. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 3 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept Merrill, giving Irish coach Earl Hartman his 900th win – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun