Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/18
April 11, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Boys Lacrosse: Joey Kamish scored in overtime to give Detroit Catholic Central its first win over 13-time reigning champion Birmingham Brother Rice since 1994, 10-9 – Observer & Eccentric
2. Girls Soccer: Division 3 power Hudsonville Unity Christian downed Division 2 No. 4 Holland Christian 2-0 – FOX17
3. Girls Soccer: Sarah Dawson scored half of her team’s goals in Jonesville’s 6-1 win over Hillsdale – Hillsdale Daily News
4. Baseball: Holland Christian’s Chris Mokma threw a five-inning perfect game as his team swept Hudsonville Unity Christian – Holland Sentinel
5. Baseball: Detroit Edison won a matchup of two of the best in the Detroit Public School League, 8-7 over Detroit Martin Luther King – Detroit News
6. Boys Golf: Holland West Ottawa shot a 333 to win the Wooden Shoe Invitational by 20 strokes – Holland Sentinel
7. Baseball: Essexville Garber and Standish-Sterling split a doubleheader, with Spencer Mahar’s walk-off double in the eighth inning of the Dukes’ 7-6 win among highlights – Bay City Times
8. Girls Soccer: Sidney McClay scored with just under three minutes to play to give Romeo a 1-0 win over Berkley – Oakland Press
9. Baseball: Brett Sikorski threw a five-inning no-hitter to lead Bronson in its doubleheader sweep of Union City – Coldwater Daily Reporter
10. Boys Soccer: Longtime Parma Western coach Ron Rudland, the only coach in program history, retired after 33 seasons – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Also of note …
Coaches: Fruitport Calvary Christian girls basketball coach Brad Richards has put together a Class D power over the last many years. This past winter also included a large role in a fascinating reality show airing on the History Channel; he’s part of a search for Confederate gold in Lake Michigan – Local Sports Journal
Today In The MHSAA: 5/9/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 9, 2022
1. TRACK & FIELD The Montague girls, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, and Whitehall boys won Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championships, Montague for the first time in at least 25 years – Muskegon Chronicle
2. BOYS GOLF Hudsonville – No. 15 in LPD1 – shot a two-day 645 to win the Traverse City Tee-Off, with the Eagles’ Foster Faber the medalist – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. SOFTBALL Ravenna avenged a previous league sweep to Division 2 No. 7 Muskegon Oakridge with a 7-4 win in the GMAA Tier 1 championship game – CatchMark SportsNet
4. SOFTBALL Tori Briggs was the star as Fowlerville won the Portland Invitational with victories over the Raiders, Saranac and Traverse City Central – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 5 Muskegon Mona Shores downed Reeths-Puffer to clinch its fourth-straight GMAA title – MuskegonSports.com
6. GIRLS SOCCER Cadillac outscored its three opponents by a combed 17-0 to win the Birch Run Invitational – Cadillac News
7. BOYS GOLF LPD4 No. 10 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep was first and Sturgis three strokes back at the latter’s invitational – JoeInsider.com
8. GIRLS TENNIS LPD4 No. 4 North Muskegon edged Mona Shores by two points at the top of the standings to clinch the GMAA title – Local Sports Journal
9. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 Plainwell shut out Portage Northern to move to 10-0 without giving up a goal this season – WWMT
10. BASEBALL Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern downed Division 2 No. 16 Zeeland East 4-3 to win East’s Invitational, but East’s Trevor Raade threw a no-hitter in his team’s semifinal win – Holland Sentinel