Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/19

April 11, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Arguably the biggest girls lacrosse game of the regular season leads off today’s list that also includes matchups of state-ranked teams in softball and baseball.

1. Girls Lacrosse: Rockford edged East Grand Rapids 13-12 in a triple-overtime blizzard – State Champs Sports Network (coming Sunday)

2. Softball: Division 3 No. 4 Sanford Meridian put up a combined 24 runs in a sweep of Division 4 top-ranked Coleman – Midland Daily News

3. Baseball: After losing big to Brighton on Monday, Division 1 No. 5 Howell came back with a 3-2 win over the No. 13 Bulldogs – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Track & Field: Ann Arbor Skyline’s girls edged Saline by winning the 1,600 relay after the teams entered the night’s final event tied – Saline Post

5. Softball: Molly Carney struck out 15 in a no-hitter as Division 1 No. 4 Howell downed Brighton 10-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Baseball: Sterling Heights Stevenson got past Utica Ford 5-4 to remain undefeated – Detroit News

7. Softball: Colon scored 15 but Centreville put up 16 to emerge as the winner of the high-scoring contest – Sturgis Journal

8. Girls Soccer: Boyne City improved to 3-0 with a 4-1 win over Traverse City Central – Petoskey News-Review

9. Baseball: Sand Creek remained unbeaten with a 6-1 win over Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Baseball: Coldwater scored five unanswered runs to get past Vicksburg 12-10 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Also of note …

Track & Field: From last week, Saginaw’s Tony Martin Jr. broke a 45-year-old school record, and the county record, with a long jump of 24 feet, ¼ inch – Saginaw News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/4/19

October 4, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

As the weather dipped toward what we expect every fall, teams in a variety of sports continued locking down league titles Thursday with MHSAA Tournaments beginning in boys soccer, Lower Peninsula girls golf and boys tennis next week.  

1. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow — No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – clinched its 14th straight Saginaw Valley League championship, emerging first from a close race at the league tournament – Midland Daily News

2. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 2 Okemos finished its run to a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup title with a 4-0 win over Division 3 No. 6 Lansing Catholic – Lansing State Journal

3. Boys Soccer: Traverse City West downed Alpena to lock up its 10th straight Big North Conference title in this sport – Up North Live

4. Boys Soccer: Birmingham Seaholm got past Lake Orion 2-0 to clinch the Oakland Activities Association White title – Oakland Press

5. Boys Soccer: Dexter downed Chelsea 1-0 to clinch the Southeastern Conference White Tournament championship – Chelsea Sun Times News

6. Girls Golf: Plainwell shot a 381 and won a tie-breaker with Dowagiac to claim the Wolverine Conference Tournament title – Sturgis Journal

7. Boys Soccer: Fremont prevailed in a shootout to get past Newaygo 3-2 in the Central State Activities Association Gold Tournament final – Local Sports Journal

8. Boys Soccer: Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids downed Harbor Springs 4-1 to earn a share of the Lake Michigan Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Golf: The Mid-Michigan Golf Conference Tournament was canceled, and Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart was awarded the league title based on its overall scores from MMGC jamborees – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

10. Volleyball: No. 2 Hudsonville won a matchup of ranked teams in Division 1, getting past No. 9 Grand Haven 3-1 – Grand Rapids Press

Also of note …

Boys Soccer: From Wednesday, Dearborn Heights Crestwood clinched the Western Wayne Athletic Conference title with a 5-3 victory over Melvindale – Southgate News-Herald