Today In The MHSAA: 4/12/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 12, 2022

1. BOYS GOLF Grand Rapids Christian shot a 318 to win the Forest Hills Invitational by two strokes – Grand Haven Tribune

2. BASEBALL Tyler Sager struck out 20 Ovid-Elsie hitters in Chesaning’s 8-0 win – Owosso Argus-Press

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Midland Dow moved to 3-0 with a 1-0 win over Division 3 No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News

4. BASEBALL Brighton put up an impressive win, 8-1 over Division 1 No. 6 Livonia Stevenson – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Grand Blanc opened with an extra-inning walk-off win over Clarkston, 4-1 – Mid-Michigan Now

6. SOFTBALL Fremont also won in an extra-inning walk off, 6-5 over Hart – MuskegonSports.com

7. BOYS GOLF Holland Christian shot a 340 to win the annual Wooden Shoe Invitational – Holland Sentinel

8. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 5 South Lyon East swept Waterford Mott with Delaney Lis and Anna Lassan throwing four-inning no-hitters – Oakland Press

9. SOFTBALL Division 1 top-ranked South Lyon opened with a sweep of Milford – Oakland Press

10. BASEBALL Coldwater opened with four pitchers combining to no-hit Schoolcraft – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Today In The MHSAA: 3/15/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 15, 2021

Titanic matchups in wrestling and boys basketball filled in just a few spots on a weekend list packed with league champions, including the swimming & diving winner of arguably the strongest conference in the state – regardless of sport.

1. Wrestling: In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, top-ranked Davison downed reigning champ and No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central 36-9 – State Champs Sports Network

2. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer finished first at the Southeastern Conference Red meet, followed by No. 5 Saline, LPD2 No. 3 Ann Arbor Skyline, LPD1 No. 9 Ann Arbor Huron and LPD2 No. 10 Temperance Bedford – We Love Ann Arbor

3. Girls Basketball: Hudsonville earned a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title with a 65-50 win over East Kentwood – FOX 17 

4. Boys Basketball: Flint Carman-Ainsworth continued its surge with an 84-76 win over Grand Blanc in a matchup of Division 1 title contenders – WJRT

5. Girls Basketball: Frankenmuth downed Bay City John Glenn 36-25 to clinch the Tri-Valley Conference 8 title – WEYI

6. Hockey: Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills clinched the O-K Fischer title outright with a 4-2 win over Grand Haven – FOX 17 

7. Boys Swimming & Diving: Manistee repeated as Coastal Conference champion – Manistee News Advocate 

8. Bowling: The Utica Ford boys and New Baltimore Anchor Bay girls finished Macomb Area Conference White championship runs – Macomb Daily 

9. Boys Swimming & Diving: Marysville claimed the MAC Gold championship meet title to go with its dual-meet first-place finish – Macomb Daily

10. Boys Swimming & Diving: Brownstown Woodhaven also added a league meet title to a perfect regular season, in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald

Also of note …

Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD2 honorable mention Fenton scored 508 points to win the Flint Metro League championship meet by more than 100 – Owosso Argus-Press 

Bowling: The Caledonia boys and Hudsonville girls won O-K Red championship tournament titles – Grand Haven Tribune 

Girls/Boys Basketball: Shelby Cade, playing on Buckley’s boys team this season, went over 1,000 points for her career in a 71-61 win over Lake Leelanau St. Mary – Cadillac News

Girls Basketball: Mackenzie Egger went over 1,000 career points as Mount Pleasant downed Bay City Central 39-30 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Boys Basketball: Kevin Pearson went over 1,000 career points as Onaway defeated Pellston 48-40 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune 

Boys Basketball: Rogers City’s Nick Freel also went over 1,000 career points, doing so in a 77-69 win over Posen – Alpena News

Athletic Directors: Longtime athletic director and coach Brian Gordon is retiring after more than 30 years in school sports, most recently at Novi – Oakland Press