Today in the MHSAA: 4/13/16

April 13, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

As spring sports began picking up the pace with the warmer weather Tuesday, communities also celebrated lives of those now passed, including a statewide voice of high school sports.

Baseball

Big Rapids and Morley Stanwood wasted little time getting their offenses going, with Big Rapids coming out on top 19-14 in the only game of a doubleheader that got in before dark – Big Rapids News

Mount Pleasant got a no-hitter and two-hitter from its pitchers in a season-opening sweep of Midland Dow – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Pitchers Brandon Reed and Caleb Wascher each had 13 strikeouts as Millington swept Montrose 4-3 and 6-1 – Saginaw News

Boys Lacrosse

Birmingham Brother Rice survived another close game with rival Detroit Country Day, this time 8-3 – Oakland Press

Softball

Utica Ford, a regular contender at the statewide level, downed reigning Division 1 champion Warren Regina 14-4 – Macomb Daily

Stevensville Lakeshore downed Edwardsburg 13-3 in its first game of the season, but Edwardsburg stormed back with a 17-4 win over the annual MHSAA title contender – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Good Reads

Paul Carey was best known as a voice of the Detroit Tigers for a generation. But he also played a major role in Michigan high school sports, as we wrote about in 2014. Carey died Tuesday at 88 – Detroit News

Lacrosse rivals Battle Creek Lakeview and Harper Creek played each other with a common motivation Tuesday – to raise money and offer support for the family of Harlyn Radley, a local 6-year-old who died in a car crash in February – Battle Creek Enquirer

Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/20

October 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

League championships again were the theme across the state Tuesday, especially on Lower Peninsula volleyball courts.

1. Volleyball: Central Montcalm clinched a share of its first Central State Activities Association Gold title with a 3-2 win over Grant – Greenville Daily News

2. Boys Soccer: Ann Arbor Skyline downed Division 1 No. 4 (MPR) Dexter 2-0 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – We Love Ann Arbor

3. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 7 Hamilton clinched a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue championship with a five-set win over Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel

4. Volleyball: Onaway and Johannesburg-Lewiston both won matches to earn a shared Ski Valley Conference championship – WBKB

5. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 9 Charlevoix defeated East Jordan to finish a run to the Lake Michigan Conference title – Charlevoix Courier

6. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 5 Montague clinched its second-straight West Michigan Conference title with a four-set win over Division 3 No. 4 North Muskegon – Local Sports Journal

7. Cross County: The Beal City girls clinched the Highland Conference championship; Beal City is No. 6 in LPD4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. Volleyball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart downed St. Charles to clinch a share of the Mid-State Activities Conference title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. Cross Country: Fremont swept Central State Activities Association Gold finals, the Fremont boys are No. 1 in LPD2 – Big Rapids News

10. Boys Soccer: St. Clair also moved on in Division 2 with an overtime win over Marysville – Port Huron Times Herald