Today in the MHSAA: 4/13/18

April 13, 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. Softball: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer held on for an 11-inning win and then came back to sweep Division 2 No. 10 Muskegon Oakridge – Local Sports Journal

2. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 6 Bloomfield Hills and No. 14 Rochester Adams tied 1-1 in Oakland Activities Association Red play – Oakland Press

3. Girls Soccer: Also in the OAA Red, Troy Athens upset Division 1 No. 19 Rochester 1-0 – Oakland Press

4. Softball: Division 3 honorable mention Sanford Meridian and Division 4 No. 4 Coleman split a doubleheader, with both winning big – Midland Daily News

5. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 4 Holland Christian’s Hannah Luurtsema made good on a second chance with the go-ahead goal in a 2-1 win over Holland – Holland Sentinel

6. Baseball: Grandville finished a three-game sweep of Grand Haven this week with a 10-1 win Thursday; Grand Haven made the Division 1 Semifinals a year ago – Grand Haven Tribune

7. Boys Lacrosse: Division 2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central improved to 5-0 with a 17-2 win over Forest Hills Northern – FOX17

8. Softball: Division 4 No. 6 Frankfort hit a combined eight home runs in a sweep of Lake City – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Boys Lacrosse: The Traverse City United team made up of players from West and Central played their first game and earned their first win, 16-4 over Petoskey – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Track & Field: Deckerville’s girls and boys teams swept quad meets at Kinde-North Huron, the girls placing an individual or relay first in nearly every event – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 5/30/19

May 30, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Upsets and more close finishes continued to set the stage as teams moved on in the girls soccer, girls and boys lacrosse and boys golf tournaments Thursday, in addition to champions being crowned in Upper Peninsula Boys Tennis and Girls & Boys Golf Finals – see coverage of all four of those events under “Latest Posts” to the right.

1. Girls Soccer: No. 9 Grand Haven upset No. 2 Grandville 3-2 to move on to a Division 1 District championship game – Grand Haven Tribune

2. Boys Lacrosse: No. 1 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central clinched its eighth straight Regional title with a 17-4 win over No. 5 Forest Hills Northern in Division 2 – FOX 17

3. Girls Soccer: No. 12 Macomb Dakota moved on in Division 1 with a 1-0 overtime win over No. 8 New Baltimore Anchor Bay in their District Semifinal – Macomb Daily

4. Boys Lacrosse: Plymouth won its first Regional title in this sport, downing No. 10 Saline 19-12 in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric

5. Girls Soccer: No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian got past No. 8 Kalamazoo Hackett in a Division 4 District Semifinal – Kalamazoo Gazette

6. Boys Golf: No. 6 Clinton edged Jackson Christian by a stroke to win its second straight Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional title – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked Novi got past No. 11 Hartland to move on to a Division 1 District Final – Oakland Press

8. Girls Lacrosse: Top-ranked East Grand Rapids advanced on to a Division 2 Regional Final with a 25-7 win over No. 10 Grand Rapids Catholic Central – FOX 17

9. Girls Soccer: Ellie Primerano’s last-minute goal gave No. 13 St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran a 2-1 lead on the way to a Division 4 District Semifinal win over Bridgman – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

10. Boys Golf: No. 2 DeWitt, Haslett and Mason took the top three spots in their LPD2 Regional at El Dorado, keeping reigning champion Flint Powers Catholic (fourth place) from advancing to this year’s Finals – Flint Journal