Today in the MHSAA: 4/13/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 13, 2026

1. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 8 Pinconning ended Division 2 No. 9 Essexville Garber’s five-year Bay County championship run with an 8-6 win in this year’s final – Bay City Times

2. TRACK & FIELD Traverse City West swept girls and boys championships at the Freeland Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. TRACK & FIELD The Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Shepherd boys won Warrior Invitational titles – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

4. BOYS GOLF Bay City Western – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and Freeland’s Tristan Pohl were champions at the Pinconning Invitational – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Western defeated 2025 champion and current Division 2 No. 10 Essexville Garber 6-0 to win the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times

6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 10 Yale defeated Croswell-Lexington 5-1 to win Cass City’s Wood Bat Classic – WNEM

7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 9 Bay City Western downed Garber to win the Bay County Championship on the baseball diamond – Bay City Times

8. BOYS GOLF Tecumseh was first in Division 1 and overall at Ida’s Larry Murdock Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. TRACK & FIELD The Bellevue girls and Hanover-Horton boys won the latter’s Comet Invitational – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

10. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 13 Flat Rock and Taylor split, Flat Rock winning the first game 9-6 and Taylor the second 19-9 – Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 1/7/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 7, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Kingsford won a matchup of Upper Peninsula powers, 56-39 over Crystal Falls Forest Park – Upper Michigan’s Source

2. SKIING The Traverse City Central girls and Traverse City West boys were champs at the Harbor-Petoskey Invitational – Cadillac News

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Quinton Swanson connected on the game-winner to sent Portage Northern past Vicksburg 67-65 – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. BOWLING The Utica United and Macomb L’Anse Creuse North girls impressed in big wins – Macomb Daily

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Luke Hennessey made four late free throws to take Ida past Ottawa Lake Whiteford 44-41 – Monroe News

6. BOWLING Grand Haven’s boys earned a 26-4 win over Rockford, while the Rams and Buccaneers girls tied 15-15 – Grand Haven Tribune

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Pinconning put up 93 points in a big win over Rudyard – Bay City Times

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Michigan Center came back from a halftime deficit to get past Williamston 62-51 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Davison handed Mt. Morris just its second loss, 70-42 – WNEM

10. BOWLING Macomb Dakota and Macomb L’Anse Creuse North’s boys earned close wins – Macomb Daily

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Zeeland West coach John Shillito announced his retirement, coming off leading the Dux to the Division 3 championship this past fall – Holland Sentinel