Today in the MHSAA: 4/14/16

April 14, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A set of milestone coaching wins and the passing of a legendary basketball coach received the biggest headlines Thursday.

Baseball

Hudsonville coach Dave VanNoord added his 500th career win with his team’s 6-1 victory over Zeeland East – Grand Rapids Press

Pinch-hitter Connor Margosian drove in two runs to give Richmond an 8-7 walk-off win over Marysville – Port Huron Times Herald

From Tuesday, St. Louis won the 300th game of coach Rollie Carman’s career, 9-1 over Harrison – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Girls Lacrosse

Spring Lake opened a 7-3 lead, Grand Haven caught up at 10-10 to force overtime, and Spring Lake then prevailed with one more goal – Grand Haven Tribune

Girls Soccer

Frankenmuth scored with six seconds to play to edge Midland Bullock Creek 2-1 – Midland Daily News

Softball

Jenison gave coach Kari Kossen the 399th and 400th wins of her 17-season career leading the program with a sweep of Grand Rapids Northview – Grand Rapids Press

Dowagiac swept Decatur 10-0 and 10-8 with pitcher Taylor Hulett tossing a no-hitter in the opener – Niles Daily Star

Good Read

The Lansing and statewide basketball communities are mourning one of the winningest coaches in Michigan high school history, Paul Cook, who died Tuesday evening and coached the first two Mr. Basketball winners and also won an MHSAA title with the Lansing Catholic girls – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 3/3/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 3, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ida avenged a pair of regular-season losses to Dundee with a 43-39 win in a Division 2 District opener, and Milan’s Emily Bladen reached 1,000 career points in her team’s loss to Adrian – Monroe News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Muskegon Orchard View trailed Montague entering the fourth quarter but came back to win their Division 2 opener 53-44 – Local Sports Journal

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central opened Division 4 District play with a 40-37 overtime win over Bay City All Saints – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg came back from a 10-point deficit to get past Paw Paw in Division 2, 52-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Allison Fork’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer sent Pinconning past Harrison 47-44 in Division 3 – Bay City Times

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cadillac opened its Division 2 District game against Newaygo scoring the first 20 points and held on for a 43-40 win – Cadillac News

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kinde North Huron avenged a pair of regular-season losses with a 31-29 Division 4 win over Carsonville-Port Sanilac – Huron Daily Tribune

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Manistee pulled away during the second half for a 57-41 win over Benzie Central in Division 3 – Manistee News Advocate

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western extended its winning streak to seven with a victory over Bay City Central in Division 1 – Midland Daily News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bridgeport advanced in Division 2 with a 55-45 win over Birch Run – WNEM