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: 4/29/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 29, 2025
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Richland Gull Lake went on the road to down Division 1 No. 6 Portage Central 1-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette
2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 New Boston Huron shut out Division 3 No. 2 Grosse Ile 4-0 – Southgate News-Herald
3. BASEBALL New Baltimore Anchor Bay edged Division 1 No. 3 Grosse Pointe South 1-0 in extra innings – Macomb Daily
4. BASEBALL Okemos moved into first alone in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue with a sweep of Division 1 No. 13 Grand Ledge – Lansing State Journal
5. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 16 Midland and No. 2 Bay City Western split, Midland winning the opener in a matchup of aces – Midland Daily News
6. SOFTBALL Pinckney earned a split with Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea, winning the second game in eight innings – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Rochester and No. 10 Troy Athens played to a 2-2 draw – Oakland Press
8. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Linden swept Fenton to move into first alone in the Flint Metro League Stripes – Flint Journal
9. GIRLS SOCCER Alahna Beckett scored all of Division 1 No. 11 Midland’s goals in a 3-0 win over Midland Dow that moved the Chemics into first alone in the Saginaw Valley League – Midland Daily News
10. BOYS GOLF Freshman Cruz Beckstrom carded a 31 to tie Muskegon Mona Shores’ school record and lead his team to a first place at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal
Also of note ...
BASKETBALL Lansing is mourning the death of longtime Everett coach Johnny Jones, who led the Vikings girls to two Class A titles and the boys to one championship – WILX