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: 2/27/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 27, 2025
1. HOCKEY Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central downed No. 2 Hartland 2-1 in overtime to win a Division 1 Regional championship – Oakland Press
2. HOCKEY Riverview Gabriel Richard secured its eighth-straight Division 3 Regional title with a 5-2 victory over Detroit Country Day – Southgate News-Herald
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Catholic Central advanced in a Division 2 District with a 44-35 win over Hudsonville Unity Christian – Grand Rapids Press
4. HOCKEY Top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic clinched a Division 2 Regional title with a 4-1 win over No. 10 White Lake Lakeland – WJRT
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Battle Creek Harper Creek defeated Pennfield in a Division 2 District matchup of co-champions from the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference – Battle Creek Enquirer
6. HOCKEY Sparta claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 2-1 overtime win over Muskegon Mona Shores – Local Sports Journal
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Pinconning’s Brady Lupcke reached 1,000 career points in his team’s 45-42 Division 3 District win over Beaverton – Bay City Times
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Goodrich downed Flint Kearsley in Division 2, 61-40, to avenge a pair of regular-season losses including in last week’s Flint Metro League title game – WJRT
9. HOCKEY No. 7 Marquette advanced in Division 2 with a 2-1 overtime win over Midland in a Regional Final – Midland Daily News
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon won a Division 1 District Semifinal matchup of league champions 66-43 over Greenville – Local Sports Journal