Today in the MHSAA: 4/16/18

April 16, 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. Boys Golf: Portage Central won the 23-team Coldwater Invitational with a 309, four strokes ahead of runner-up Richland Gull Lake – Coldwater Daily Reporter

2. Softball: Three Rivers avenged a District Semifinal loss to Vicksburg last season with a pair of shutouts – Three Rivers News

3. Girls Soccer: Madison Heights Bishop Foley shut out Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 2-0 to remain undefeated – Oakland Press

4. Track & Field: The Mendon boys and Battle Creek Pennfield girls won championships at the White Pigeon Invitational – Sturgis Journal

5. Track & Field: The Dundee boys and Ida girls were champions at the Pelz Invitational at Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Softball: Chloe Haskins had 12 strikeouts in the first game of a shutout sweep of Grand Blanc and threw in relief during the second – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Girls Soccer: Midland outshot Traverse City Central 15-3 in a 4-0 win – Midland Daily News

8. Track & Field: The host Richland Gull Lake girls and Kalamazoo Loy Norrix boys were champions at Gull Lake’s Invitational – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. Boys Lacrosse: South Lyon moved to 4-0 with a 16-7 win over Novi – Observer & Eccentric

10. Football: Coming off leading Wyoming Godwin Heights to its best season since 1989, Carlton Brewster has left to become coach at Kalamazoo Central – WZZM

Today in the MHSAA: 4/23/18

April 23, 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. Baseball: In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 championship game, won by Saline, the top-ranked Hornets and No. 6 Northville split a doubleheader – Saline Post

2. Softball: Division 3 top-ranked Clinton topped an impressive field at the Milan Invitational with wins over Temperance Bedford, Garden City and Division 2 No. 8 New Boston Huron – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake shut out Division 4 No. 2 Kalamazoo Christian and Kalamazoo Loy Norrix to win the Loy Norrix Invitational – JoeInsider.com

4. Boys Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 4 Clarkston shot a 305 and Livonia Stevenson’s Connor Jakacki fired a 71 to take the team and individual top honors, respectively, at the Farmington Invitational – Observer & Eccentric

5. Track & Field: The Battle Creek Lakeview girls and boys both won All-City titles for the ninth straight season – Battle Creek Enquirer

6. Track & Field: The Oak Park boys and Lake Orion girls won championships at the annual Oxford Invitational – Oakland Press

7. Track & Field: In something of a preview of an upcoming Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional, Deckerville’s girls and Ubly’s boys won Deckerville Invitational titles – Huron Daily Tribune

8. Track & Field: The Ann Arbor Skyline girls and Traverse City Central boys topped solid fields at the Graves/Swayze Relays in Midland – Midland Daily News

9. Softball: Division 3 No. 2 Gladstone downed Sturgis, Portland and then Ravenna in the final to win the Hanover-Horton Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Girls Soccer: Cadillac moved to 4-0 with wins over Three Rivers and the host Dutch at the Holland Invitational – Cadillac News