Today in the MHSAA: 4/17/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 17, 2023

1. SOFTBALL Division 4 honorable mention Mendon defeated host and No. 2-ranked Holton in the final and honorable mention Indian River Inland Lakes and No. 4 Hillman to get there in clinching the Red Devil Invitational title – Sturgis Journal

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake bounced back from a Wednesday loss to defeat Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian 1-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 13 Bay City Western won big over Division 2 No. 5 Bay City John Glenn in the Bay County Championship final – Bay City Times

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Spring Lake downed Division 4 No. 3 North Muskegon 6-2 – CatchMark SportsNet

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Hudsonville downed Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 5-0 – Grand Rapids Press

6. BOYS GOLF Belding shot a 332 to win the Ionia County Shootout for the first time – Greenville Daily News

7. BOYS GOLF Grand Rapids West Catholic was the overall winner at the Kent City Invitational with a 330 – Local Sports Journal

8. GIRLS SOCCER After defeating Division 3 No. 5 Essexville Garber 3-2 in pool play, Bay City Western clinched the Bay County championship with a big win over Bay City Central – Bay City Times

9. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 3 Essexville Garber defeated Bay City Central to clinch a third-straight Bay County title – Bay City Times

10. BASEBALL Flushing swept Division 2 No. 15 Frankenmuth 8-5 in eight innings and 6-5 – Mid-Michigan Now

Also of note …

HOCKEY Houghton coach Corey Markham announced his retirement – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 4/30/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 30, 2026

1. BOYS GOLF Cruz Beckstrom repeated as Greater Muskegon Athletic Association medalist in leading Muskegon Mona Shores – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – to a seventh-straight team win – Local Sports Journal

2. BOYS GOLF Traverse City Central carded a 285 to win the Cadillac Invitational – Cadillac News

3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 3 Bay City Western moved past Midland into first in the Saginaw Valley League North with a sweep of the Chemics – Midland Daily News

4. GIRLS SOCCER Kayla Rousseau scored all three goals in Flushing’s 3-0 win over Holly – Flint Journal

5. BOYS LACROSSE Traverse City Central avenged an earlier loss to rival West with a 9-8 overtime victory – Up North Live

6. SOFTBALL Lily Vidra drove in a combined 10 runs during Temperance Bedford’s sweep of Ida – Monroe News

7. TRACK & FIELD The Saginaw Swan Valley girls and LPD2 No. 10 Alma boys won twice at Tri-Valley Conference Red three-team meets – Saginaw News

8. BOYS GOLF Onekama won the Northwest Conference event and three golfers tied for first individually – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. SOFTBALL Ypsilanti Lincoln had 19 hits in a big win over Ann Arbor Pioneer – Ann Arbor News

10. BASEBALL Stevensville Lakeshore swept Portage Central 6-1, 8-4 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium