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: 4/14/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 14, 2026

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Utica Eisenhower downed No. 15 Romeo 4-1 in a Macomb Area Conference Red opener – Macomb Daily

2. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Midland Dow and No. 9 Bay City Western split their Saginaw Valley League doubleheader, Western winning 5-2 and Dow claiming the second game 4-2 – Midland Daily News

3. BASEBALL Freeland improved to 5-0 with a 16-12 win over Division 4 No. 2 Beal City – Saginaw News

4. SOFTBALL Allen Park downed Wyandotte Roosevelt 8-3 in a matchup of potential Downriver League contenders – Southgate News-Herald

5. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 Grand Ledge stayed undefeated with a sweep of DeWitt including a 9-8 comeback win in the first game – WLNS

6. BASEBALL Bay City Central earned a notable 5-4 win over Mount Pleasant – Bay City Times

7. SOFTBALL Chelsea defeated Pinckney 21-3, but Pinckney came back to win the second game 6-3 – Ann Arbor News

8. GIRLS SOCCER Grand Blanc shut out Flint Powers Catholic 4-0 – WNEM

9. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 4 Laingsburg moved to 7-1 with a sweep of Portland St. Patrick – WLNS

10. SOFTBALL Elk Rapids and Traverse City St. Francis split a doubleheader – Traverse City Record-Eagle