Today in the MHSAA: 4/18/19

April 18, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A meeting of top girls tennis teams from the Lower Peninsula highlighted a Wednesday that also saw state-ranked foes meet on the baseball diamond as well.

1. Girls Tennis: Midland Dow – No. 6 in LP Division 1 – and LPD2 No. 2 Birmingham Seaholm tied for first at the former’s home quad, ahead of LPD2 No. 9 Traverse City Central and No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Midland Daily News

2. Baseball: Division 2 No. 13 Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard and Division 3 top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett split a doubleheader – State Champs Sports Network

3. Boys Golf: Holland West Ottawa shot a 326 to win the annual Wooden Shoe Invitational – Holland Sentinel

4. Softball: Division 2 No. 6 Spring Lake swept Sparta to run its Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue winning streak to 80 games – Local Sports Journal

5. Softball: Peighton Root’s two-run walk-off homer pushed Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea past Saline 6-5 – Chelsea Sun Times News

6. Boys Golf: Durand finished first and New Lothrop second at the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference preseason tournament – Owosso Argus-Press

7. Girls Soccer: For the first time in at least a decade, Traverse City St. Francis downed Elk Rapids – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Softball: Karlie Patron tossed her first career no-hitter as Ishpeming Westwood shut out Manistique – Escanaba Daily Press

9. Baseball: Kyle Richey tossed a no-hitter as Trenton downed Allen Park – Southgate News-Herald

10. Track & Field: East Kentwood swept Grand Haven, but both results were decided by 25 or fewer points – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Girls Lacrosse: Maddy Champagne scored an MHSAA-record 15 goals in Livonia Stevenson’s 20-5 win over Royal Oak – Observer & Eccentric

Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/20

February 26, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of remaining girls basketball league championships were decided Tuesday, while the Hockey Regional Tournament sped ahead with February winding down.

1. Girls Basketball: Kingsley and Maple City Glen Lake settled on a shared Northwest Conference title with their wins in league finales – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Basketball: Ithaca clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference West title with a 41-39 win over Ithaca – Saginaw News

3. Boys Basketball: Petersburg Summerfield clinched the Tri-County Conference title with a 47-26 win over Adrian Madison, and Dundee’s Dallas Bolster went over 1,000 career points in his team’s 72-36 win over Morenci – Monroe News

4. Girls Basketball: Dexter secured a share of the Southeastern Conference White title with a 65-36 win over Pinckney, while Chelsea claimed the other share with a 64-48 win over Tecumseh – Chelsea Sun Times News

5. Boys Basketball: Coldwater clinched a share of the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title with a 56-44 win over Battle Creek Harper Creek – Coldwater Daily Reporter

6. Boys Basketball: Waterford Mott clinched a share of the Lakes Valley Conference title with a 76-37 win over South Lyon East – Oakland Press

7. Girls Basketball: Posen earned a share of the North Star League Little Dipper championship with a 74-19 win over Atlanta – Alpena News

8. Girls Basketball: Centreville locked up the Southwest 10 Conference title with a 48-29 win over Mendon – Sturgis Journal

9. Hockey: No. 3 Trenton got past Ann Arbor Skyline 3-1 in a first-round Division 2 Regional game – Southgate News-Herald

10. Hockey: Freshman Brady Breit’s two goals helped No. 10 Byron Center to a 4-0 Division 1 win over Jenison – FOX 17

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Jeffery Carrier set the Mason County Central career scoring record during a 53-41 loss to Muskegon Oakridge – Local Sports Journal

Girls Basketball: Grass Lake edged reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian 62-57 in double overtime – Jackson Citizen Patriot