Today in the MHSAA: 4/19/17
April 19, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
We fully support multi-sport athletes, and check out our track & field headlines today for a notable multi-sport performance helping two teams during the same day.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Baseball
Division 4 No. 9 Concord and Division 3 No. 8 Jonesville split a highlight-filled doubleheader; Jonesville won the first game 4-1 with 15 strikeouts by pitcher Chad Sommers, and Concord won the second 5-4 on a walk-off single – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Onekama’s sweep of Suttons Bay included the 400th coaching win for Portagers leader John Neph – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Boys Lacrosse
Rockford – No. 3 in Division 1 – got past Division 2 top-ranked East Grand Rapids 8-7 in a matchup of top teams from the Grand Rapids area and statewide – Grand Rapids Press
Softball
Richland Gull Lake swept Portage Northern 5-1, 18-10, after Northern had started the season 8-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Frankenmuth improved to 10-0 with a sweep of North Branch that included a five-run comeback in the second game – Saginaw News
Reigning Division 2 champion and top-ranked Richmond swept Croswell-Lexington, winning the first game 1-0 – Port Huron Times Herald
Track & Field
Hartland downed Pinckney 73-63 in part because of a hurdles win by freshman Ashlyn Shudick, who took time out mid-meet to score a goal for the junior varsity soccer team in its game one field over – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Marquette’s teams swept the boys and girls titles at the Superior Dome Classic over some of the other larger schools in the Upper Peninsula – Marquette Mining Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 1/29/18
January 29, 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.
Today's Top 10
1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 9 Midland Dow won its 16th straight Tri-Cities championship, with LPD2 honorable mention Saginaw Heritage second – Midland Daily News
2. Hockey: Division 2 No. 3 Hartland edged top-ranked Livonia Stevenson 6-5 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 10 Niles came in first at the Greater Berrien County Invitational for the fifth time in six seasons, and No. 7 Stevensville Lakeshore was runner-up – Niles Daily Star
4. Girls Basketball: St. Clair clinched the Macomb Area Conference Silver championship, its first league title since 2007, with a 63-50 win over second-place St. Clair Shores South Lake – Port Huron Times Herald
5. Wrestling: Division 4 top-ranked Hudson had a meet-high five champions at the Lenawee County All-Star Tournament – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. Hockey: Gaylord won a 12th game in a season for the first time since 2008-09 by defeating Traverse City Central for the first time since 2006-07, 3-1 – Petoskey News-Review
7. Girls Basketball: Clarkston’s Kayla Luchenbach scored her 1,000th point in leading the Wolves past Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 40-20 – Oakland Press
8. Skiing: Harbor Springs swept the Grayling Invitational, with Clare’s boys and Charlevoix’s girls posting runner-up finishes – Petoskey News-Review
9. Bowling: The Riverview boys and Flat Rock girls won the Bowl for Burns, Riverview downing Brownstown Woodhaven in the final and Flat Rock defeating Wyandotte Roosevelt – Southgate News Herald
10. Wrestling: Monroe Jefferson won the Observerland Tournament with four champions and three runners-up – Observer & Eccentric