Today in the MHSAA: 4/19/18
April 19, 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. Girls Tennis: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Midland Dow shut out LPD2 No. 6 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and gave up just a point to LPD2 No. 3 Birmingham Seaholm – Midland Daily News
2. Girls Tennis: Also at Midland, LPD2 No. 7 Traverse City Central downed Forest Hills Central and was shut out by Seaholm – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Lacrosse: Division 1 No. 10 Brighton edged No. 5 Howell 20-15 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Baseball: Brighton got a five-inning no-hitter from Cameron Tullar in a 12-1 win over Novi – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. Baseball: Division 1 No. 9 Sterling Heights Stevenson got back on the field with a win over Utica Eisenhower – Detroit News
6. Baseball: Division 1 top-ranked Saline opened league play with a victory over Temperance Bedford – Saline Post
7. Baseball: Birmingham Groves remained undefeated with a 7-5 win over rival Seaholm – Oakland Press
8. Football: Powers North Central has a new coach after a contentious few weeks led to Wednesday’s resignation of Kevin Bellefeuil, who guided the team to undefeated seasons in 2015 and 2016 – Escanaba Daily Press
9. Boys Basketball: Buckley coach Blair Moss has stepped down after leading the Bears to back-to-back Class D runner-up finishes – MI Sports Now
10. Girls Basketball: After 20 seasons over two tenures, Tim Walker has stepped down again as Bay City Western girls basketball coach – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 5/14/19
May 14, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Saugatuck track & field teams celebrated Monday like they have for most of this decade, and South Lyon’s girls soccer team celebrated like never before as more league championships were clinched and postseason play began in boys lacrosse.
1. Track & Field: The Saugatuck girls and boys teams both won their sixth straight Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore meet championships – Holland Sentinel
2. Girls Soccer: South Lyon clinched its first league title in this sport, downing Waterford Mott 1-0 in Lakes Valley Conference play – Oakland Press
3. Girls soccer: Division 2 top-ranked DeWitt downed Division 3 No. 14 Williamston 4-2 in a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup quarterfinal – Lansing State Journal
4. Baseball: Division 3 No. 2 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian improved to 15-3 with a 12-0 win over Division 2 No. 10 Belding – FOX 17
5. Softball: Grace Lehto threw a no-hitter as Division 2 No. 3 Eaton Rapids opened Greater Lansing Hall of Fame Softball Classic play with a 6-0 win over DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
6. Boys Golf: Tecumseh shot a 336 to win the Lenawee County tournament title – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. Boys Golf: Clarkston, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 300 to win the Chemical City Invitational in Midland – Midland Daily News
8. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United’s co-op team defeated Muskegon Southside’s 21-3 in a Division 1 Pre-Regional game – WPBN
9. Softball: Midland swept Division 4 top-ranked Coleman 7-6 and 8-3 – Midland Daily News
10. Baseball: Hemlock and Division 3 No. 19 Pinconning split, Hemlock’s win also the first Tri-Valley Conference West loss for first-place Pinconning since it joined the league in 2016-17 – Bay City Times
Also of note …
Athlete of the Year: Detroit Edison’s Rickea Jackson and Madison Heights Bishop Foley’s Kendel Taylor were named this year’s statewide Athlete of the Year Award winners by the Detroit Athletic Club – State Champs Sports Network
Girls Tennis: From Saturday, LPD3 No. 3 Allegan finished first and Sturgis second at the Wolverine Conference tournament – Sturgis Journal