Today In The MHSAA: 4/20/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 20, 2022

1. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept Division 3 No. 1 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 7-2 and 8-5 – Detroit News

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 14 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek delivered No. 11 Troy’s first defeat this spring, 3-1 – Oakland Press

3. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 2 Stevensville Lakeshore and Portage Central split, Lakeshore coming back late in the second game to earn its victory – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. GIRLS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood edged Division 3 No. 15 Detroit Country Day 1-0 – Detroit News

5. GIRLS SOCCER Cadillac delivered Division 3 No. 14 Elk Rapids’ first loss this season, 1-0 – Cadillac News

6. GIRLS SOCCER Addison Booher scored three goals in Traverse City Central’s 6-2 win over Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. TRACK & FIELD Fowlerville’s girls and boys teams swept Haslett’s; Fowlerville’s girls are No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, and the boys are ranked No. 2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. GIRLS SOCCER Evalyn Cole scored five goals with a pair of assists in Ovid-Elsie’s big win over Montrose – Owosso Argus-Press

9. GIRLS SOCCER Ila Tomko had three goals and two assists as Midland Calvary Baptist downed Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart 7-3 – Midland Daily News

10. BASEBALL Ludington moved to 4-0 with a sweep of Muskegon Catholic Central – Ludington Daily News

Stripes Worn Well (Muskegon Chronicle)

March 1, 2012

Tim Flahive has battled diabetes for all but a few years of his life. But he's also filled half of those years with high school sports as a longtime official based in the Muskegon area.

The Muskegon Chronicle's Mark Opfermann tells the story of Flahive's final basketball game last week -- and makes us appreciate even more the significant role our officials fill to no fanfare.

A powerful excerpt:

He left the court with no fanfare, took off his whistle and shed a few tears.

But Flahive's story isn’t just about sports and an official leaving the hobby he loves. It’s about courage, getting back up and pressing on.

So, I guess it’s a lot like sports after all. But it’s a whole lot more about life.

That’s because when Flahive took the court last week, he did it with half of his left foot missing.

Click to read on.