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

Today in the MHSAA: 2/11/21

February 11, 2021

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

More contenders earned trips Wednesday to this month’s Ski Finals, while some of hockey’s best started their seasons as teams took to the ice across both peninsulas.

1. Skiing: The Traverse City Central girls and Traverse City West boys won Division 1 Regional championships – MI Sports Now

2. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Catholic Central banked a last-second 3-pointer to get past South Christian 58-56 – Grand Rapids Press

3. Hockey: Flint Powers Catholic avenged last season’s playoff loss with a 2-1 season-opening win over Midland Dow – Mid-Michigan Now

4. Girls Basketball: Plainwell earned a 35-32 overtime win over Three Rivers, which finished 21-3 last season – JoeInsider.com

5. Hockey: Livonia Stevenson opened with a 4-0 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Boys Basketball: Kalamazoo Christian won the 130th meeting with rival Hackett 51-45 – Kalamazoo Gazette

7. Hockey: South Lyon Unified scored first, but Saline pulled away with a 5-2 win – Saline Post

8. Boys Basketball: Otsego ran its Wolverine Conference winning streak to 43 with a 63-45 victory over Sturgis – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. Hockey: Kaleb Miller scored the game’s lone goal in overtime as Traverse Bay Reps got past Big Rapids 1-0 – Up North Live

10. Hockey: Murphy Kehoe had a hat trick as Traverse City West downed Petoskey – MI Sports Now

Also of note …

Wrestling: Comstock Park is mourning the death of longtime coach Jim Olson – Grand Rapids Press