Today in the MHSAA: 4/22/16

April 22, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A top Michigan high school football coach will say good-bye while another longtime winner in tennis has celebrated a milestone win.

Baseball

Adrian Madison and Britton Deerfield split an “unusual” doubleheader indeed with Britton Deerfield winning 5-4 and then Madison 22-1 in the second game – Adrian Daily Telegram

In another unexpected turn, Grand Rapids Union’s Sergio Diaz no-hit Zeeland East, but East won with two unearned runs – Holland Sentinel

Division 2 No. 4 DeWitt got a one-run win and a comeback tie at Division 4 No. 4 Beal City – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Division 1 No. 10 Grosse Pointe South came back from four down to edge Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 6-5 – Detroit News

Girls Soccer

Traverse City Central delivered Cadillac the latter's first loss this season, 2-1 in Big North Conference play – Cadillac News

Softball

A matchup of teams that recently made MHSAA Semifinals in different divisions ended in a split as Stevensville Lakeshore opened with a win over Portage Central, but Central won the second game – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Dayna Fennell hit her seventh and eighth home runs to break the Gladwin single-season record in only the team’s eighth game this spring – Midland Daily News

Girls Tennis

From Wednesday, Ludington gave longtime coach Tom Kudwa his 200th career victory with a win over Fremont – Ludington Daily News

Track & Field

The Powers North Central boys and Ontonagon girls finished this week’s series of Superior Dome Classic meets with Division 3 championships at Northern Michigan University – Marquette Mining Journal

Football

Longtime and successful Allen Park football coach Tom Hoover has resigned after 20 seasons as head coach and 30 overall, with a 171-50 varsity record – Detroit Free Press

Good Read

The Battle Creek Enquirer caught up with this season’s MHSAA Norris Award winner, Linda Hoover, who is in her 36th year as an MHSAA registered official while also considered one of the elite softball umpires nationwide – Battle Creek Enquirer

Today in the MHSAA: 5/1/19

May 1, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Rain continued to be troublesome for teams all over Michigan on Tuesday, but it couldn’t completely wipe out a highlight-filled afternoon especially on the soccer pitch.

1. Girls Soccer: Division 4 top-ranked Royal Oak Shrine got past No. 3 Madison Heights Bishop Foley 3-1 with Chloe Woodbeck scoring all three goals – Oakland Press

2. Girls Soccer: No. 4 Grandville held on for a 3-1 win over No. 7 Grand Haven in a matchup of two of the best in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Softball: Division 1 No. 4 South Lyon’s Alexis Bonk struck out 19 in a 6-1 win over No. 10 Walled Lake Northern; the teams were tied 5-5 after five innings when the second game was suspended – State Champs Sports Network

4. Track & Field: Adrian Madison’s girls and boys teams swept league tri-meets, the boys are ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 and the girls are ranked No. 4 and doubled up LPD4 No. 3 Sand Creek – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. Girls Soccer: Division 3 No. 10 Boyne City earned its seventh straight win by shutout, this time 4-0 over Division 4 No. 9 Elk Rapids – Petoskey News-Review

6. Baseball: Muskegon Oakridge downed Division 3 No. 19 Montague 4-1 in six innings before weather washed out the seventh inning and second scheduled game – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Softball: Division 3 No. 4 Allen Park Cabrini finished a season sweep of Dearborn Divine Child with a 13-4 win – Southgate News-Herald

8. Track & Field: The Felch North Dickinson girls and Norway boys won championships at North Dickinson’s invitational – Escanaba Daily Press

9. Boys Lacrosse: Lake Orion won a key matchup over Clarkston 11-7 – Oakland Press

10. Girls Soccer: West Bloomfield scored late to earn a 2-1 win over Oxford – Oakland Press