Today in the MHSAA: 4/25/16
April 25, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
An intriguing tournament format, track and field dominance by a statewide power and the return to baseball by one of our Upper Peninsula schools were among events gaining notable headlines over the weekend.
Baseball
L’Anse played its first high school baseball games in more than 50 years, splitting with Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Boyne City ace Derek Willis no-hit Bath in helping his team to an East Jackson Dome Classic championship for the second straight season – Petoskey News
Unranked Clinton took a doubleheader from Division 3 No. 6 and reigning champion Jackson Lumen Christi, 11-9 and 8-5 – Adrian Daily Telegram
Division 3 top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett split with Detroit Country Day on Saturday, winning the opener 3-0 before suffering its first loss, 6-0 – Detroit News
Jake Dabkowski followed teammate Sergio Diaz with Grand Rapids Union’s second straight no-hitter, this one in a 5-0 win over Comstock Park – Grand Rapids Press
Baseball/Softball
Leroy Pine River won the first Osceola County Royal Rumble, which combined results of the baseball and softball teams. The Bucks finished 4-0 – Cadillac News
Track & Field
Midland’s girls won the annual Swayze Relays, this time at Northwood University, by 14 points over Traverse City West, while West’s boys broke Midland’s winning streak in the accompanying Graves Relays – Midland Daily News
The two-time reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion Oak Park girls just edged Lake Orion 94-90 to win the Oxford Invitational, while Oak Park’s boys dominated by more this time finishing 26 points ahead of Walled Lake Central – Oakland Press
Today In The MHSAA: 4/7/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 7, 2022
1. TRACK & FIELD Hart swept Mason County Eastern Invitational championships, with Traverse City St. Francis runner-up in both meets – Ludington Daily News
2. GIRLS SOCCER Midland Dow came back from a two-goal deficit to open with a 3-2 win over Williamston – Midland Daily News
3. SOFTBALL Rochester tied the score and then went ahead over the final two innings of an 8-6 win over West Bloomfield – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS SOCCER Linden opened with a 1-0 shutout of Fenton – WJRT
5. TRACK & FIELD The Gladiators’ Sarah Litz was among stars of the Fowlerville Early Season Open – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. GIRLS SOCCER Manistee opened its season with a win for the third straight, this time 2-1 over Shelby – Manistee News Advocate
7. GIRLS SOCCER Two players scored three goals apiece as Waterford Mott downed North Farmington – Oakland Press
8. GIRLS SOCCER Ann Arbor Pioneer handed Chelsea a season-opening defeat, 4-2 – Chelsea Sun Times News