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: 11/7/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 7, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL St. Clair Shores Lakeview clinched its first District championship in this sport with a four-set win over Warren Woods-Tower in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention South Lyon avenged a regular-season loss in defeating No. 5 South Lyon East in five sets in Division 1 – Hometown Life

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Parma Western clinched a third-straight Division 2 District title with a sweep of No. 9 Marshall – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Oxford claimed its first District title since 2002 with a five-set win over honorable mention Clarkston in Division 1 – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Top-ranked Rockford continued its march in Division 1 with a sweep of No. 8 Lowell – Grand Rapids Press

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Morley Stanwood lost the first set but won the next three to defeat Kent City and clinch a Division 3 District title – Big Rapids Pioneer

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Kingsley is a repeat District champ thanks to a sweep of honorable mention Manton – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL No. 9 Onekama swept honorable mention Suttons Bay to claim a Division 4 District title – Up North Live

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Clinton Township Chippewa Valley claimed its first District title since 2014, defeating Utica in four sets in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Caledonia came back from two sets down to defeat Plainwell in a Division 1 District Final – Grand Rapids Press