Today in the MHSAA: 4/26/16

April 26, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Some of the best play on the diamonds statewide happens in Macomb County, and top matchups in baseball and softball from that area highlight Monday’s action.

Baseball

Unranked but previously-ranked Sterling Heights Stevenson came back to down Division 1 No. 8 Macomb Dakota 7-3 in Macomb Area Conference Red play – Macomb Daily

Boys Golf

Golf jamborees don’t get much closer than the one hosted by Rockford on Monday – the Rams were first at 160, Grand Haven second at 161 and Holland West Ottawa third at 162 – Grand Rapids Press

Boys Lacrosse

From Saturday, Battle Creek Harper Creek won the first-ever All-City Lacrosse Tournament downing Lakeview 10-4 to claim the title – Battle Creek Enquirer

Girls Soccer

Alma’s Sydney Hanson broke her school’s career points record Monday despite only being a sophomore; she has 43 points, two more than the previous mark – Saginaw News

Softball

Waterford Kettering improved to 10-3 with a walk-off hit in the seventh inning to down Howell 4-3 – Livingston Daily

Utica Ford edged Romeo 3-1 in their MAC Red opener and in a matchup of teams receiving honorable mentions in the Division 1 rankings – Macomb Daily

Today in the MHSAA: 10/8/20

October 8, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The fields for this season’s Lower Peninsula Girls Golf and Boys Tennis Finals continued to fill Wednesday, with a new-look District format changing things up on the courts.

1. Girls Golf: Top-ranked Rochester Adams won its first Regional in more than two decades, with No. 9 Bloomfield Hills and No. 8 Troy also advancing in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Oakland Press

2. Girls Golf: No. 3 Plymouth (326), No. 2 Northville (330) and unranked Ann Arbor Pioneer (349) advanced from another strong LPD1 Regional – We Love Ann Arbor

3. Boys Tennis: No. 11 Allegan advanced with a tie-breaker win over No. 7 Holland Christian in an LPD3 District Final – Holland Sentinel

4. Boys Tennis: No. 2 Traverse City St. Francis earned its 13th-straight Finals weekend berth, with an LPD4 District title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Girls Golf: No. 10 Haslett, No. 9 Okemos and No. 7 Fenton took the top three places, respectively, at the LPD2 Regional at The Emerald – Flint Journal

6. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy moved to 23-0 this fall with a second win this season over No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Observer & Eccentric

7. Girls Golf: No. 5 Michigan Center, No. 10 Adrian Lenawee Christian and unranked Hanover-Horton qualified from an LPD4 Regional at Cascades – JTV

8. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 3 (MPR) Detroit Catholic Central clinched the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship with a 3-0 win over Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press

9. Boys Soccer: McBain Northern Michigan Christian downed Cheboygan 2-0 to claim its first Northern Michigan Soccer League title – Cadillac News

10. Boys Tennis: No. 13 Traverse City Central received a bye and then defeated No. 15 Midland in an LPD2 District Final to advance to a sixth-straight Finals weekend – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

Cross Country: From Tuesday, the Fairview boys and Rogers City girls clinched North Star League championships – WBKB