Today in the MHSAA: 4/26/19

April 26, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A legendary performance from a Saginaw High long jumper topped our list of Thursday’s best performances stretching across five sports.

1. Track & Field: Saginaw High’s Tony Martin continued an incredible long jumping season Thursday by going 26-6, which would break the MHSAA all-Finals record by more than two feet – Saginaw News

2. Boys Lacrosse: Rockford held on for a 10-7 win over East Grand Rapids; Rockford was No. 4 in Division 1 and East Grand Rapids No. 3 in Division 2 entering the week – FOX 17

3. Boys Golf: Plymouth, No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 294 and No. 7 Hartland a 298 to set the pace at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association preseason tournament – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Track & Field: Annual contenders and neighbors Zeeland East and West met with East winning the girls meet and West the boys by identical scores of 82-55; East’s girls are No. 5 in LPD2 – Holland Sentinel

5. Baseball: Division 1 No. 15 Richland Gull Lake took an impressive sweep of No. 10 Mattawan, 8-5 and 7-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette

6. Baseball: Division 1 No. 11 Garden City continued its strong start with a 1-0 win over Division 2 No. 17 Detroit Country Day – State Champs Sports Network

7. Boys Lacrosse: Clarkston locked down Bloomfield Hills for a 12-7 win; Bloomfield Hills was No. 7 in Division 1 entering the week – Oakland Press

8. Softball: Grand Haven moved to 11-0 with a five-winning win over Division 1 honorable mention Rockford – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United edged Traverse City St. Francis 6-5 – WPBN

10. Baseball: Division 1 No. 19 Bay City Western swept Mount Pleasant 4-0 and 7-2 – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

Track & Field: From Wednesday, the Ishpeming boys and St. Ignace girls won the Division 2 Superior Dome Invitational, the Hematites for the fifth straight season – Marquette Mining Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 8/25/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 25, 2022

1. GIRLS GOLF Grand Blanc’s Kate Brody dominated The Fortress during the Saginaw Valley League Preseason Tournament, shooting a 62 to break school and course records – WJRT

2. BOYS TENNIS Traverse City St. Francis – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won a quad also including No. 3 Big Rapids, Petoskey and North Muskegon – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. VOLLEYBALL Manton went 3-0 against Kingsley, Charlevoix and Roscommon – MI Sports Now

4. GIRLS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores shot a 173 to edge Zeeland West by two strokes at the first Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

5. VOLLEYBALL Holland West Ottawa improved to 12-2 with wins over Holland High and Holland Christian – Holland Sentinel

6. BOYS SOCCER South Lyon East moved to 3-0-1 with a 3-1 win over North Farmington – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER Arturo Romero scored four more goals as Muskegon Oakridge shut out Muskegon High – MuskegonSports.com

8. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Christian posted a 2-0 shutout of Buckley – Up North Live

9. VOLLEYBALL Warren Regina swept Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett – Macomb Daily

10. BOYS SOCCER Onsted won its Lenawee County Athletic Association opener 4-1 over Blissfield – Adrian Daily Telegram