Today in the MHSAA: 4/27/18

April 27, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
 

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Softball: Division 3 top-ranked Clinton and unranked Adrian Madison both handed the other its first loss in a doubleheader split – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Track & Field: Rapid River’s boys and Escanaba’s girls won Delta County Invitational titles, Escanaba for the seventh straight season (not counting last year’s meet being canceled) – Escanaba Daily Press

3. Baseball: Unranked Cass City scored a combined 22 runs in a sweep of Division 4 No. 3 Unionville-Sebewaing – Huron Daily Tribune

4. Track & Field: For the second straight meet, Hamilton’s Trevor Blood broke the school pole vault record, this time going 14-2 in a win over Hudsonville Unity Christian – Holland Sentinel

5. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 14 Saline scored with less than two minutes to play to edge Pinckney 1-0 – Saline Post

6. Girls Soccer: Callie Rich and Division 1 No. 4 Novi shut out Plymouth 1-0 to improve to 6-1-1 – Observer & Eccentric

7. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 3 Walled Lake Northern improved to 10-0 with a 7-0 win over Waterford Kettering – Detroit News

8. Girls soccer: Maya Dean has had a foot in every Traverse City West goal this season and helped the Titans past Traverse City Central 3-2 on Thursday – Traverse City Record Eagle

9. Softball: Grand Haven earned a 6-1 win over Rockford, last season’s Ottawa-Kent Conference Red champion – Grand Haven Tribune

10. Football: Jerry Diorio, most recently an assistant at Benton Harbor after previously leading Wayland to four playoff appearances, has been hired as Battle Creek Lakeview’s next coach – Battle Creek Enquirer

Also of note …

Hockey: Chelsea coach Don Wright has retired with a 304-146-35 record after 18 seasons and after leading the team to the Division 3 Quarterfinals this winter – Sun Times News

Today in the MHSAA: 2/24/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 24, 2025

1. WRESTLING Detroit Catholic Central, Lowell, Dundee and Hudson continued championship streaks at the Team Finals – MHSAA.com

2. COMPETITIVE CHEER Top-ranked Allen Park finished first and No. 2 Gibraltar Carlson second at the Division 2 Regional at Fenton – Southgate News-Herald

3. COMPETITIVE CHEER No. 2 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek was the Division 1 Regional champion at Troy Athens, followed by No. 1 Rochester High and No. 4 Adams, respectively – Oakland Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport clinched its first league title in program history, downing Belding 75-43 in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver – Grand Haven Tribune

5. BOWLING Utica United swept girls and boys Regional titles in Division 1; the Utica United girls are ranked No. 1 – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stevensville Lakeshore downed St. Joseph 45-37 to claim the outright Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West title – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Novi downed Wayne Memorial 66-64 to claim the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Hometown Life

8. BOWLING The Dearborn Divine Child girls repeated as Division 2 Regional champions – Dearborn Press & Guide

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Kearsley edged Goodrich 75-73 to win the overall Flint Metro League championship – WJRT

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Ithaca downed Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central 53-40 to claim the Tri-Valley Conference Blue title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran secured the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference title with a 70-49 win over Eau Claire – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

GIRLS BASKETBALL Clawson claimed a share of the Macomb Area Conference Silver title with a 40-26 win over Madison Heights Lamphere – Oakland Press