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: 8/21/20

August 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Golf again dominated the headlines Thursday as Traverse City West finished a major comeback for an impressive opening-week win. 

1. Girls Golf: Traverse City West came back from a 16-stroke first-round deficit to shoot a two-day 675 and edge Flint Powers Catholic at the Lober Classic; Anci Dy was medalist with a 137 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Golf: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern shot a 311 to win the Kent County Classic by 43 strokes – Local Sports Journal

3. Girls Golf: Muskegon Mona Shores shot a 371 to win the Zeeland East Invitational by 22 strokes – Local Sports Journal

4. Boys Tennis: Holland West Ottawa won both of its Portage Invitational matches, over Portage Central and Mason – Holland Sentinel

5. Boys Tennis: Midland opened by edging Traverse City West to win Saginaw Heritage’s Jim Teal Invitational – Midland Daily News

6. Girls Tennis: Reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion Marquette opened the season with a sweep of Gladstone – Escanaba Daily Press

7. Girls Tennis: Menominee opened with a 7-1 win over Escanaba – Escanaba Daily Press