Today In The MHSAA: 4/28/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 28, 2021

1. Girls Lacrosse: Emma Murphy had 17 goals and Grace Wilson had 16 assists in Midland’s 30-3 win over Grand Blanc; both are MHSAA single-game records – WJRT

2. Girls Tennis: No. 2 Bloomfield Hills edged No. 3 Birmingham Seaholm 5-3 in a matchup of top teams statewide in Lower Peninsula Division 1 and in the Oakland Activities Association Red – Oakland Press

3. Baseball: No. 10 Bay City John Glenn swept No. 2 Essexville Garber in a matchup of top statewide Division 2 teams – WJRT

4. Baseball: Niles got coach Mike Vota to 400 career wins with a sweep of Division 3 No. 20 Niles Brandywine – Niles Daily Star

5. Softball: Muskegon Oakridge ran its West Michigan Conference streak to 63 straight wins with a sweep of Montague, including an extra-inning victory in the opener – Local Sports Journal

6. Track & Field: The Escanaba girls and Gladstone boys won Delta County Invitational championships – Escanaba Daily Press

7. Track & Field: The Novi boys edged Salem with a win in the final event; Salem’s girls won sweeping the field event first places – MLive-Detroit

8. Softball: Kingsley won 8-7 and 6-5 over Kalkaska both with walk-off singles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Softball: Millington improved to 13-0 with a sweep of Hemlock – Saginaw News

10. Track & field: Remus Chippewa Hills’ girls are off to another big start after impressive wins over Newaygo and Howard City Tri County – Big Rapids News

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Fremont coach Peter Zerfas has retired with a 318-151 record, nine District and eight league titles over 21 seasons – MI Sports Now

Volleyball: Betsy DeVries will take over three-time Division 2 reigning champion Grand Rapids Christian for retired coach Tiffannie Gates – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 10/13/15

October 13, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Soccer saw Monday’s most intriguing games, with ranked teams and league champions facing off to kick off the final week of the regular season.

Boys Soccer

LP Division 1 Flint Powers Catholic hasn’t given up a goal since Sept. 12 and moved to 15-1 on Monday with a 1-0 win over Saginaw Heritage, champion of the Saginaw Valley League North; Powers won the South – Flint Journal

East Lansing, No. 5 in LP Division 2, downed Division 3 No. 3 Williamston 5-2 in a Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup semifinal – Lansing State Journal

Daniel Dubois scored three goals to lead LP Division 4 No. 9 Whitehall past Ravenna 4-0, in the process setting a school record with 61 goals in his career – Muskegon Chronicle

Unranked Grand Blanc downed LP Division 1 No. 18 White Lake Lakeland 2-1 to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes Conference title – Oakland Press

Muskegon Western Michigan Christian, No. 4 in LP Division 4, downed LP Division 3 No. 20 Wyoming Godwin Heights 3-1 on three second-half goals by Dylan Mines – Muskegon Chronicle