Today in the MHSAA: 4/29/16

April 29, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Thursday’s rain couldn’t wash out a record-breaking performance and a league title celebration in April.

Baseball

From Wednesday, Calumet played the first baseball games in school history, and won both over Houghton – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Boys Golf

Ludington shot a stellar 145 to win the Lakes 8 Activities Conference jamboree at its home course, Lincoln Hills – Ludington Daily News

Boys Lacrosse

Utica Ford’s Nick Iannuzzi unofficially broke (will be official with confirmation by the school) the MHSAA record for goals in a game with 16 in his team’s 20-3 win over Warren Cousino – Macomb Daily

Girls Soccer

Rochester rose to the top of the Oakland Activities Association White with a slim 1-0 win over contender Berkley – Oakland Press

Softball

Clinton’s Renee Hoffman threw her second five-inning no-hitter this season, this one against Petersburg-Summerfield – Adrian Daily Telegram

Milan’s Bethany Hogg threw a six-inning perfect game as her team finished a sweep of Grosse Ile – Ann Arbor News

Also from Wednesday, Escanaba shut out Rapid River by a combined 14-0 over two games, with Taylor Rathe picking up a no-hitter for one of the wins – Escanaba Daily Press

Girls Tennis

The calendar hasn’t turned to May, but we have a league champion as Sturgis claimed the Wolverine Conference South with a win over Three Rivers – Sturgis Journal

Good Reads

Anika Yarlagadda is one of the top tennis players her age in the Midwest – and unlike some others among the elite, she’s also chosen to play on the high school team. She’s having a great time as the top singles player at West Bloomfield, for reasons many individual-sport athletes would understand – Detroit Free Press

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