Today In The MHSAA: 4/30/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 30, 2021

1. Boys Golf: Portage Northern shot a 324 to edge Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake by a stroke and win Gull Lake’s invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News

2. Baseball: Indian River Inland Lakes swept Division 4 No. 10 Gaylord St. Mary to remain undefeated in the Ski Valley Conference – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

3. Track & Field: Hart’s girls and boys swept Ludington Invitational championships – Ludington Daily News

4. Baseball: Division 2 No. 7 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep earned coach Jason Gendreau his 300th career win with a 9-8 victory over Monroe Jefferson – Oakland Press

5. Girls Soccer: Elk Rapids handed Charlevoix its first defeat of the season, 4-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Girls Soccer: Adrian Lenawee Christian remained undefeated with an impressive shutout of Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. Girls Tennis: Traverse City West edged rival Central, 5-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Girls Soccer: The Hemgesberg sisters combined for half of Freeland’s goals in an 8-1 win over Saginaw Swan Valley – Saginaw News

9. Girls Soccer: Bay City John Glenn became the second team to score on Essexville Garber, but Garber remained unbeaten with a 7-1 win – Bay City Times

10. Baseball: Bear Lake ran its unbeaten streak to 10 with a sweep of Traverse City Christian – Manistee News Advocate

Today in the MHSAA: 4/12/19

April 12, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Another colossal Grand Rapids-area lacrosse matchup, this time between boys contenders, tops our list of Thursday’s most exciting results just ahead of the best from girls soccer and softball.

1. Boys Lacrosse: In a rematch of the last three Division 2 championship games, reigning runner-up Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central defeated two-time reigning champion East Grand Rapids 17-5 – FOX 17

2. Girls Soccer: Richland Gull Lake won a matchup of annual MHSAA title contenders 3-0 over Forest Hills Central – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. Softball: Schoolcraft put up a pair of impressive wins over Division 4 No. 2 Kalamazoo Christian – JoeInsider.com

4. Softball: Division 1 No. 3 Clarkston swept No. 5 South Lyon with a pair of one-run wins – State Champs Sports Network

5. Baseball: Division 1 No. 13 Rochester continued its strong start with a 7-2 win over Division 2 No. 10 Detroit Country Day – Detroit News

6. Girls Soccer: Quincy repeated as winner of the “Battle of the Birds” game against Coldwater, 2-1 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. Girls Soccer: Hartland continued its early surge with a 5-3 win over Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. Softball: Birmingham Seaholm swept Bloomfield Hills Marian, winning the second game on a single in the bottom of the seventh inning – Observer & Eccentric

9. Girls Soccer: Jackson Christian scored three goals over the final 13 minutes to get past Hillsdale 5-3 – Hillsdale Daily News

10. Baseball: Division 1 No. 7 Lake Orion downed formerly-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Baseball: From Tuesday, Niles Brandywine swept Constantine to reach 900 wins since the program started in 1962 – Niles Daily Star