Today in the MHSAA: 4/9/19

April 9, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Many in Michigan returned from Spring Break on Monday, and teams jumped straight into competition with five sports making our first daily achievers list of this season.

1. Girls Tennis: Petoskey won five flight championships en route to earning the Up North Invite team title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Softball: Kalkaska coach Rik Ponstein earned his 700th career win during his team’s sweep of Roscommon – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Boys Lacrosse: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard edged rival Greenhills 7-6 in overtime – We Love Ann Arbor

4. Baseball: Division 1 No. 6 Lake Orion downed Division 3 No. 16 Madison Heights Bishop Foley for its first win – Oakland Press

5. Baseball: Division 3 No. 12 Michigan Center swept Jonesville in a rematch of last season’s Regional Final – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

6. Baseball: Division 2 No. 6 Saginaw Swan Valley took a pair of impressive wins over Mount Pleasant – Saginaw News

7. Softball: Gladwin earned a pair of one-run wins over Midland Dow – Midland Daily News

8. Baseball: Division 1 No. 16 Plymouth won big over Northville in a matchup of Kensington Lakes Activities Association contenders – Observer & Eccentric

9. Softball: Division 1 No. 8 Canton improved to 2-0 with a 6-1 win over Novi – State Champs Sports Network

10. Girls Soccer: Taylor Noble had a first-half hat trick as Boyne City downed Kalkaska – MI Sports Now

Also of note …

Baseball: From Friday, Fowlerville downed Division 2 top-ranked Detroit Country Day 2-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Softball: From Friday, No. 4 Howell avenged a Wednesday loss with a big win over No. 2 Hartland to finish their first rematch from last season’s Division 1 Semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Baseball: From Friday, Division 1 No. 3 Grandville made a trip east and left with a 13-6 win over Division 2 No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – State Champs Sports Network

Baseball: From April 3, Division 1 No. 8 Detroit Catholic Central swept top-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice – Observer & Eccentric

Today in the MHSAA: 12/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 10, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gabby Piepho reached 1,000 career points less than a minute into Howell’s season-opening win over Grand Blanc – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh drained a school-record 11 3-pointers in a 71-44 win over Coldwater – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 8 Escanaba finished on top in a high-scoring matchup with Hancock, 6-5 – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankenmuth edged Portland 48-46 in a rematch of a Regional Final from last season – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Vicksburg downed Schoolcraft 66-56 in a father vs. son coaching matchup – Kalamazoo Gazette

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City Christian downed Manton 65-58 in something of a family reunion game for TC Christian coach Rene LaFreniere – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota came back from a double-digit deficit to defeat Fraser 54-42 – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Marquette edged Negaunee 56-52 – My UP Now

9. BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing downed Lansing Sexton 73-58 – Lansing State Journal

10. ICE HOCKEY Traverse Bay Reps scored four goals during the third period of a win over Charlevoix – MI Sports Now