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: 12/8/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 8, 2021

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Erie Mason got past Blissfield 60-56, with Lizzy Liedel scoring 47 points and surpassing 1,000 for her career – Monroe News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Chansey Willis scored 36 points, but Detroit U-D Jesuit opened with a 51-42 win over Martin Luther King – MLive-Detroit

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Armada came back from an eight-point third-quarter deficit to get past Marysville 52-49 – Port Huron Times Herald

4. BOYS BASKETBALL The former Western Michigan University coach faced one of his past players on the high school court, with the player winning as Kalamazoo Christian defeated Portage Northern 47-40 – WWMT

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Birch Run opened with a 54-53 win over Byron, ending an 18-game losing streak – Saginaw News

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City Central sank the game-winning shot with 5.5 seconds to play to get past Midland Dow 63-61 – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie moved to 2-0 with a 48-42 win over Marquette – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lake Orion went ahead for good with just under three minutes to play in a 40-35 win over Troy – Oakland Press

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer finished on top in a back-and-forth matchup with Ludington, 63-59 in overtime – Muskegon Chronicle

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Wyandotte Roosevelt had the individual winners in every event of a 122-51 win over Dearborn – Southgate News-Herald