Today in the MHSAA: 5/10/19

May 10, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The league title portion of this spring is in full swing, with champions awarded Thursday in girls tennis, girls and boys track & field and boys lacrosse.

1. Girls Tennis: Midland Dow – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged Grand Blanc to earn the Saginaw Valley League championship for the 22nd straight season – Midland Daily News

2. Track & Field: Pinckney’s girls and boys teams followed up unbeaten dual seasons with Southeastern Conference White league meet championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Track & Field: Kent City swept Central State Activities Association Silver league meet titles; the girls team is ranked No. 4 in LPD3 – Big Rapids News

4. Track & Field: The Colon boys and Athens girls clinched Southern Central Athletic Association West titles; the Athens girls are ranked No. 9 in LPD4 – Sturgis Journal

5. Boys Lacrosse: Division 2 No. 3 Spring Lake clinched its first league title in the sport with a 9-2 Ottawa-Kent Conference win over Grand Rapids Christian – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Track & Field: Marion’s girls clinched the West Michigan D League title by seven points – Cadillac News

7. Girls Soccer: Formerly-ranked Utica Eisenhower earned a 2-1 league win over Division 1 No. 5 Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

8. Softball: Division 1 No. 8 Caledonia secured a season series win over honorable mention Grand Haven with a 12-1 victory – Local Sports Journal

9. Girls Soccer: Division 3 top-ranked Freeland also added an impressive win, 4-2 over Division 2 No. 15 Linden – Midland Daily News

10. Baseball: Division 2 No. 3 Holland Christian edged Byron Center 2-1 with a walk-off hit in the seventh inning – Holland Christian

Today In The MHSAA: 3/14/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 14, 2022

1. GYMNASTICS, HOCKEY, BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Seven team championships and a number of individual titles were awarded over the weekend as these three sports concluded their seasons, and we had coverage of all seven events – Second Half

2. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 10 Detroit Cass Tech avenged a regular-season loss with a Division 1 District Final win over No. 3 Detroit Martin Luther King, 58-54 in overtime – Detroit News

3. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 6 Grand Rapids Catholic Central handed No. 2 Hudsonville Unity Christian its lone loss, 68-48 in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s avenged a pair of regular-season defeats by downing No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice in Division 1 – MLive-Detroit

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michigan Center emerged as champion of a Division 3 District featuring the top three teams in the Cascades Conference, defeating No. 16 Napoleon 63-47 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 12 Grandville Calvin Christian also avenged an earlier loss, defeating No. 8 Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 61-55 in Division 3 – FOX 17

7. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 5 Parchment edged Otsego 58-55 to clinch a Division 2 District title – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Vestaburg defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in Division 4 to win its first District title since 2002 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 19 Benzie Central trailed into the fourth quarter but came back to down No. 4 Traverse City St. Francis in Division 3, 70-57 – Manistee News Advocate

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Ishpeming Westwood held off No. 20 Painesdale Jeffers’ comeback to secure a 76-65 Division 3 District Final victory – Marquette Mining Journal

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL Detroit Edison’s Ruby Whitehorn has been named Miss Basketball by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan – Detroit Free Press