Today In The MHSAA: 5/10/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 10, 2021

1. Baseball: Blissfield swept Belleville, giving Royals coach Larry Tuttle his 1,315th win to tie him for most in MHSAA history – Toledo Blade

2. Track & Field: St. Louis’ girls – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – continued their strong spring with a Shepherd Invitational championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. Softball: Division 4 top-ranked Holton swept White Cloud, with Ryann Robins striking out 21 for the Red Devils in the first game to tie for third-most Ks in a seven-inning game in MHSAA history – Local Sports Journal

4. Softball: Division 3 top-ranked Millington held on for a 7-5 Mother’s Day win over Division 2 No. 4 Escanaba – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Track & Field: The Onsted girls (LPD3 No. 2) and Adrian Madison boys (No. 5) won Wildcat Boosters Invitational championships, Onsted two points ahead of the LPD4 top-ranked Hillsdale Academy girls – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Golf: Traverse City Central – No 8 in LPD1 – shot a 320 to win the Big North Conference Invitational by eight strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Track & Field: Corunna swept the small-school championships at its Cavalier Classic; the boys are ranked No. 9 in LPD2 – Owosso Argus-Press

8. Baseball: Undefeated and No. 8-ranked Hartland opened the Bobcat Classic with a 5-1 win over No. 16 Grand Blanc – State Champs Sports Network

9. Boys Golf: Whitehall edged Lowell by seven strokes with a 338 to win the Wildcat Invitational – Local Sports Journal

10. Softball: Three Rivers’ Kali Heivilin did it all during a sweep of Paw Paw, playing every position in the second game and finishing the day a combined 9 for 9 with four home runs – WWMT

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Current Alabama assistant and former Southfield Christian head coach Josh Baker has been hired to take over at River Rouge – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/4/19

September 4, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The start of September means the start of league play for many, and Tuesday set the stage as a number of teams – especially in boys soccer – began their conference schedules.

1. Cross Country: Dearborn Divine Child swept Division I championships at Erie Mason’s Frank Connolly Relays, while the Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central boys and Blissfield girls won the Division II titles – Monroe Evening News

2. Boys Soccer: Reigning Ottawa-Kent Conference Red co-champions Grand Haven and Caledonia played to a 1-1 draw; Grand Haven is No. 15 in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Boys Soccer: Traverse City West earned an impressive nonleague win, 2-0 over Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids – UpNorthLive

4. Boys Soccer: Livonia Stevenson ran its winning streak to five with a 6-0 victory at Franklin – Observer & Eccentric

5. Volleyball: North Muskegon emerged from a back-and-forth match to win 3-2 over Muskegon Oakridge – Local Sports Journal

6. Volleyball: Two weeks after being swept by Litchfield in its opener, Hillsdale Will Carleton returned the favor – Hillsdale Daily News

7. Boys Soccer: Dexter remained unbeaten with a 5-1 win over Ann Arbor Huron – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. Volleyball: Pellston continued to show its potential with a sweep of Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review

9. Boys Soccer: Freeland outshot Essexville Garber, but the Dukes emerged with a 1-0 win – Midland Daily News

10. Boys Soccer: South Lyon earned a key 1-0 league win over Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press