Today in the MHSAA: 5/17/17

May 17, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The 2016-17 MHSAA school year ends a month from today, and Tuesday included another long list of league title-clinching events but also a couple impressive strings of success in girls and boys golf.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Baseball

Jack Huisman’s walk-off hit gave Division 2 No. 3 Holland Christian a 6-5 win over Grandville Calvin Christian – Grand Rapids Press

Pinconning secured a share of the Tri-Valley Conference West title with a sweep of Hemlock; this is Pinconning’s first year in the league – Bay City Times

Marshall claimed a share of the Interstate Eight Conference title with a sweep of Battle Creek Harper Creek – Battle Creek Enquirer

Morley Stanwood clinched the Central State Activities Association Silver title with a sweep of White Cloud – Big Rapids News

Division 3 No. 4 Clare earned a share of its second straight Jack Pine Conference title with a sweep of Beaverton which included a walk-off homer – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Girls Golf

Upper Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Houghton won an invitational for the second straight day, this time at Portage Lake – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Boys Golf

Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 6 Gaylord won its sixth straight event and Brendon Gouin won his third straight individual championship over six days at the Blue Devil Open – Gaylord Herald Times

Girls Lacrosse

Division 1 No. 5 Birmingham United came back from three goals down to edge Division 2 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Marian 14-13 – MLive-Detroit

Boys Lacrosse

Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse earned the Macomb Area Conference White title with a 23-15 win over Utica Ford – Macomb Daily

Girls Soccer

Division 1 No. 6 Brighton tied No. 5 Grand Blanc 0-0 to advance to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes championship game – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Traverse City West freshman Jaelyn Dobrowolski broke the Big North Conference single-season points record with a goal in her team’s 5-2 win over Traverse City Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Division 4 No. 4 Saginaw Nouvel downed Clio thanks in large part to five goals by Katherine Felton – Saginaw News

Softball

Division 1 No. 2 Macomb Dakota clinched its third straight Macomb Area Conference Red title with a sweep of Romeo – Macomb Daily

From Monday, Canton won the KLAA Kensington championship and advanced to today’s overall final with a 5-1 win over Northville in a matchup of Division 1 honorable mentions – Observer & Eccentric

Girls Tennis

LP Division 3 top-ranked Detroit Country Day downed LP Division 1 No. 3 Bloomfield Hills 5-3 winning three singles flights – Oakland Press

Track & Field

Marlette swept the championships at the Greater Thumb Conference East Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

Cass City’s boys and Reese’s girls were the overall winners at the GTC West Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 8/28/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 28, 2023

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Grand Rapids Christian and McBain girls and Grand Rapids Christian and Mason County Eastern boys won at the prestigious Pete Moss Invitational at Benzie Central – Athletic.net | Ludington Daily News | Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. VOLLEYBALL Temperance Bedford downed Battle Creek Lakeview in the final to cap a perfect day at the Cereal City Tournament – Monroe News

3. BOYS SOCCER Coldwater defeated host DeWitt and Fenton to win the Panther Cup Tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. CROSS COUNTRY The Central Montcalm, Holland West Ottawa, Grand Rapids Covenant Christian and Holland Christian girls; and Kalamazoo Central, Grand Haven, Ada Forest Hills Eastern and Central Montcalm boys won at Grand Rapids South Christian’s Under the Lights Invitational – Athletic.net | Holland Sentinel

5. CROSS COUNTRY Marquette swept Wildcat Invitational championships, edging Macomb Dakota in both races – Athletic.net | TV6

6. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores swept Fruitport, Spring Lake and Grand Haven to win the Buccaneers’ annual Battle on the Boardwalk for the fourth-straight season – Local Sports Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac defeated Leland and Mount Pleasant in bracket play to win its invitational – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL Ludington defeated Kent City, Traverse City Christian, Comstock Park, Gaylord and Petoskey to win the Reed City Invitational – Ludington Daily News

9. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Western Michigan Christian avenged pool play losses to Fremont and Plainwell to win the former’s invitational – Local Sports Journal

10. BOYS TENNIS Battle Creek Lakeview claimed its eighth-straight All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

Also of note …

BOYS SOCCER Jacob Stone became Fraser’s all-time leading scorer with both goals in his team’s 2-1 win over Rochester – Macomb Daily