Today in the MHSAA: 5/17/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 17, 2021

1. Softball: Ravenna handed Division 2 top-ranked Muskegon Oakridge its first loss of this season and first in league play after 65 straight wins – Muskegon Chronicle

2. Girls Tennis: Holland Christian – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – scored 50 of 56 possible points to clinch the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue Tournament championship – Holland Sentinel

3. Track & Field: St. Joseph swept the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championships; St. Joseph’s girls are ranked No. 10 in LPD1 and the boys are No. 8 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. Track & Field: Ann Arbor Pioneer’s girls and Saline’s boys won Southeastern Conference Red championships; Saline’s boys are No. 1 in LPD1 – We Love Ann Arbor (Girls) | Chelsea Sun Times News (Boys)

5. Track & Field: Dexter’s girls and Pinckney’s boys clinched SEC White championships – Chelsea Sun Times News (Girls) | Livingston Daily Press & Argus (Boys)

6. Boys Lacrosse: Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice and Royal Oak Shrine won Detroit Catholic League championships – Oakland Press Bishop | Cardinal

7. Track & Field: Rockford swept the O-K Red championships; the Rams girls are No. 1 in LPD1 and the boys are No. 3 – Holland Sentinel

8. Track & Field: The Milford girls and Walled Lake Central boys clinched Lakes Valley Conference titles – Oakland Press

9. Softball: Division 1 No. 3 Howell went 4-0-1 at the Michigan Challenge with wins over Division 2 No. 4 Escanaba and Division 1 No. 9 Allen Park among others – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. Girls Soccer: Division 3 No. 14 Big Rapids shut out Newaygo 3-0 to take control of the Central State Activities Association title race – Big Rapids News

Today in the MHSAA: 5/4/16

May 4, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A rematch of teams that faced off in the last two MHSAA Division 1 Boys Lacrosse Finals highlighted events from Tuesday’s statewide high school schedule.

(Note: "Today in the MHSAA" will not publish Thursday or Friday, but will return Monday.)

Boys Lacrosse

Top-ranked and reigning champion Birmingham Brother Rice downed No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central 11-5 in a matchup of favorites in the Detroit Catholic League and statewide in Division 1 – Oakland Press

After trailing at the ends of both the first quarter and second, Midland came back for a 17-9 win over Haslett – Midland Daily News

Softball

Cadillac improved to 13-1 and stayed among the elite of the Big North Conference with 4-1 and 3-2 wins over Traverse City Central – Cadillac News

Romeo’s walk-off hit in the seventh inning gave the Bulldogs a 4-3 win over Utica Eisenhower in a matchup of teams receiving honorable mentions in the Division 1 rankings this week – Macomb Daily

An eighth-inning home run in the second game helped Lake Odessa Lakewood sweep Olivet 3-1 and 8-6 – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Girls Track & Field

From Monday, the Ontonagon girls led the Jack Kraemer Invitational most of the afternoon before Iron River West Iron County emerged to win the meet by three points – Iron Mountain Daily News

Boys Track & Field

Portage Northern’s 1,600-meter relay beat Stevensville Lakeshore’s by fewer than three seconds, and in doing so secured a dual meet win in the last event – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium