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: 9/25/15

September 25, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Here’s some great Friday morning reading, including a look at some of the special impacts made on the football field from a coach fighting to stay on the sideline and two more recently retired from it.

Girls Golf

Frankenmuth saw all of its scoring records fall this week, for 18-hole team, 18-hole individual, 9-hole team and 9-hole individual – Saginaw News

Boys Soccer

Portage Central rebounded off its first loss of the season earlier this week to beat Division 2 No. 19 Stevensville Lakeshore 1-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Volleyball

Class A No. 4 Grand Haven downed No. 10 Rockford 3-1, gaining an edge in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red standings – Muskegon Chronicle 

Class D No. 10 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart lost the first set against annual power Beal City but came back to win the next three – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Good Reads

Gibraltar Carlson’s Zach Kohn stars in three sports, managing his time to train for them all, and locked down a Division I scholarship for baseball – Monroe Evening News

Battle Creek Harper Creek’s Ed Greenman and Battle Creek Pennfield’s Nick Koenigsknecht stepped away from the football sideline this season after a combined 44 years. They share some of their thoughts from the other side of the field – Battle Creek Enquirer

Tonight’s Richmond/Almont football game will be “Kocher Strong Night” in honor of Richmond co-coach John Kocher, who continues his fight against cancer – Port Huron Times-Herald