Today In The MHSAA: 5/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 18, 2021

Girls soccer: Schoolcraft’s Hannah Thompson tied the MHSAA single-season goals record with her 66th during a 7-2 win over Hartford; she scored all seven goals for her team – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. Boys Golf: Shepherd shot a 358 to clinch a fourth-straight league title and first in the Mid-Michigan Golf Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 8 Linden closed a perfect Flint Metro League run with a 2-1 win over Lake Fenton – WJRT

4. Softball/Baseball: New Lothrop clinched Mid-Michigan Activities Conference championships in both with wins over Otisville-LakeVille Memorial, the softball team its first league title since 2009. New Lothrop’s softball team is ranked No. 9 in Division 3, and the baseball team is No. 13 – Owosso Argus-Press

5. Girls Soccer: Utica Eisenhower clinched the Macomb Area Conference Red title with a 1-0 win over New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Macomb Daily

6. Boys Lacrosse: Division 1 No. 2 Hartland locked up the Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship with a 19-3 win over Plymouth – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Baseball: Division 1 No. 12 Lake Orion swept Rochester Adams to win the Oakland Activities Association Red championship – Oakland Press

8. Boys Golf: Manistee Catholic Central was one stroke better than Pentwater in locking up the West Michigan D League title – Manistee News Advocate

9. Girls Soccer: Division 4 No. 8 North Muskegon came back from a two-goal deficit to tie No. 7 Lansing Christian 2-2 – Local Sports Journal

10. Baseball: Division 4 No. 7 Johannesburg-Lewiston held on for a pair of one-run wins over Indian River Inland Lakes – Cheboygan News

Today in the MHSAA: 4/24/19

April 24, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

As we approach the end of April, league races are warming up and so is the weather up north as half of today’s top 10 come from Upper Peninsula or Big North Conference schools.

1. Softball: Division 1 No. 9 Clinton Township Chippewa Valley edged honorable mention New Baltimore Anchor Bay 10-9 in Macomb Area Conference Red action – Macomb Dakota

2. Boys Golf: Cadillac shot a 313 to edge Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 3 Gaylord by seven strokes and win its invitational – Cadillac News

3. Track & Field: Marquette swept Division 1 Dome meet championships at the Superior Dome – Marquette Mining Journal

4. Baseball: Midland Bullock Creek split with Division 2 No. 2 Saginaw Swan Valley, with the Lancers’ Derek Beougher throwing a no-hitter in his team’s win – Midland Daily News

5. Softball: Division 2 top-ranked Escanaba moved to 3-0 with a sweep of Division 3 No. 9 Negaunee – Escanaba Daily Press

6. Girls Soccer: Unranked Pinckney tied Division 2 No. 10 Dexter 2-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Baseball: Division 1 No. 5 Portage Northern and unranked Portage Central split a high-scoring doubleheader – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. Baseball: Traverse City West opened its doubleheader with Division 2 No. 15 Petoskey with a 5-1 win, but the Northmen came back to claim the second game 10-4 – MI Sports Now

9. Girls Soccer: Jaelyn Dobrowolski had a hat trick to lead Traverse City West past Central 4-0 – WPBN

10. Baseball: Brett Sikorski set Bronson’s school record for career hits during the second game of a sweep of Concord – Sturgis Journal

Also of note …

Battle Creek Central: Assistant football coach and JV baseball coach Reggie Hull was recognized for heroism after saving a life with CPR during the fall – Battle Creek Enquirer