Today in the MHSAA: 5/19/16
May 19, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
As tennis and track & field teams prepare to begin the postseason, there’s plenty of news to report from all over the state and a few features worth a little more of your time today as well.
Baseball
Howell claimed its first Kensington Lakes Activities Association overall title with a comeback win over Northville – Livingston Daily
Golf
Midland’s Top Kamnark shot a school-record 66 to lead his team to a second straight Saginaw Valley League overall championship – Midland Daily News
Softball
Canton rallied in the seventh inning to down Milford 5-4 and win the overall KLAA championship – Oakland Press
DeWitt handed Grand Ledge the Comets’ first loss this season to advance to the Lansing Softball Classic championship game with a 12-9 win – Lansing State Journal
New Haven won its first Macomb Area Conference championship since joining the league in 2005 with a 15-6 win over Clinton Township Clintondale – Macomb Daily
From Tuesday, Escanaba launched five homers over two games to sweep Gladstone by a combined 16-0 score – Escanaba Daily Press
Girls Tennis
Niles Brandywine won its fourth straight league title and ninth in 12 seasons by claiming the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference title – Niles Daily Star
Good Reads
The Adrian Daily Telegram did a quick Q & A with Blissfield baseball coach Larry Tuttle, one of two in MHSAA history with more than 1,200 wins – Adrian Daily Telegram
Saginaw Nouvel’s Mitch Morley is the son of former Nouvel star and Kansas City Royals minor leaguer Mike Morley, and also is talented on the diamond as well as the football field and basketball court – Saginaw News
Detroit Cass Tech’s Savalas Morgan has improved significantly to become an MHSAA contender in track, but that’s just one of his talents – Detroit News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/29/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 29, 2025
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Richland Gull Lake went on the road to down Division 1 No. 6 Portage Central 1-0 – Kalamazoo Gazette
2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 New Boston Huron shut out Division 3 No. 2 Grosse Ile 4-0 – Southgate News-Herald
3. BASEBALL New Baltimore Anchor Bay edged Division 1 No. 3 Grosse Pointe South 1-0 in extra innings – Macomb Daily
4. BASEBALL Okemos moved into first alone in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue with a sweep of Division 1 No. 13 Grand Ledge – Lansing State Journal
5. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 16 Midland and No. 2 Bay City Western split, Midland winning the opener in a matchup of aces – Midland Daily News
6. SOFTBALL Pinckney earned a split with Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea, winning the second game in eight innings – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Rochester and No. 10 Troy Athens played to a 2-2 draw – Oakland Press
8. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Linden swept Fenton to move into first alone in the Flint Metro League Stripes – Flint Journal
9. GIRLS SOCCER Alahna Beckett scored all of Division 1 No. 11 Midland’s goals in a 3-0 win over Midland Dow that moved the Chemics into first alone in the Saginaw Valley League – Midland Daily News
10. BOYS GOLF Freshman Cruz Beckstrom carded a 31 to tie Muskegon Mona Shores’ school record and lead his team to a first place at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal
Also of note ...
BASKETBALL Lansing is mourning the death of longtime Everett coach Johnny Jones, who led the Vikings girls to two Class A titles and the boys to one championship – WILX