Today in the MHSAA: 5/21/19
May 21, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Monday saw one of the spring’s busiest afternoons so far for league champions as at least 19 teams clinched shares or outright titles in a variety of sports.
1. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 14 Pinckney locked up the Southeastern Conference White championship, its first league title in this sport, with a 2-1 win over No. 10 Dexter – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Soccer: Division 4 top-ranked North Muskegon clinched its fourth straight West Michigan Conference title, with its seniors finishing 40-0 in league play over their careers, thanks to a 9-4 win over Division 3 No. 13 Whitehall – Local Sports Journal
3. Softball: Division 1 No. 6 Warren Regina edged Division 3 No. 3 Allen Park Cabrini 3-2 to win the Detroit Catholic League A-B championship game – C&G Newspapers
4. Girls Soccer: Division 1 top-ranked Novi moved to 20-0-1 with a 2-0 win over No. 14 Livonia Stevenson that clinched the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association title – Observer & Eccentric
5. Track & Field: Gladstone’s boys won their first Mid-Peninsula Conference meet championship, while Negaunee’s girls locked up their 10th straight – Marquette Mining Journal
6. Softball: Division 1 honorable mention Allen Park clinched a share of its ninth straight Downriver League title with a sweep of Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald
7. Girls Soccer: Kingsley claimed its first Northwest Conference championship in this sport with a 1-0 win over Buckley – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Baseball: Division 2 No. 2 East Grand Rapids clinched a share and then the outright O-K Gold title with a doubleheader sweep of Ada Forest Hills Eastern – FOX 17
9. Girls Soccer: Division 3 No. 4 Otsego finished a repeat title run in the Wolverine Conference with a 1-0 victory over Plainwell – WWMT
10. Baseball: Morley Stanwood picked up a share of a third straight Central State Activities Association Silver title with a 9-7 win over Kent City – Big Rapids News
Also of note …
Girls Soccer: Division 3 No. 9 Grosse Ile locked up a share of the Huron League title with a 2-1 win over Riverview – Southgate News-Herald
Softball: Macomb Lutheran North edged Madison Heights Bishop Foley 8-6 to clinch the Catholic League C-D title – State Champs Sports Network
Softball: Division 1 No. 3 Bay City Western locked up a second straight Saginaw Valley League North title with a sweep of Midland Dow – Bay City Times
Girls Soccer: A draw against Jenison gave Muskegon Mona Shores its third straight O-K Black title – Local Sports Journal
Boys Golf: Byron Center, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, claimed the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship with a win at the league tournament – Holland Sentinel
Baseball/Softball: The Camden-Frontier baseball team and North Adams-Jerome softball team clinched championships in the Southern Central Athletic Association East – Hillsdale Daily News
Softball: Division 4 No. 8 Holton claimed its fifth straight league title and Muskegon Orchard View its third consecutive – Local Sports Journal
Boys Basketball: Longtime former coach Paul Polfus will bring nearly 700 combined girls and boys varsity victories when he re-takes over the latter program at Carney-Nadeau – Escanaba Daily Press
Today in the MHSAA: 5/1/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 1, 2025
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 12 Otsego remained undefeated with a 3-1 win over Plainwell, its first over its rival in more than five years – Kalamazoo Gazette
2. SOFTBALL No. 6 Millington won a matchup of top-10 teams in Division 3, 6-1 over No. 8 Otisville LakeVille Memorial – WNEM
3. BASEBALL Saginaw Swan Valley swept Division 3 No. 8 Hemlock 2-0 and 9-1 – Saginaw News
4. GIRLS SOCCER Oxford scored three second-half goals to pull away from Division 3 No. 9 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 5-1 – Oakland Press
5. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 7 Spring Lake finished a three-game sweep of No. 17 Hudsonville Unity Christian with a third-straight shutout of the Crusaders, 2-0 – Grand Haven Tribune
6. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 16 Midland and Davison split, Midland winning first and Davison the second game – Midland Daily News
7. SOFTBALL Mackenzie Burns nearly hit for the cycle in Pinckney’s win over Ann Arbor Skyline – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. GIRLS SOCCER Monroe Jefferson/Erie Mason improved to 6-7 wit a 1-0 win over Flat Rock after winning one match a year ago – Monroe News
9. GIRLS SOCCER Hannah Converse scored five goals in Lake Fenton’s win over Clio – Flint Journal
10. SOFTBALL Petoskey remained undefeated this season with a sweep of Cadillac – MI Sports Now
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain coach Bucky Johnson has retired after 25 seasons and with a 392-170 record – Upper Michigan’s Source