Today in the MHSAA: 5/2/18
May 2, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Baseball: Auburn Hills Avondale dealt Division 2 No. 6 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep the latter’s first loss this season, 2-0 – Detroit News
2. Girls Soccer: Freshman Sophia Jeromsky scored the game-tying and winning goals for Division 1 No. 6 Northville in a 3-2 win over Livonia Stevenson – Observer & Eccentric
3. Track & Field: Fowlerville’s boys defeated Williamston for the first time since 2004 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Track & Field: Boyne City swept its girls and boys invitational titles against a field including Upper Peninsula power St. Ignace – Petoskey News-Review
5. Baseball: Cade Peterson hit home runs in both games for Division 4 No. 20 Maple City Glen Lake in a sweep of Bellaire – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. Girls Soccer: Undefeated Boyne City celebrated its first win ever over Charlevoix, 2-1 – Petoskey News-Review
7. Track & Field: Marquette continued to dominate this spring, sweeping the Gladstone Invitational championships – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Track & Field: Bad Axe’s boys and Brown City’s girls won Ubly Invitational titles – Huron Daily Tribune
9. Track & Field: Distance runners led Pinckney’s girls to close wins over Chelsea and Tecumseh – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. Track & Field: The Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Big Rapids boys swept three meets apiece in the Central State Activities Association Gold – Big Rapids News
Today in the MHSAA: 6/2/17
June 2, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Carney-Nadeau senior Hunter Eicchorn achieved what no other male golfer had in MHSAA history before Thursday, topping an excitement-filled afternoon of Upper Peninsula Golf Finals, Lower Peninsula Regionals and Girls Soccer District Semifinals.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Boys Golf
Carney-Nadeau’s Hunter Eicchorn capped his career as arguably the state’s most accomplished golfer by leading his team to an Upper Peninsula Division 3 title while becoming the first in MHSAA history to win a fourth individual championship – Second Half
St. Ignace finished a U.P. Division 2 championship run with a 10-stroke Finals win – Second Half
No. 3 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian finished 17 strokes better than No. 2 Muskegon Catholic Central to win the LP Division 4 Regional at Hastings Country Club; Lansing Christian also advanced for the first time to next week’s Finals – Muskegon Chronicle
Girls Golf
Munising’s successful senior class added a golf championship to the list with a win at the U.P. Division 2 Final – Second Half
DeTour claimed its first MHSAA golf title since 1999, finishing as champ in U.P. Division 3 – Second Half
Girls Soccer
No. 11 Plymouth downed neighbor and No. 12 Canton 1-0 in a Division 1 District Semifinal and matchup of teams with a combined 30 wins this season – MLive-Detroit
No. 8 Kalamazoo Christian scored with six seconds to play to down rival No. 2 Kalamazoo Hackett 1-0 in a Division 4 District Semifinal – Kalamazoo Gazette
Division 1 No. 19 New Baltimore Anchor Bay needed a shootout to dispatch Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 2-1 in a District Semifinal – Macomb Daily
West Bloomfield advanced to its first District Final since 1993 with a 3-2 overtime win over Walled Lake Central – Oakland Press
No. 15 Spring Lake got past No. 17 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 2-0 in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Grand Haven Tribune
Division 4 No. 13 St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran scored with seven minutes to play to get past Bridgman in a District Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Division 1 No. 7 Livonia Stevenson had to convert 14 penalty kicks in its half of a shootout before a miss by Northville to earn a 2-1 win in a District Semifinal – Observer & Eccentric