Today in the MHSAA: 5/23/19

May 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The longest baseball game in MHSAA history and a headline-grabbing first-round Girls Soccer District game top today’s list of achievers from across the state.

1. Baseball: Division 3 No. 15 Blissfield finally edged Division 4 No. 4 Hudson 1-0 in a game that lasted parts of two days and 21 innings, the longest game in MHSAA baseball history – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Girls Soccer: Brighton downed undefeated and No. 10-ranked South Lyon 3-0 on the first night of the Division 1 District – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Track & Field: Shepherd’s girls locked up their eighth straight Tri-Valley Conference West championship, and the boys won their first league title since 2003; the girls are ranked No. 6 and the boys No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

4. Boys Golf: LPD4 top-ranked Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart picked up its second league title in two days, claiming first in the Mid-Michigan Golf Conference – Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart

5. Boys Lacrosse: Plymouth earned a Division 1 Regional Final berth with an 11-8 win over Northville; Plymouth was unranked and Northville No. 4 at the start of the postseason – Observer & Eccentric

6. Softball: Division 2 No. 6 Spring Lake downed No. 8 Allendale 9-4 to earn the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue championship – Local Sports Journal

7. Boys Lacrosse: Spring Lake got past Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 9-7 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal; they were ranked Nos. 4 and 8, respectively, at the start of the playoffs – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Track & Field: The Alpena boys and Traverse City West girls won Big North Conference meet championships; Alpena is No. 5 in LPD1 – Alpena News | Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Boys Golf: LPD2 No. 3 Gaylord shot a 315 to edge No. 10 Cadillac by five strokes and win the Big North Conference tournament – Gaylord Herald-Times

10. Track & Field: Saugatuck’s girls and boys locked up their sixth straight Southwestern Athletic Conference titles – Holland Sentinel

Also of note …

Track & Field: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart’s girls and Breckenridge’s boys (No. 3 in LPD4) won Mid-State Activities Conference meet titles – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun Girls | Boys

Softball: Marion picked up a share of the West Michigan D League championship with a sweep of Walkerville – Cadillac News

Track & Field: Harbor Springs’ boys and Traverse City St. Francis’ girls won Lake Michigan Conference meet championships – Petoskey News-Review | Traverse City Record-Eagle

Girls Soccer: Traverse City West downed Petoskey 2-0 to clinch the Big North Conference title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Boys Golf: Lapeer shot a 322 to outpace Grand Blanc by seven strokes at the Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Daily News

Track & Field: Adrian Madison swept meet championships in the Tri-County Conference; the boys are ranked No. 4 in LPD3 – Adrian Daily Telegram

Baseball: Bay City Western won a share of the Saginaw Valley League North title with a shutout sweep of Division 2 No. 13 Bay City Joh Glenn – Bay City Times

Track & Field: The Grand Blanc boys and Bay City Western girls won Saginaw Valley League meet titles – Flint Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 12/13/17

December 13, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Northville, No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, made a giant wave to start this season, handing four-time reigning champion and current No. 3 Birmingham Brother Rice a 94-91 defeat – Observer & Eccentric

2. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Catholic Central upended reigning Class A runner-up Grand Rapids Christian 73-49 – FOX 17

3. Girls Basketball: Saginaw Heritage downed Hartland 55-30 in a matchup of expected contenders in Class A – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Boys Basketball: The Central Michigan Athletic Conference has multiple Class C contenders, and Dansville earned an early upper hand with a 42-34 win over Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal

5. Girls Basketball: Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian downed host Mackinac Island 72-27 as senior Emma Johnson scored her 1,000th point – Petoskey News-Review

6. Girls Basketball: Kalkaska's Makenzie Wilkinson scored her 1,000th career point in a 67-45 win over East Jordan – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Girls Basketball: St. Clair Shores Lakeview moved to 5-0 and handed a first loss to league opponent Fraser 41-30 – Macomb Daily

8. Boys Basketball: Troy held on for an 81-73 win over Novi in a matchup of top Oakland County teams – Oakland Press

9. Boys Basketball: Escanaba moved to 3-0 with a 71-45 win over Houghton behind standout Ryan Robinette’s 31 points – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Boys Basketball: Onaway got past Indian River Inland Lakes 69-67 as Trevor Wregglesworth scored 39 points – Alpena News