Today in the MHSAA: 5/24/16

May 24, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The final week of the 2016 spring regular season kicked off with league championships won in multiple sports and the setup of an intriguing one-inning title clincher to come Wednesday.

Baseball

On one side of the Saginaw Valley League title race, Division 1 No. 7 Bay City Western swept Bay City Central to set up a one-inning championship finale Wednesday against No. 9 Mount Pleasant – the two had a prior game suspended with the score 1-1 in the seventh inning, and the winner claims the league title – Bay City Times

On the other side of the SVL race, Mount Pleasant split with No. 6 Saginaw Heritage, winning the first game and losing the second, to set up the title-deciding inning – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Holland Christian’s Mike Mokma was perfect over his game’s five innings and also hit two home runs in a 14-0 win over Grandville Calvin Christian – Holland Sentinel

Golf

Manton shot its lowest score in 16 years, 157, to win a three-team match by 21 strokes – Cadillac News

Boys Lacrosse

Grand Rapids Northview hung on for an 11-8 win over Caledonia in the second round of their Regional – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Soccer

Hemlock’s seventh shutout this season led to its first league title in girls soccer with a 2-0 win over reigning champion Ovid-Elsie in the Tri-Valley Conference West – Midland Daily News

Madison Enderle scored eight goals and keeper Kalyn Breckenridge finished a school-record 17th shutout this season as Birch Run finished a perfect run in the TVC Central with a 12-0 win over Otisville-LakeVille – Saginaw News

Softball

Farmington Hills Mercy and Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard claimed Detroit Catholic League championships, Mercy in the A-B division and Gabriel Richard in C-D – Detroit Free Press

Norway won the Mid-Peninsula Conference championship with a 13-3 victory over Manistique thanks in part to two home runs by Bobbi Hulce – Iron Mountain Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/5/18

September 5, 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. Boys Soccer: T.J. Renaud’s goal with 40 seconds to play pushed Troy Athens past reigning Division 1 champion Detroit Catholic Central, 2-1 – Oakland Press

2. Boys Soccer: Midland Dow is up to eight shutouts during a 9-0 start after a 7-0 win over reigning Division 3 champion Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News

3. Cross Country: Remus Chippewa Hills’ girls edged Fremont by five points to win the first Central State Activities Association Gold race of the season; Fremont’s boys also were victorious – Big Rapids News

4. Cross Country: Hudson’s girls won their side of their Hudson Early Season Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. Boys Soccer: Gladwin’s Justin Raymond scored four more goals in a 6-1 win over Clare to give him 19 in 10 games this fall – Midland Daily News

6. Volleyball: Lakeview claimed the St. Clair Volley War in the Shores for the fourth straight season – Macomb Daily

7. Boys Soccer: Brighton’s goal with 2:15 to play was the decider in a 1-0 win over Hartland Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. Boys Soccer: Oxford improved to 5-1-2 with a 1-0 win over Lake Orion – Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Kingsford came back from two sets down to defeat Escanaba – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Volleyball: Manton also came back from two sets down to defeat McBain in five – Cadillac News

Also of note …

Volleyball: The Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association announced its Miss Volleyball finalists – Detroit Free Press