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: 3/6/18

March 6, 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.

Today's Top 10

1. Boys Basketball: Detroit Western upset Class A contender Detroit East English 50-48 in a first-round District game – Detroit News

2. Boys Basketball: Alma won a matchup of league champions, downing Big Rapids in Class B 77-44 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. Boys Basketball: Dansville avenged two losses to Central Michigan Athletic Conference champion Laingsburg with a 75-54 win over the Wolfpack in Class C – Lansing State Journal

4. Boys Basketball: East Grand Rapids upset Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central in Class A, 66-58 – WZZM

5. Boys Basketball: Bloomfield Hills came back to win 44-40 in Class A over West Bloomfield, a semifinalist a season ago – Oakland Press

6. Boys Basketball: Canton scored the final seven points to hold off Detroit Catholic Central 55-48 in Class A – Observer & Eccentric

7. Boys Basketball: East Lansing came back from a halftime deficit to down DeWitt 53-27 in Class A – Lansing State Journal

8. Boys Basketball: Muskegon Mona Shores got past Muskegon Reeths-Puffer in Class A thanks in part to James Gilbert’s 16 fourth-quarter points – Local Sports Journal

9. Boys Basketball: Chesaning pushed its Class B District opener to overtime with a half-court basket and then downed Perry 58-50 – Owosso Argus-Press

10. Boys Basketball: Amier Gilmore’s free throws with 6.4 seconds to play gave St. Clair Shores South Lake a 60-58 win over Harper Woods Chandler Park in Class B – C&G Newspapers