Today in the MHSAA: 5/25/18

May 25, 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. Girls Soccer: Division 3 No. 5 Grand Rapids South Christian downed second-place and Division 2 No. 8 Ada Forest Hills Eastern to clinch the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold championship outright – FOX 17

2. Boys Golf: Hartland edged Northville by a mere stroke to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association tournament, but Northville emerged as the overall league champion – Observer & Eccentric

3. Softball: Battle Creek Pennfield won its third straight All-City championship, edging Lakeview 11-10 in the championship game – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. Baseball: Morley Stanwood swept Holton to share the Central State Activities Association Silver championship with the Red Devils – Big Rapids News

5. Boys Golf: Gaylord St. Mary clinched the North Wood Golf Conference championship at the league tournament after finishing the match schedule undefeated – Gaylord Herald Times

6. Track & Field: Pickford’s boys and Brimley’s girls won Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference meet and overall championships – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

7. Softball: North Adams-Jerome celebrated a league championship with a sweep of Camden-Frontier – Hillsdale Daily News

8. Girls Soccer: Holland Black River shut out Byron Center Zion Christian to clinch a second straight Alliance League title – Holland Sentinel

9. Track & Field: The Lincoln Alcona girls and Whittemore Prescott boys (No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 4) also finished league title runs, in the North Star League – Alpena News

10. Baseball: No. 4 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep edged No. 2 Detroit Country Day 5-4 in a matchup of two of the best in Division 2 – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Softball: From Wednesday, Schoolcraft’s Lydia Goble hit three home runs against Delton Kellogg to take ownership of the MHSAA single-season record alone with 25 this spring – Kalamazoo Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 5/1/18

May 1, 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 Golf: White Pigeon, ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, clinched the Southwest 10 Conference championship with a win at its home jamboree – Sturgis Journal

2. Boys Golf: Unranked Warren DeLaSalle claimed its fifth straight Macomb County Invitational championship with a 305, just edging runner-up and LP Division 1 No. 10 Utica Eisenhower – C&G Newspapers

3. Track & Field: Zeeland East swept neighbor Zeeland West, the girls winning by a point 69-68 – Holland Sentinel

4. Softball: Flat Rock edged Riverview 2-1 in a matchup of Division 2 honorable mention teams and Huron League rivals – Southgate News Herald

5. Girls Lacrosse: Division 1 No. 3 Hartland came back from an early 5-1 deficit to down Grosse Pointe South 17-11 and remain undefeated – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Girls Soccer: Madison Holloway’s goal with 15 seconds to play pushed Division 2 No. 6 Holland Christian past Zeeland East 3-2 – Holland Sentinel

7. Boys Golf: Manistee edged first-place Ludington by four strokes in the latest Lakes 8 Conference jamboree to move within a stroke of the top spot in the overall standings – Manistee News Advocate

8. Volleyball: DeWitt coach Christy Thelen has stepped down after leading the Panthers to the Class A Semifinals in the fall and with a 404-91-8 record over the last decade – Lansing State Journal

9. Football: Plymouth coach Mike Sawchuk has resigned after 12 season with a 73-48 record – Observer & Eccentric

10. Multi-Sport Participation: State Champs! Network began its look at MHSAA Executive Director Jack Roberts’ legacy with a report on multi-sport participation and its many benefits – State Champs! Network