Today in the MHSAA: 5/29/18
May 29, 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. Track & Field: Clare’s girls and boys swept the Division 3 championships at the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Meet – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
2. Track & Field: Rockford also swept MITCA titles, winning the championships in Division 1 just ahead of East Kentwood for both boys and girls – MITCA
3. Track & Field: The Zeeland East girls and Zeeland West boys claimed MITCA team championships in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel Girls | Boys
4. Track & Field: The Addison boys and Pittsford girls claimed the Division 4 MITCA titles – Adrian Daily Telegram (Boys) | MITCA (Girls)
5. Track & Field: The Oak Park girls won their fifth straight Oakland County meet, and the boys won their fourth straight county title – Oakland Press
6. Girls Soccer: Spring Lake edged Division 3 No. 4 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 1-0 to claim the outright Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue championship – FOX 17
7. Baseball: Grosse Pointe South coach Dan Griesbaum won his 800 and 801st games during the Grosse Pointe Invitational, as his Division 1 No. 19 Blue Devils defeated Plymouth and Grosse Pointe North, respectively (and lost to No. 11 Northville) – Detroit News
8. Baseball: Coldwater edged Division 3 No. 6 Bronson 11-10 in the championship game of Bronson’s tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. Softball: Division 2 No. 10 Essexville Garber downed host and Division 4 top-ranked Coleman to also win a tournament championship – Midland Daily News
10. Softball: More of the state’s best got a final tune-up at the Sanford Meridian Invitational, with Division 1 No. 6 Howell downing honorable mention Bay City Western, Division 3 honorable mention Meridian and Midland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Also of note …
Girls Lacrosse: Longtime official Nancy Lapekas was celebrated last week after the last game of her 52-year career refereeing a number of sports – Grand Haven Tribune
Girls Basketball: Colleen Nagel will return to coach Grand Rapids Catholic Central after leading the Cougars to the 2010 Class B title before moving on to Ferris State – Grand Rapids Press
Today in the MHSAA: 4/21/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 21, 2025
1. BOYS GOLF Chelsea won Hillsdale Academy’s PGA Reach Invitational with a 310 at Forest Akers West ahead of a field that included Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central and Division 3 top-ranked Jackson Lumen Christi – Hillsdale Daily News
2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 4 North Muskegon 2-0 – Muskegon Chronicle
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a scoreless draw – Grand Rapids Press
4. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven and No. 8 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer split a doubleheader, and Grand Haven’s Lorelei Chciuk went over 500 career strikeouts – Grand Haven Tribune
5. BASEBALL A.J. Gallino threw a no-hitter and Cole Baij a perfect game as Division 4 No. 10 Norway swept Ishpeming – Iron Mountain Daily News
6. BASEBALL Midland’s Brett Faccio no-hit Division 1 No. 12 Grand Blanc 2-0, but the Bobcats came back to win the second game 4-3 over the Chemics – Midland Daily News
7. BOYS GOLF LPD1 No. 3 Traverse City West carded a two-day 618 to win the Traverse City Central Tee-Off Tournament – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. TRACK & FIELD Petoskey’s girls and boys swept team championships at Cadillac’s Gary Rathbun Invitational – Cadillac News
9. SOFTBALL Division 3 top-ranked Evart defeated honorable mention Boyne City, Sanford Meridian and Morley Stanwood to win its Cat Classic – Cadillac News
10. GIRLS SOCCER Richland Gull Lake and Byron Center played to a 1-1 draw – Kalamazoo Gazette