Today in the MHSAA: 5/31/16
May 31, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Memorial Day weekend often is a quieter time in Michigan’s high school sports landscape. But this year’s final weekend in May included both league and area championships won and an MHSAA record set as well.
Baseball
Unranked Midland swept No. 8 Grand Ledge 6-3 and 10-4 in a late-season matchup of possible championship contenders – Midland Daily News
Unranked Sturgis got past Division 4 No. 1 Centreville 4-3 to win the St. Joseph County championship after jumping to a 4-0 lead – Sturgis Journal
Softball
Gladwin’s Dayna Fennell drilled an MHSAA record-setting 19th home run against Linden on Saturday at the Ogemaw Heights Invitational – Midland Daily News
Millington improved to 34-1 and won its first Tri-Valley Conference East championship with a 9-2 win over rival Frankenmuth – Saginaw News
Track & Field
Detroit Cass Tech’s boys won their sixth straight Detroit Public School League championship, by 34 points over Detroit East English. The Cass Tech girls won their third straight league title by a closer margin, 13 points over Detroit Renaissance – Detroit News Boys | Girls
The Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association hosted its team state championship meets Saturday, with Hillsdale’s boys winning their meet for the third straight season – Hillsdale Daily News
Oak Park's boys and girls swept the 56th Oakland County championship meet against loaded fields – Oakland Press
Today in the MHSAA: 4/17/19
April 17, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Big-time matchups in soccer, baseball and softball highlighted a busy day of spring sports action across the state Tuesday.
2. Girls Soccer: No. 6 Hartland scored a major win over No. 10 Brighton, 3-1, in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Baseball: Two-time reigning Division 2 champion Stevensville Lakeshore claimed a pair of one-run wins over Division 1 No. 9 Portage Northern – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. Softball: South Lyon East handed Division 1 honorable mention Walled Lake Northern its first loss, but Northern came back to take the second game of the doubleheader – State Champs Sports Network
4. Softball: Traverse City West and Kalkaska each handed the other its first loss in a doubleheader split – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Baseball: Hudsonville won the first game and was leading the second against Division 1 No. 16 Rockford in a key Ottawa-Kent Conference Red matchup – FOX 17
6. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United came back from a halftime deficit to edge Petoskey 8-7 – MI Sports Now
7. Track & Field: Alpena’s boys defeated Traverse City Central 92-71, highlighted by Gabe Bullis breaking his school pole vault record by seven inches at 15-7 – Alpena News
8. Baseball: Division 2 No. 10 Detroit Country Day emerged from a matchup of sharp pitchers to down Birmingham Groves 3-1 – Observer & Eccentric
9. Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea improved to 7-0 in handing Dexter its first losses of the season – Chelsea Sun Times News
10. Baseball: Kingsley earned what could become a key Northwest Conference sweep over Frankfort – WPBN
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Southfield Christian coach Josh Baker has stepped down to take a job at University of Alabama under Nate Oats, who formerly coached at Romulus before turning Buffalo into a mid-major power – MLive-Detroit
Wrestling: Hudson’s Jordan Hamdan was named Mr. Wrestler by the Michigan Wrestling Association – Adrian Daily Telegram