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: 2/3/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 3, 2025
1. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 2 Brighton finished first and No. 4 Hartland second at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 2 St. Louis clinched its 11th league title in 12 seasons by finishing first in the Jack Pine Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. WRESTLING Gaylord clinched its 17th-straight Big North Conference title – Petoskey News-Review
4. COMPETITIVE CHEER Rochester claimed a third-straight league title, finishing less than a point ahead of runner-up Stoney Creek at the final Oakland Activities Association Red competition – Oakland Press
5. WRESTLING For the second-straight season, Melvindale finished first and Dearborn Heights Crestwood second in the Western Wayne Athletic Conference – Southgate News-Herald
6. WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River finished a sweep of Highland/Mid Michigan Conference championships with a first place in the individual tournament – Cadillac News
7. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 9 Bronson finished a sweep in the Big 8 Conference – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 10 New Boston Huron also finished a championship sweep, in the Huron League – Southgate News-Herald
9. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 7 Lakeview finished an undefeated sweep of Central State Activities Association championships – Greenville Daily News
10. BOWLING The Ishpeming/Negaunee girls and Ishpeming Westwood boys were champions at the Upper Peninsula Bowling Conference finals – Marquette Mining Journal
Also of note …
GIRLS BASKETBALL AJ Rickli became Paw Paw’s all-time leading scorer during a 50-47 win over Vicksburg, and Kalamazoo Christian’s Jordyn Bonnema set a single-game scoring record against Parchment – Kalamazoo Gazette
BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Carman-Ainsworth’s Donovan Hamlin reached 1,000 career points during a win over Detroit Catholic Central – WJRT
GIRLS BASKETBALL Audrey Wardlow became the third in program history to reach 1,000 career points for Pinckney – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
WRESTLING Southgate Anderson finished an outright championship in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald
WRESTLING Division 2 No. 8 Freeland finished first and Essexville Garber second in the Tri-Valley Conference – Bay City Times
WRESTLING Lapeer finished first and Midland second in the Saginaw Valley League – Midland Daily News