Today in the MHSAA: 5/3/17
May 3, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Soccer played a big role in the Lower Peninsula on Tuesday, as the reigning Division 2 girls champion fell in a one-goal game to another of Oakland County’s best, and mid-Michigan continued to mourn one of the builders of boys soccer in the area who was lost over the weekend.
After a brief break, “Today” will return May 8.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Baseball
Bay City All Saints gave up only an unearned run in downing Division 4 No. 11 Unionville-Sebewaing 5-1 – Bay City Times
Brett Manis gave up only one hit and struck out 12 to lead Port Huron Northern past rival Port Huron 6-0 – Port Huron Times Herald
Girls Soccer
Division 1 No. 13 Rochester Adams held off Division 2 No. 3 and reigning champ Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 3-2 – Oakland Press
Track & Field
The Sturgis boys team finished a perfect Wolverine Conference dual season with a 69-68 nail-biter against Otsego – Sturgis Journal
Boys Soccer
Dr. John Picone, an architect of Lansing-area soccer who led Okemos to a 291-74-47 record from 1982-2001, died Friday at age 66 – Lansing State Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 9/15/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 15, 2025
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Northville boys – ranked No. 1 on their respective Lower Peninsula Division 1 lists – won the Elite races at the Spartan Invitational which also awarded championships to the LPD1 No. 15 Novi, Holland and LPD3 No. 7 Jackson Lumen Christi girls and LPD1 No. 6 Grand Ledge and LPD3 No. 3 Jackson Lumen Christi boys among several – Athletic.net
2. CROSS COUNTRY Holly’s Duane Raffin Festival of Races crowned 10 champions across five divisions: LPD1 No. 7 Ann Arbor Skyline, Midland Dow, LPD2 No. 11 Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard, Bronson and LPD4 No. 1 Whitmore Lake’s girls; and LPD1 No. 15 Ann Arbor Skyline, LPD2 No. 11 Richland Gull Lake, Flint Powers Catholic, Ann Arbor Greenhills and LPD4 No. 5 Whitmore Lake’s boys – Midland Daily News | Athletic.net
3. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 2 Midland Dow defeated No. 3 Byron Center, No. 6 Portage Central and Grosse Pointe North at the Sunsational Invitational, which included Chargers’ coach Terry Schwartzkopf’s 400th match – Saginaw News
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 7 Crystal Falls Forest Park downed honorable mention Hancock to win its first championship at The Rock Tournament in Gladstone – Escanaba Daily Press
5. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 2 Montague carded a 357 to win its Wildcat Invitational by 10 strokes – Local Sports Journal
6. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven went undefeated and downed Zeeland East in the deciding match to win its invitational – Grand Haven Tribune
7. BOYS TENNIS Bay City Western was first and St. Clair second at the Fenton Invitational – Bay City Times
8. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 2 Pewamo-Westphalia girls and No. 12 boys swept Don Baese Invitational championships – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun | Athletic.net
9. GIRLS TENNIS Norway won three flights on the way to the Kingsford Invitational title – Escanaba Daily News
10. GIRLS SWIIMMING & DIVING Flint Kearsley finished first among seven contenders at the Ogemaw Heights Falcon Invitational – Flint Journal