Today In The MHSAA: 5/3/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 3, 2021

1. Track & Field: Birmingham Seaholm’s Audrey DaDamio and Ann Arbor Skyline’s Hobbs Kessler won Barnyard Invitational championships against fields including many of the state’s top distance runners – Macomb Daily

2. Baseball: Division 1 No. 13 Saline handed the first loss this season to Division 2 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s, 2-1 – State Champs Sports Network

3. Softball: Kami Morse hit two home runs in an emotion-fueled performance as Jenison went 3-0 to win its invitational – FOX 17

4. Girls Tennis: North Muskegon – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won its third Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship in four seasons, just ahead of Mona Shores and Whitehall – Local Sports Journal

5. Track & Field: Reeths-Puffer won its first GMAA championship since 2006 and Whitehall won the girls title the next day – Muskegon Chronicle Girls | Boys

6. Softball: Muskegon Oakridge moved up a tier in the GMAA tournament and won its fifth-straight championship – Local Sports Journal

7. Girls Soccer: Rochester Adams earned an impressive 1-0 win over Novi – Oakland Press

8. Track & Field: Grand Blanc swept Flint Carman-Ainsworth Invitational championships – WJRT

9. Boys Golf: Norway shot a 323 to edge Houghton by seven strokes and win its invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

10. Baseball: Muskegon Mona Shores clinched its third-straight GMAA Tier 1 title – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

Softball: Portage Central celebrated the life of Sophie Varney with its Sophie Strong game and dedication of new batting cages; she died in December after battling an inoperable brain tumor – Kalamazoo Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 4/15/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 15, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Tia Schone shined with 16 strikeouts in a 10-0 six-inning perfect game win over Ishpeming Westwood that kicked off a Gladstone sweep – Escanaba Daily Press

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 6 Essexville Garber earned a key 1-0 victory over No. 8 Freeland – WNEM

3. TRACK & FIELD Alma’s boys defeated reigning Tri-Valley Conference Red champion Frankenmuth and also Bridgeport, while the Frankenmuth girls earned two wins – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

4. BASEBALL Midland Dow went to extra innings again, this time for a 12-11 win over Division 1 No. 11 Grand Blanc in eight – Midland Daily News

5. BASEBALL Howell came back from a six-run deficit to defeat Division 1 No. 3 Novi 8-7 on a bases-loaded walk – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. GIRLS SOCCER Abby Ellis scored all three goals as Waterford Mott downed Kettering 3-2 – Oakland Press

7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 12 Saline came back from eight and then one run down to sweep Temperance Bedford – Ann Arbor News

8. SOFTBALL Sage Myers earned pitching wins and hit homers in both games of Division 4 honorable mention Frankfort’s sweep of McBain – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. GIRLS SOCCER Maddie Jordan scored four goals as Bad Axe downed Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker 5-3 – Huron Daily Tribune

10. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 North Muskegon held on for a 5-3 win over Hart – Local Sports Journal