Today in the MHSAA: 5/4/16

May 4, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A rematch of teams that faced off in the last two MHSAA Division 1 Boys Lacrosse Finals highlighted events from Tuesday’s statewide high school schedule.

(Note: "Today in the MHSAA" will not publish Thursday or Friday, but will return Monday.)

Boys Lacrosse

Top-ranked and reigning champion Birmingham Brother Rice downed No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central 11-5 in a matchup of favorites in the Detroit Catholic League and statewide in Division 1 – Oakland Press

After trailing at the ends of both the first quarter and second, Midland came back for a 17-9 win over Haslett – Midland Daily News

Softball

Cadillac improved to 13-1 and stayed among the elite of the Big North Conference with 4-1 and 3-2 wins over Traverse City Central – Cadillac News

Romeo’s walk-off hit in the seventh inning gave the Bulldogs a 4-3 win over Utica Eisenhower in a matchup of teams receiving honorable mentions in the Division 1 rankings this week – Macomb Daily

An eighth-inning home run in the second game helped Lake Odessa Lakewood sweep Olivet 3-1 and 8-6 – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Girls Track & Field

From Monday, the Ontonagon girls led the Jack Kraemer Invitational most of the afternoon before Iron River West Iron County emerged to win the meet by three points – Iron Mountain Daily News

Boys Track & Field

Portage Northern’s 1,600-meter relay beat Stevensville Lakeshore’s by fewer than three seconds, and in doing so secured a dual meet win in the last event – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Today in the MHSAA: 9/17/19

September 17, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A freshman phenom on the golf course helped her team lead Monday’s list of notables as a trio of tournament champions drove their way to the top.

1. Girls Golf: Grand Blanc freshman Kate Brody continued her dazzling high school debut by taking first in leading the Bobcats – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – to the Genesee County Golf Championship victory; Grand Blanc finished two strokes lower than runner-up and LPD3 No. 1 Flint Powers Catholic – Flint Journal

2. Girls Golf: Coldwater outshot runner-up and LPD4 No. 9 Jackson Lumen Christi by six strokes to win the Onsted Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. Girls Golf: Traverse City Central edged Traverse City West by a stroke to win the Charlevoix Classic against a field that also included LPD4 top-ranked Harbor Springs – Traverse City Record Eagle

4. Boys Soccer: Division 2 No. 8 Byron Center and Division 3 No. 1 Hudsonville Unity Christian played to a scoreless draw – FOX 17

5. Volleyball: Bloomfield Hills defeated Division 2 No. 4 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in five sets, after NDP downed Rochester Adams in four – Oakland Press

6. Boys Soccer: Hillsdale got past Michigan Center to stay in the mix for the Independent Soccer League West title – Hillsdale Daily News

7. Volleyball: Rock Mid Peninsula posted its first win ever over Munising, sweeping the Mustangs – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Boys Soccer: Vicksburg downed Sturgis for the first time in at least seven seasons, 1-0 – JoeInsider.com

9. Boys Soccer: After edging Riverview by just a goal in their first meeting this season, Division 3 No. 6 Grosse Ile came back to win big in the rematch – Southgate News-Herald

10. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 5 Midland Dow downed Bay City John Glenn to improve to 11-1 – Midland Daily News