Today in the MHSAA: 5/4/18
May 4, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Track & Field: Top-ranked East Kentwood downed Rockford 74-63 in a matchup of the top two placers, respectively, in Division 1 boys last season – FOX 17
2. Girls Soccer: Undefeated and Division 1 No. 5 Brighton continued to surge with a 1-0 win over No. 6 Northville in league play – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Baseball: Zeeland West downed Division 2 top-ranked Holland Christian 3-1 to earn a 2-1 advantage in their season series – Holland Sentinel
4. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 9 Bloomfield Hills edged No. 15 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 2-1 in league play – Oakland Press
5. Girls Soccer: Traverse City West handed a 1-0 defeat to three-time reigning Big North Conference champion Cadillac – Cadillac News
6. Softball: Amber Gibson threw a no-hitter as East Jordan swept Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review
7. Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Kalkaska pushed its record to 15-0 with a sweep of Grayling – MI Sports Now
8. Boys Lacrosse: Division 2 No. 8 Grosse Pointe North moved to 9-1 with a 13-5 win over rival Grosse Pointe South – Detroit News
9. Boys Basketball: Longtime Petoskey coach Dennis Starkey has announced his retirement after more than three decades leading a top program – Petoskey News-Review
10. Girls Basketball: Kingsford coach Mike Cross stepped down after 22 years in the program and 14 with the varsity and as the all-time winningest coach in program history – Iron Mountain Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 10/10/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 10, 2022
1. CROSS COUNTRY Several of the state’s top teams competed at the annual Portage Invitational, with Benzie Central’s Hunter Jones setting a boys meet record in 14:37, and the following teams winning championships: Ann Arbor Pioneer (No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1), Otsego (LPD2 No. 1), Traverse City St. Francis (LPD3 No. 1) and Johannesburg-Lewiston girls (LPD4 No. 2); and Northville (LPD1 No. 1), Pinckney (LPD2 No. 8), Hart (LPD3 No. 1) and Wyoming Potter’s House Christian boys (LPD4 No. 1) – Benzie Record Patriot | Athletic.net
2. GIRLS GOLF Top-ranked South Lyon shot a 321 to edge No. 4 Farmington Hills Mercy by seven strokes and claim a Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional title – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 15 Bad Axe defeated Caro 5-1 to clinch the Greater Thumb Conference championship – Huron Daily Tribune
4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING West Bloomfield freshman Elizabeth Eichbrecht won multiple races against some of the state’s top competition at the annual MISCA meet – MISCAonline.net
5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 8 Oxford girls repeated and the No. 13 Troy boys won for the first time at the Oakland County Invitational – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Grand Rapids South Christian defeated Ada Forest Hills Eastern 4-0 to clinch the outright Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold title – FOX 17
7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 9 Goodrich girls and Flushing boys were champions at the Genesee Country Championships – Flint Journal
8. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 9 Onsted girls and LPD4 No. 4 Adrian Lenawee Christian boys won Hudson Boosters Invitational titles – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. VOLLEYBALL Sault Ste. Marie defeated Escanaba twice, Houghton and Stephenson to win the Escanaba Invitational – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
10. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Kent City won its Dig Pink Tournament, defeating Grandville Calvin Christian in the final – Local Sports Journal