Today In The MHSAA: 5/6/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 6, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 12 Trenton remained undefeated in Downriver League play with a 3-1 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

2. SOFTBALL Grand Haven and Division 1 No. 9 Jenison split a doubleheader – Grand Haven Tribune

3. GIRLS SOCCER Pinckney handed a first loss to an unbeaten opponent for the second-straight game, this time 2-0 over Tecumseh – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. SOFTBALL Multiple Temperance Bedford players broke school records during a sweep of Ida – Monroe News

5. GIRLS SOCCER Traverse City West and Division 2 No. 9 Petoskey played to a 1-1 draw – Up North Live

6. GIRLS SOCCER Wixom St. Catherine and Division 2 No. 10 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood also played to a 1-1 draw – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS SOCCER Maggie Evans went over 100 career goals in Whitehall’s win over Muskegon Oakridge – CatchMark SportsNet

8. BASEBALL Aidan Liedeke struck out 18 for Brighton Charyl Stockwell in a 3-0 no-hitter of Southfield Christian – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Hudsonville remained undefeated with a big win over East Kentwood – FOX 17

10. SOFTBALL Troy Athens’ sweep of West Bloomfield kept it undefeated in the Oakland Activities Association White – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 3/9/17

March 9, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

High winds and power outages couldn’t down Wednesday’s eight MHSAA Hockey Quarterfinals and a number of boys basketball District games all over the state.

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. 

Boys Basketball

Detroit Public School League champion Cass Tech got past rival Detroit East English 72-67 in a Class A District Semifinal – MLive-Detroit

Freeland edged Sanford Meridian Early College 46-42 in a Class B matchup of teams that entered the night a combined 36-3 – Saginaw News

Newberry clinched its first District title since 1998, downing St. Ignace 67-55 in Class C – Marquette Mining Journal

Rapid River won its first District title also in more than a decade by downing Rock Mid Peninsula 60-50 in Class D – Escanaba Daily Press

Walled Lake Western and Walled Lake Northern met for the fourth time, with this last matchup going to Western 49-45 in Class A – Oakland Press

Onsted, which had fallen twice to Hillsdale this season, handed the Hornets their first and only loss in a Class B District Semifinal – Hillsdale Daily News

St. Joseph similarly had fallen twice to Portage Central, but came back to win their third matchup 50-47 in Class A – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Hockey

No. 3 Brighton returned to the Division 1 Semifinals with a 7-0 win over Lowell – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Division 1 No. 4 Northville continued its run toward a possible first championship game berth with a 6-2 win over Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central booked a return to the Semifinals with a 6-2 win over Bay City Central/Western in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric

Grandville also is becoming a regular in the Semifinals and will return after an 8-4 Division 1 win over Rockford – Grand Rapids Press

In a matchup of the top two ranked teams in Division 3, No. 1 Flint Powers Catholic came away with a 3-2 overtime win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Flint Journal

Calumet will play in the Division 3 Semifinals for the first time in six seasons after a 7-3 win over Big Rapids – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Warren DeLaSalle got past Detroit Country Day 4-0 in Division 3 – Macomb Daily

Dearborn Divine Child continued its surprise Division 3 run with a 4-3 win over Chelsea – Dearborn Press & Guide

Volleyball

Buchanan coach Lisa Holok resigned after 13 seasons and more than 500 victories, plus a trip this past fall to the Class B Semifinals – South Bend Tribune

Good Read

Only a few weeks before Mark Blentlinger was to take over the Schoolcraft bowling program in 2010, his daughter Kyleigh – who helped start the girls team – died suddenly. He thought of her much during the girls team’s run to the Division 4 Semifinals on Friday – Kalamazoo Gazette