Today In The MHSAA: 5/7/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 7, 2021

1. Girls Soccer: Pinckney handed Dexter just its third league loss over Dexter’s last 58 league games, 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Baseball: Division 4 No. 8 Bark River-Harris handed Escanaba its first loss this season, 11-3 – Escanaba Daily Press

3. Baseball: Division 3 No. 5 Blissfield moved to 16-2 with a 10-1 win over No. 13 Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

4. Girls Soccer: Gaylord picked up a big Big North Conference win, 2-0 over Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac – Cadillac News

5. Boys Golf: Ludington won the Benona Invitational led by individual runner-up Ben Zwick – Ludington Daily News

6. Girls Soccer: South Lyon East came back to down Milford 3-2 to remain undefeated – Observer & Eccentric

7. Baseball: Zeeland East finished its sweep of Zeeland West with an eighth-inning walk-off single – Holland Sentinel

8. Softball: Wixom St. Catherine scored seven runs in the seventh inning to come back and defeat Madison Heights Bishop Foley 11-10 – Oakland Press

9. Softball: Spring Lake scored five runs in the seventh inning to come back and defeat Grand Rapids West Catholic, also 11-10 – Local Sports Journal

10. Softball: Owosso continued to pull away in the Flint Metro League with a sweep of Clio – Owosso Argus-Press

Also of note …

Baseball: Steve Hoyle has led Mount Pleasant’s junior varsity to 500 wins – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Today in the MHSAA: 2/22/17

February 22, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The basketball season continues to speed to a momentous conclusion, but today make sure to get to the bottom of this report for a couple of stories about athletes working through tragedy that you don’t want to miss.

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

Big Rapids finished an outright Central State Activities Association Gold title with a 60-35 win over Reed City – Big Rapids News

New Haven advanced in the Macomb Area Conference Blue-Gold Tournament with a win over Warren Woods Tower and thanks to 40 points by Eric Williams, Jr. – Macomb Daily

Walled Lake Western edged rival Walled Lake Northern 63-62 to move on in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament – Oakland Press

Detroit U-D Jesuit just got past Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 51-49 to advance to the Detroit Catholic League A-B Final – Detroit News

Dollar Bay’s Devin Schmitz needed four points to reach 1,000 for his career, but scored 43 in a 66-57 win over Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Parma Western fell into a tie for first place in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference after a 54-53 loss to Battle Creek Harper Creek – Battle Creek Enquirer

Blake Dunn became Saugatuck’s all-time leading scorer with 1,489 points, adding 19 in a win over Lawton – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Basketball

Brethren’s Taytum Myers became her school’s first 1,000-point scorer during a win over Lake Leelanau St. Mary – Manistee News Advocate

Frankenmuth clinched its 12th-straight Tri-Valley Conference East title with a 47-27 win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News

Dearborn Heights Robichaud standout Kamaria McDaniel scored 39 points, but Flint Hamady emerged with a 75-67 win – Flint Journal

From Monday, Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian got past Ellsworth 50-49 to secure its first Northern Lakes Conference title since 2007 – Petoskey News-Review

Good Reads

Similar tragedies have struck the Traverse City Bay Reps hockey program over the last three years, as multiple players have experienced the death of a parent. But the team has stuck together, on the rink and in working through those sadnesses – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Gaylord St. Mary’s golfer Noah Kole was hospitalized recently after losing feeling in his legs, and the Gaylord Herald Times wished him well this week (and the good news is he’s now recovering and should be ready for this spring) – Gaylord Herald Times