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: 2/25/20

February 25, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA Skiing Finals capped another winter season with four team championships awarded Monday – find Second Half coverage to the right – while Hockey Regionals also began and a pair of girls basketball results made big headlines.

1. Girls Basketball: West runner-up Brighton advanced to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association title game with a 49-38 win over East champion Wayne Memorial – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Girls Basketball: Lake City moved to 19-1 by handing Bellaire its first loss of the season, 37-27 – Cadillac News

3. Hockey: Kalamazoo Eagles avenged a 4-3 overtime loss to Capital City with a 2-1 Division 1 Regional win – JoeInsider.com

4. Hockey: New Boston United and Southgate-Monroe split during the regular season, but NBU came out on top 8-3 in Division 1 Regional play – Southgate News-Herald

5. Hockey: The No. 9 Traverse Bay Reps opened Division 1 Regional play with a 6-2 win over Grand Rapids Christian – MI Sports Now

6. Girls Basketball: Hartland also advanced to the KLAA final with a 46-25 win over Dearborn – Detroit News

7. Boys Basketball: Fife Lake Forest Area upset Gaylord St. Mary 87-72 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Girls Basketball: Pinconning downed Whittemore-Prescott 66-28 to move to 13-6, guaranteeing its winningest season since 2002 – Bay City Times

9. Boys Basketball: Pickford improved to 15-2 with a 55-46 win over Engadine – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Basketball: Gladstone picked up a 79-61 win over Ishpeming Westwood – Escanaba Daily Press

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: From Friday, Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart downed Blanchard Montabella 62-40 to clinch the Mid-State Activities Conference championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Girls Basketball: From Thursday, Niles Brandywine got past rival Buchanan 73-38 to lock up the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Red title – Niles Daily Star