Today in the MHSAA: 5/9/16

May 9, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

This weekend was a major one for tournament events statewide as close finishes and falling records were seen on both sides of the bridge.

Baseball

Montague downed reigning Division 4 champion Muskegon Catholic Central 8-2 to win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association’s Tier 2 championship – Muskegon Chronicle

From Thursday, Blissfield earned longtime coach Larry Tuttle his 1,200th win; he’s second on the MHSAA record list by just a handful of victories – Adrian Daily Telegram

Boys Golf

Grand Haven won its inaugural invitational at Grand Haven Golf Course with a 326, seven strokes ahead of Spring Lake – Grand Haven Tribune

Boys Lacrosse

Also from Thursday, Lake Orion, coming off records of 7-12 in 2014 and 5-14 in 2015, clinched the Oakland Activities Association Red championship with a double-overtime win over Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press

Softball

Hudson’s Lauren Valdez struck out 18 batters in throwing a no-hitter against Petersburg-Summerfield – Adrian Daily Telegram

Girls Tennis

North Muskegon won five flights including all four doubles in claiming the title at the annual Greater Muskegon Athletic Association tournament – Muskegon Chronicle

Track & Field

The Utica Ford boys just edged Troy to win Sterling Heights’ Harold Arft Invitational, while Grosse Pointe South won the girls meet by nearly 15 points – Macomb Daily

The Sanford Meridian boys cleared Harrison by 5.5 points to win the 32nd Nite Trax Invitational, while Gaylord’s girls won by six over Remus Chippewa Hills – Midland Daily News

Petoskey’s Isabel Anderson should be a contender for an MHSAA Finals championship after besting her previous school record high jump of 5-foot-6 at the Ken Bell meet in Traverse City – Petoskey News

Harbor Springs’ Caylin Bonser broke her school’s discus record with a toss of 135-7 during Friday’s Lake City Invitational – Petoskey News

Pickford’s boys just got past Newberry 142-141 to win the St. Ignace Invitational, while the host Saints girls won their meet comfortably by 24.5 points – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 4/14/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 14, 2026

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Utica Eisenhower downed No. 15 Romeo 4-1 in a Macomb Area Conference Red opener – Macomb Daily

2. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Midland Dow and No. 9 Bay City Western split their Saginaw Valley League doubleheader, Western winning 5-2 and Dow claiming the second game 4-2 – Midland Daily News

3. BASEBALL Freeland improved to 5-0 with a 16-12 win over Division 4 No. 2 Beal City – Saginaw News

4. SOFTBALL Allen Park downed Wyandotte Roosevelt 8-3 in a matchup of potential Downriver League contenders – Southgate News-Herald

5. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 Grand Ledge stayed undefeated with a sweep of DeWitt including a 9-8 comeback win in the first game – WLNS

6. BASEBALL Bay City Central earned a notable 5-4 win over Mount Pleasant – Bay City Times

7. SOFTBALL Chelsea defeated Pinckney 21-3, but Pinckney came back to win the second game 6-3 – Ann Arbor News

8. GIRLS SOCCER Grand Blanc shut out Flint Powers Catholic 4-0 – WNEM

9. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 4 Laingsburg moved to 7-1 with a sweep of Portland St. Patrick – WLNS

10. SOFTBALL Elk Rapids and Traverse City St. Francis split a doubleheader – Traverse City Record-Eagle