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: 5/13/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 13, 2022

1. GIRLS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – clinched its 24th-straight Saginaw Valley League title with a win at the league tournament – Midland Daily News

2. TRACK & FIELD The Oak Park girls team clinched its ninth-straight Oakland Activities Association Blue/Gold championship with a close win over Farmington – Oakland Press

3. BOYS LACROSSE Division 2 No. 3 Haslett moved to 15-0 with a 9-6 win over Grand Ledge to claim the Capital Area Activities Conference Tournament championship – Lansing State Journal

4. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City Central clinched the Big North Conference championship with a league tournament win – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. SOFTBALL Livonia Stevenson split with Livonia Franklin, clinching the Kensington Lakes Activities Association East title with a win in the opener – Observer & Eccentric

6. BASEBALL Suttons Bay swept Traverse City Christian, putting coach Doug Periard over 400 career victories – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BASEBALL Birch Run shook up the Tri-Valley Conference 8 standings with a split against Division 2 No. 8 Freeland – Saginaw News

8. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian won a key Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue matchup 2-0 over Hamilton – Holland Sentinel

9. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 10 South Lyon East advanced to the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament final with a 5-0 win over South Lyon – Oakland Press

10. GIRLS SOCCER High-scoring Leslie added six more goals to its season total with a win over Grass Lake – Jackson Citizen Patriot