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: 5/28/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 28, 2025

1. BOYS LACROSSE Mattawan downed Holland Christian 13-2 to win its first Division 2 Regional title – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. SOFTBALL Honorable mention Macomb Dakota came back from three runs down to get past No. 10 New Baltimore Anchor Bay 5-4 in a Division 1 District game – Macomb Daily

3. SOFTBALL No. 3 Hudsonville held on for an extra-innings 10-7 Division 1 win over Grandville – Grand Rapids Press

4. BOYS LACROSSE Hartland scored the final eight goals in a 15-5 Division 1 Regional Final win over Clarkston – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Central earned its first District Final berth with a 3-2 win over Bay City Western in Division 2, Central’s first victory over its rival since 2011 – Bay City Times

6. BASEBALL No. 16 Brighton came back from a 4-0 deficit to defeat South Lyon 5-4 in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. BOYS GOLF The top four teams finished within seven strokes of each other as No. 4 Essexville Garber claimed a Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional title just ahead of Chesaning and No. 10 Millington – Saginaw News

8. BOYS GOLF Lansing Catholic and Hayden Riley swept team and individual championships at their LPD3 Regional – Lansing State Journal

9. GIRLS SOCCER No. 4 New Boston Huron avenged last season’s District Final loss to Trenton with a 3-0 win in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald

10. GIRLS SOCCER Jenna Moeller starred as No. 11 Warren Regina advanced in Division 3 with a 5-1 win over Macomb Lutheran North – Macomb Daily

Also of note …

BASEBALL Division 4 No. 18 Maple City Glen Lake earned coach Kris Herman his 500th win with a walk-off 3-2 victory over Traverse City Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle