Today in the MHSAA: 5/9/19

May 9, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tennis, track & field and lacrosse teams continued to close out league titles Wednesday as those three sports approach the starts of their MHSAA postseasons next week.

1. Girls Tennis: Holland West Ottawa, No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, edged No. 6 Rockford to lock up half of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship – Holland Sentinel

2. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 2 Midland finished a perfect run through the Saginaw Valley League North with a 2-1 win over rival Dow – Midland Daily News

3. Girls Soccer: With a 1-1 draw against Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake, Portage Central locked up the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference regular-season title – WWMT

4. Girls Tennis: LPD3 No. 6 Grand Rapids Catholic Central downed Spring Lake to clinch half the title in the O-K Blue – Grand Rapids Press

5. Track & Field: The LPD4 top-ranked Pittsford girls and No. 6 Hillsdale Academy boys repeated as Southern Central Athletic Association East champions – Hillsdale Daily News

6. Boys Lacrosse: Hartland, No. 5 in Division 1 entering the week, downed Plymouth 14-5 in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association title game – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Baseball: Division 2 No. 14 Essexville Garber scored a sweep of Division 3 No. 19 Pinconning, 3-0 and 6-2 – Bay City Times

8. Boys Golf: LPD2 No. 3 Gaylord continued to surge with a win at the Big North Invitational, shooting a 323 – Gaylord Herald Times

9. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United followed up an earlier one-goal win over Petoskey with an 11-10 overtime victory in the rematch – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Golf: Spring Lake shot a 159 to maintain first place in the O-K Blue with a nine-stroke league win – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Coach Jacob Polfus stepped down with a 169-75 record after 11 seasons leading Carney-Nadeau, including guiding a trip to the Class D Semifinals in 2012 – Escanaba Daily Press

Today in the MHSAA: 12/3/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 3, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw United played its first game in its new home gym, downing Detroit Catholic Central 67-57 – WNEM

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Charlevoix standout Joe Gaffney continued a courageous return to the court in his team’s 50-45 win over Ellsworth – Petoskey News-Review

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Ben Johnson scored 47 points in Portage Central’s 74-71 win over Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Hemlock came back from a double-digit halftime deficit to defeat Chesaning in overtime, 58-49 – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Ethan Marta scored 32 points in Ishpeming Westwood’s opening win over Hancock – Upper Michigan’s Source

6. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s scored five first-period goals in a win over Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Macomb Daily

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice put together a significant second-quarter run to pull away from Ferndale 87-59 – Oakland Press

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Manistee surged during the second half to get past Mason County Central 45-42 – Manistee News Advocate

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Haslett started the third quarter on an 11-0 run on the way to defeating Ionia 68-44 – Lansing State Journal

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Hartland received double-digit scoring from three players during a 58-47 win over Walled Lake Central – Livingston Daily Press & Argus