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: 3/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gladstone avenged a pair of regular-season losses by downing Negaunee 50-47 in a Division 2 District Final – Marquette Mining Journal

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow clinched its seventh-straight District title with a 58-49 win over Midland High in Division 1 – Midland Daily News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL South Lyon won a Division 1 District matchup of league champs 55-47 over Northville – Social House News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield clinched a Division 3 District title with a 57-42 win over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Beach downed Cass City 44-39 in Division 3 – Huron Daily Tribune

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich wrapped up a third-straight Division 2 District title with a 68-52 win over Flint Powers Catholic – WJRT

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Chelsea finished a Division 2 District run with a 52-35 win over Parma Western – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hartland avenged a pair of losses to Howell with a Division 1 District Final win, 43-33 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Christian earned a third-straight District title with a 53-38 win over Hackett Catholic Prep in Division 3 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Erie Mason/Ida – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – swam to a Southern Michigan Independent Swimming League championship – Monroe News