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: 10/13/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 13, 2022

1. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept Madison Heights Bishop Foley to clinch the Detroit Catholic League AA championship – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Freeland opened Division 2 District play with a notable 5-1 win over Bullock Creek – Midland Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Utica Eisenhower opened Division 1 District play with a 2-0 shutout of Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Macomb Daily

4. BOYS SOCCER Leland edged Suttons Bay 2-1 in a Division 4 District opener – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. VOLLEYBALL Lake Fenton defeated Clio in five sets, although the Mustangs’ Makayla Neelands went over 1,000 career kills – WJRT

6. BOYS SOCCER Gavyn Moore scored all three goals in Sturgis’ 3-1 Division 2 win over Niles – Sturgis Journal

7. BOYS SOCCER Battle Creek Lakeview won a playoff game for the first time since 2019, 3-0 over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. BOYS SOCCER Romeo opened up Division 1 play with a 2-0 win over Rochester – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS SOCCER Montague edged Whitehall 2-1 in a Division 3 District opener – Local Sports Journal

10. BOYS SOCCER North Muskegon opened its Division 4 bracket with a 3-0 win over Muskegon Catholic Central – MuskegonSports.com