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: 2/9/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 9, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 10 Macomb L’Anse Creuse North finished a Macomb Area Conference White title run with a 56-44 win over Utica Ford – Macomb Daily

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL New Haven downed Hazel Park 38-30 in a MAC Bronze title clincher – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 10 Saginaw Nouvel moved into first alone in the Tri-Valley Conference 10 with a 53-51 win over Division 3 No. 12 Hemlock – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 13 Hartland avenged its lone defeat of the season with a 48-36 victory against Howell – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 10 Benton Harbor came back to get past No. 19 Battle Creek Pennfield 79-74 – Battle Creek Enquirer

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Caro’s Adelyn Moore went over 1,000 career points during a 57-36 win over Unionville-Sebewaing – Saginaw News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Tony Williams went over 1,000 career points as Division 2 No. 7 Parchment downed Kalamazoo Christian 58-32 – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Goodrich edged Flushing 43-42 in a matchup of Flint Metro League divisional leaders – WJRT

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sophie Canen set a school record with 41 points in Saline’s big win over Ann Arbor Huron – Saline Post

10. GIRLS BASKETALL Flushing also earned a strong Flint Metro League crossover win 35-27 over Goodrich – WEYI