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: 5/28/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 28, 2021
1. Baseball: After seeing a 59-game league win streak end in the first of the day against No. 20 Boyne City, Division 3 No. 14 Traverse City St. Francis won the second 4-3 to clinch the Lake Michigan Conference title – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys Golf: Brighton edged Northville 293-297 to claim the Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship tournament; Brighton is ranked No. 4 and Northville No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Girls Lacrosse: No. 2 Detroit Country Day advanced in Division 2 with a 15-10 Regional win over No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press
4. Softball: Walled Lake Northern earned the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship with a 1-0 win over South Lyon; both are honorable mentions in the Division 1 poll – Oakland Press
5. Baseball: Midland finished a game against Division 1 No. 20 Grand Blanc from last month – and finished with a 2-1 win and share of the Saginaw Valley League title with the Bobcats – Midland Daily News
6. Baseball: Ludington earned a share of the Lakes 8 Activities Conference title with a win over Muskegon Orchard View – Ludington Daily News
7. Baseball: Division 1 No. 13 Temperance Bedford claimed the Southeastern Conference Red championship with a win over Ann Arbor Huron – Monroe News
8. Track & Field: The Fairview girls and Hale boys won North Star League Little Dipper championship meets – WBKB
9. Girls Soccer: Stephanie Strong scored three goals to lead Howell past Swartz Creek 4-1 in Division 1 District play – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. Boys Lacrosse: Rochester Adams held off Bloomfield Hills 11-8 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Oakland Press