Today in the MHSAA: 6/10/16

June 10, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of girls soccer Regional Finals pitted ranked teams Thursday, with the top two from Division 2 last season among those eliminated while new contenders moved on.

Girls Soccer

No. 13 Dexter eliminated three-time reigning Division 2 champion and No. 2-ranked Richland Gull Lake, 3-1, with two second-half goals – Ann Arbor News

No. 4 Novi needed overtime to get past No. 11 Brighton 3-2 in Division 1 – Oakland Press

No. 11 Livonia Ladywood scored twice during the final 25 minutes, but No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian hung on for a 3-2 Division 2 win – Oakland Press

No. 3 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep won its first Regional since 2013 and ended the 20-game winning streak of reigning Division 2 runner-up and No. 14-ranked Fenton, 2-1 – MLive-Detroit

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern also needed overtime to down Grand Rapids Christian 2-1 in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 5/28/19

May 28, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The final weekend of May saw the majority of the final regular-season events for the 2018-19 school year, plus the annual team championship meets in track & field hosted by the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association.

1. Track & Field: The Clare top-ranked girls and No. 2-ranked boys repeated in sweeping MITCA team championships in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. Track & Field: The Pittsford No. 2-ranked girls won their third straight MITCA Division 4 team title, while top-ranked Addison won the boys title – Hillsdale Daily News

3. Track & Field: The top-ranked Zeeland East girls and top-ranked Zeeland West boys won MITCA Division 2 titles – Holland Sentinel Girls | Boys

4. Track & Field: The top-ranked Rockford girls and top-ranked East Kentwood boys won the MITCA Division 1 championships – Athletic.net

5. Baseball: Division 2 No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s won its first Detroit Catholic League A-B title with a walk-off hit in the 10th inning to get past Division 1 No. 14 Detroit Catholic Central – State Champs Sports Network

6. Baseball: Division 3 No. 4 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett downed No. 3 Riverview Gabriel Richard to win the Catholic League C-D title – State Champs Sports Network

7. Baseball: Division 1 No. 3 White Lake Lakeland got past No. 9 South Lyon to clinch the Lakes Valley Conference title – Oakland Press

8. Softball: Colon ran its winning streak to 20 straight with a sweep of Burr Oak that clinched a Southern Central Athletic Association title – Sturgis Journal

9. Boys Golf: Austin Fauser and Clinton continued their domination of the Tri-County Conference with league titles – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Softball: Posen celebrated a North Star League Little Dipper title with a sweep of Hale – Alpena News

Also of note …

Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea claimed a share of the Southeastern Conference White title with a win over Monroe – Chelsea Sun Times

Softball: Division 1 No. 3 Howell and honorable mention New Baltimore Anchor Bay continued their back-and-forth to finish as the new MHSAA record holder for home runs in a season – State Champs Sports Network

Softball: From Thursday, Division 4 No. 9 Unionville-Sebewaing clinched the outright Greater Thumb Conference West title with a sweep of Bad Axe – Huron Daily Tribune

Track & Field: From Thursday, Brimley claimed both the girls and boys Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference meet championships – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Softball: From Thursday, Division 2 top-ranked Escanaba finished a league title run in the Great Northern Conference with a shutout of Marquette – Escanaba Daily Press

Boys Golf: From Thursday, Hanover-Horton – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – won the Cascades Conference tournament to force a shared league title with No. 4 Napoleon – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Track & Field: From Tuesday, Sault Ste. Marie’s girls and Newberry’s boys won Straits Area Conference meet titles – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Softball: From last week, Division 3 honorable mention Stanton Central Montcalm locked up its fifth straight Central State Activities Association Gold title – Greenville Daily News