Today In The MHSAA: 6/11/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 11, 2021

1. Girls Soccer: No. 15 Bad Axe is a first-time Regional championship thanks to 2-1 win over No. 9 Laingsburg in Division 4 – WJRT

2. Girls Soccer: No. 15 Dearborn Divine Child clinched its first Regional title in this sport with a shootout win over No. 9 South Lyon East in Division 2 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Soccer: Hartland won its first Regional title, downing No. 13 Lake Orion 3-0 in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Girls Soccer: No. 15 Ann Arbor Skyline is also a first-time Regional champion thanks to a 2-0 win over Canton in Division 1 – Ann Arbor News

5. Girls Soccer: No. 12 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic shut out No. 10 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Oakland Press

6. Girls Soccer: No. 4 Spring Lake earned a Division 2 Regional title with a 1-0 win over Cadillac – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked Troy Athens also won by shutout, getting past New Baltimore Anchor Bay 3-0 in Division 1 – State Champs Sports Network

8. Baseball: Zeeland West finished a 12-inning, 4-3 Division 1 Regional Semifinal win against Muskegon Reeths-Puffer – FOX 17

9. Baseball: No. 9 Mesick also finished a Regional Semifinal win, 18-3 over Mason County Eastern in Division 4 – Cadillac News

10. Baseball: No. 7 Pewamo-Westphalia is moving on in Division 3 after a 10-0 win over Grandville Calvin Christian – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Today in the MHSAA: 10/8/19

October 8, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

We’ve officially entered tournament time for our first few Lower Peninsula sports, with Girls Golf Regionals teeing off Monday while boys soccer and tennis teams finished their regular seasons with playoffs up next.

1. Girls Golf: No. 4 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian won its Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional and No. 3 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep was second, with No. 5 Montague third to make the Finals for the first time – Muskegon Chronicle

2. Girls Golf: No. 3 Okemos won its LPD1 Regional against a field including No. 8 Grand Blanc and formerly-ranked Brighton – Lansing State Journal

3. Girls Golf: No. 9 St. Joseph edged Mattawan by a stroke and No. 4 Middleville Thornapple Kellogg by three to win an LPD2 Regional – Sturgis Journal

4. Boys Soccer: Utica Eisenhower downed Utica 1-0 to earn a share of the Macomb Area Conference Red title and the 200th victory for coach Josh VanHouten – Macomb Daily

5. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 3 Novi got past No. 14 Livonia Stevenson 4-0 to claim the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Observer & Eccentric

6. Boys Soccer: A Saline win over Monroe combined with a tie between Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline and Pioneer gave the Southeastern Conference Red title to the No. 13 Hornets – Saline Post

7. Boys Soccer: Roscommon locked up the Northern Michigan Soccer League title with a 5-1 victory over Gladwin, which had won the last five league championships – MI Sports Now

8. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 8 Adrian Lenawee Christian repeated as overall Independent Soccer League champion with a 1-0 win over No. 9 Hillsdale Academy – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Girls Golf: No. 3 Marshall won its LPD3 Regional by 20 strokes – Niles Daily Star

10. Boys Tennis: Brownstown Woodhaven won four flights on the way to clinching the Downriver League Meet team title – Southgate News-Herald

Also of note …

Boys Soccer: Chippewa Valley shut out Utica Ford 4-0 to also share the MAC Red title – Macomb Daily

Girls Golf: Grosse Pointe South shot a 335 to outpace its LPD1 Regional field by 35 strokes – MHSAA.com

Boys Tennis: From Saturday, LPD1 No. 3 Northville edged No. 9 Novi to win the overall KLAA Tournament title – Observer & Eccentric

Boys Tennis: From Saturday, Muskegon Mona Shores scored two more points than Jenison to win the Ottawa-Kent Conference Black Tournament title – Local Sports Journal