Today in the MHSAA: 6/1/16

June 1, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Softball, baseball, and girls soccer MHSAA tournaments kicked off Tuesday and were filled with exciting matchups – but highlights were hardly reserved for just those three sports during one of our busiest days of competition each school year.

Baseball

Division 1 No. 5 Bay City Western got past rival Mount Pleasant for the final time this season, downing the No. 6 Oilers 7-3 to open their District – Bay City Times

Boys Lacrosse

No. 3 Okemos downed No. 7 Vicksburg 19-10 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal at DeWitt – Lansing State Journal

Girls Soccer

Division 2 No. 3 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep downed Catholic League rival and No. 8 Warren Regina in the first round of their District – Oakland Press

Libby Amley assisted on the first goal and scored the game winner with 50 seconds to play at Bay City John Glenn came back to beat Bay City Central 2-1 in Division 2 – Bay City Times

Goodrich scored its game’s only goal in overtime to get past St. Clair 1-0 in Division 3 – Flint Journal

Softball

Bay City Western opened the postseason with a 1-0 win over Mount Pleasant in a matchup of teams earning honorable mentions in Division 1 – Bay City Times

Flat Rock’s Lauren Hoffman drove in the tying run in the seventh inning and the winner in the ninth to lead her team past New Boston Huron 5-4 – Monroe Evening News

Track & Field

Jackson’s Anthony Owens is on his way to perhaps graduating as the top long jumper in MHSAA history after breaking the 39-year-old record at the Selby Track & Field Classic with a leap of 24 feet, 8 inches – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Clare’s Kasey Staley tied the pole vault record of 11-6 at the Morning Sun Meet of Champions, matching the best by former Remus Chippewa Hills star and potential Olympian Kristen Hixson – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Today in the MHSAA: 9/25/20

September 29, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Volleyball headlines dominated Thursday as matchups of state-ranked teams and individual accomplishments made for a full night of noteworthy performances.

1. Volleyball: After losing the first set, Division 4 honorable mention Battle Creek St. Philip won the next three to defeat No. 8 Camden-Frontier – Hillsdale Daily News

2. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 8 Clarkston came back from a two-set deficit to defeat honorable mention Rochester Hills Stoney Creek in five – Oakland Press

3. Volleyball: Hudson’s Callie Bauer went over 2,000 career kills while leading her team to wins over Homer and Hanover-Horton; the Tigers are ranked No. 7 in Division 3 – Adrian Daily Telegram

4. Volleyball: Trenton swept reigning Downriver League champ Brownstown Woodhaven – Southgate News-Herald

5. Girls Golf: Hartland – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 172 to edge Brighton by six strokes – Livingston Daily

6. Volleyball: Temperance Bedford dealt Monroe its first defeat of the season, in a sweep – Monroe News

7. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 9 Northville moved to 4-0 with a sweep of Livonia Stevenson – Observer & Eccentric

8. Boys Soccer: Traverse City West scored four second-half goals to get past Petoskey 5-1 – Up North Live

9. Boys Soccer: Detroit Catholic Central got past Detroit U-D Jesuit 2-0 – Oakland Press

10. Volleyball: Houghton swept Ishpeming in its last match before a two-week break – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette