Today in the MHSAA: 6/1/17
June 1, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first MHSAA Finals championships of this spring were celebrated Wednesday in golf and tennis, while Hudsonville’s longtime softball coach celebrated a milestone win few have equaled.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Golf
Escanaba repeated as Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion, finishing 18 strokes ahead of Houghton – Second Half
Boys Golf
Escanaba pushed past three-time reigning champion Houghton to win the Upper Peninsula Division 1 title – Second Half
Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 10 Shepherd won its first Regional title in more than a decade – Saginaw News
Unranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central edged No. 7 Rockford by a stroke to win an LP Division 1 regional title – Grand Rapids Press
No. 6 Plymouth won a third straight LP Division 1 Regional title, shooting a 319 to edge No. 10 Ann Arbor Skyline by five strokes – Observer & Eccentric
Boys Lacrosse
No. 3 Hartland claimed its first Regional title in boys lacrosse with an 11-10 win over Midland in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
No. 5 Warren DeLaSalle edged No. 8 Grosse Pointe North 10-8 to claim a Division 2 title – Macomb Daily
No. 9 Clarkston avenged a regular-season loss by downing No. 8 Lake Orion 12-9 in another Division 1 Regional Final – Oakland Press
Girls Soccer
Swartz Creek continued its perfect run with a 2-1 Division 1 District Semifinal win over Davison, which scored first – Flint Journal
Newaygo escaped with a 2-1 win over Muskegon Oakridge after a shootout in a Division 3 District Semifinal and thanks to 36 saves by Jenna Janke – Muskegon Chronicle
No. 17 Portage Central got past rival Portage Northern 1-0 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Kalamazoo Gazette
Softball
Hudsonville downed Allendale 10-0 to give 36-year coach Tom Vruggink his 1,000th career win, against only 263 losses – Grand Rapids Press
Division 1 No. 10 Mount Pleasant split with Division 2 top-ranked Saginaw Swan Valley, with a 6-5 win in the first game the Vikings’ first loss this season – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Boys Tennis
Ishpeming Westwood won six flights in claiming a fourth straight Upper Peninsula Division 2 title – Second Half
Negaunee won its fifth MHSAA Finals title this decade, claiming six flights during a Division 1 run – Second Half
Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 3, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Pinconning held on after losing the third and fourth sets to defeat Farwell in five in a Division 3 District opener – Bay City Times
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North came back after losing the first two sets to defeat Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 3-2 in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Jackson Lumen Christi girls – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and the LPD2 No. 4 Parma Western boys won team titles at the J Chris Jensen County Championships – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Berrien Springs opened Division 2 District play with a sweep of Dowagiac – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Petoskey finished a season sweep of Gaylord with a three-set sweep in Division 1 – Petoskey News-Review
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Lake City won the first two sets on the way to a win in four over LeRoy Pine River in Division 3 – Cadillac News
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After splitting with Manistee during the regular season, Mason County Central finished with the edge in the season series thanks to a Division 3 District sweep – Local Sports Journal
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gwinn advanced in Division 3 with a sweep of Ishpeming Westwood – Upper Michigan’s Source
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Monroe led throughout in sweeping Gibraltar Carlson in Division 1 – Monroe News
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After a split of the first two sets, Baldwin came back to win the final two over Pentwater in Division 4 – Big Rapids Pioneer