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: 5/19/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 19, 2025
1. TRACK & FIELD The Brighton Charyl Stockwell Academy girls and boys swept Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional titles – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. GIRLS TENNIS No. 2 Birmingham Seaholm was first and No. 10 North Farmington second at their LPD2 Regional – Detroit Free Press
3. BOYS GOLF Bay City Western carded a tournament-record 292 to win the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times
4. TRACK & FIELD Battle Creek Harper Creek swept girls and boys LPD2 Regional titles; Harper Creek’s boys are ranked No. 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer
5. TRACK & FIELD Dearborn Divine Child’s girls and boys also swept LPD2 Regional championships – Dearborn Press & Guide
6. TRACK & FIELD The host Romeo girls and Macomb Dakota boys were LPD1 Regional champs – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
7. BOYS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores and LPD3 No. 3 Grosse Ile shot matching two-day scores of 644 to top the leaderboard at the Katke Invitational – Local Sports Journal
8. GIRLS SOCCER Big Rapids repeated as Central State Activities Association Tournament champion with a 6-2 win over Howard City Tri County – MI Sports Now
9. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian, Division 4 No. 2 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic and Allen Park Cabrini clinched Catholic High School League tournament titles – Oakland Press (Marian) | Oakland Press (Shrine) | Southgate News-Herald (Cabrini)
10. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 1 Bay City Western defeated a No. 12 Novi in a Rockford Invitational matchup that paired two of the state’s top pitchers – Bay City Times
Also of note …
SOFTBALL Escanaba’s Katey Lamb became the second Michigan player on record to hit two grand slams in one game during a 16-1 win over Division 1 honorable mention Macomb Dakota; Division 2 No. 3 Escanaba also defeated Flat Rock – Upper Michigan’s Source