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: 5/15/18
May 15, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Track & Field: The Remus Chippewa Hills girls, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, clinched their 16th straight conference championship with a win at the Central State Activities Association Gold meet – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
2. Track & Field – Zeeland East (No. 1 in LPD2 girls, No. 2 in boys) swept the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green meet championships, both teams followed by neighbor Zeeland West (No. 2 in LPD2 girls, No. 1 in boys) – Holland Sentinel
3. Girls Lacrosse: Division 1 No. 6 Brighton scored the game-winning goal with 13 seconds to play to edge No. 3 Hartland 16-15 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Girls Tennis: LPD1 No. 6 Holland West Ottawa clinched the outright O-K Red title with a league tournament championship ahead of No. 7 Rockford – Holland Sentinel
5. Girls Tennis: LPD2 No. 10 Zeeland East hung on to claim the O-K Green title by edging LPD3 No. 8 Holland Christian by a point at the league tournament – Holland Sentinel
6. Girls Tennis: LPD4 No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis claimed the Lake Michigan Conference tournament, as expected, but East Jordan’s Keegan Malpass won No. 1 singles despite dropping the first set of the final – Petoskey News-Review
7. Track & Field: Manistee Catholic Central’s boys clinched their first West Michigan D League overall title with a second-place finish at the league meet – Manistee News Advocate
8. Boys Lacrosse: Grand Ledge continued its historic run by clinching the Capital Area Activities Conference tournament title with a 9-4 win over Okemos – Lansing State Journal
9. Track & Field: Lake Orion swept Oakland Activities Association titles, the boys winning for the seventh straight season – Oakland Press
10. Softball: Negaunee clinched a share of the Mid-Peninsula Conference title with a sweep of Gwinn – Marquette Mining Journal
Also of note …
Track & Field: Livonia Ladywood’s current runners and alumni met for a final relay as the school prepares to close after this spring – Observer & Eccentric