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: 10/13/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 13, 2022

1. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept Madison Heights Bishop Foley to clinch the Detroit Catholic League AA championship – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Freeland opened Division 2 District play with a notable 5-1 win over Bullock Creek – Midland Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Utica Eisenhower opened Division 1 District play with a 2-0 shutout of Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Macomb Daily

4. BOYS SOCCER Leland edged Suttons Bay 2-1 in a Division 4 District opener – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. VOLLEYBALL Lake Fenton defeated Clio in five sets, although the Mustangs’ Makayla Neelands went over 1,000 career kills – WJRT

6. BOYS SOCCER Gavyn Moore scored all three goals in Sturgis’ 3-1 Division 2 win over Niles – Sturgis Journal

7. BOYS SOCCER Battle Creek Lakeview won a playoff game for the first time since 2019, 3-0 over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. BOYS SOCCER Romeo opened up Division 1 play with a 2-0 win over Rochester – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS SOCCER Montague edged Whitehall 2-1 in a Division 3 District opener – Local Sports Journal

10. BOYS SOCCER North Muskegon opened its Division 4 bracket with a 3-0 win over Muskegon Catholic Central – MuskegonSports.com