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: 9/1/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 1, 2022
1. GIRLS GOLF Oxford carded a 329 to win the Oakland Country Division 2 championship – Oakland Press
2. BOYS SOCCER Arturo Romero scored all six of his team’s goals in a win over Fremont to set Muskegon Oakridge’s school record, now at 28 – MuskegonSports.com
3. BOYS TENNIS Saginaw Nouvel delivered coach Scott Symons his 200th win with a victory over Bay City Western – Saginaw News
4. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee shut out Ishpeming Westwood; Westwood was first and Negaunee second at last season’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 Finals – Upper Michigan Source
5. GIRLS GOLF Sparta was first and Montague second at the Whitehall Invitational – Ludington Daily News
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Tecumseh girls and Adrian boys won Cebulski Invitational championships in Adrian – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. GIRLS GOLF Big Rapids moved to 2-for-2 in Central State Activities Association league competitions – Big Rapids Pioneer
8. GIRLS GOLF Vicksburg won the opening Wolverine Conference jamboree of this season – JoeInsider.com
9. GIRLS GOLF Midland Dow won the latest Saginaw Valley League event – Midland Daily News
10. BOYS SOCCER South Lyon and South Lyon East played to their second draw this season – Observer & Eccentric