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: 10/7/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 7, 2025
1. GIRLS GOLF Avery Manning won a fourth Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional individual title as her No. 2-ranked Dexter team also was victorious – Ann Arbor News
2. GIRLS GOLF No. 2 Montague edged No. 6 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian by a stroke to win their Division 4 Regional – Local Sports Journal
3. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Heights Crestwood downed Division 2 No. 9 Melvindale 3-1 to earn a share of the Western Wayne Athletic Conference championship – Southgate News-Herald
4. GIRLS GOLF No. 9 Elk Rapids carded a 364 to win its LPD4 Regional by 29 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. BOYS SOCCER Warren Mott downed Clawson and got an assist from New Haven to secure the Macomb Area Conference Gold title outright – Macomb Daily
6. BOYS TENNIS Bay City Western ended Essexville Garber’s three-year reign at the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times
7. GIRLS GOLF Owosso edged Alpena by a stroke to win their LPD2 Regional – Petoskey News-Review
8. BOYS SOCCER Asher Clark reached 50 goals for the season in Bay City John Glenn’s 5-3 win over Mount Pleasant – Bay City Times
9. BOYS SOCCER Tecumseh scored during the final minutes to get past Division 3 honorable mention Brooklyn Columbia Central 2-1 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
10. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Hancock continued its successful run with a four-set win over L’Anse – Upper Michigan’s Source