Today in the MHSAA: 6/4/19

June 4, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Nearly half of Baseball and Softball District tournaments finished Monday across the state, with a share of upsets and statement wins making for an exciting afternoon.

1. Baseball: Onsted edged No. 3 Napoleon 4-3 to lock up a Division 3 District championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Softball: No. 2 Clarkston moved on to a Division 1 Regional with a big win over No. 5 Lake Orion – State Champs Sports Network

3. Baseball: Stevensville Lakeshore broke a late-season losing streak and downed No. 6 Edwardsburg 5-3 to earn a third-straight District title – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. Baseball: No. 17 Fowlerville got past No. 5 Mason 5-3 in a District Final matchup of ranked teams in Division 2, and after Mason beat No. 7 Williamston in 15 innings to advance – Lansing State Journal

5. Softball: Addison Cooley hit a pair of home runs to lead No. 7 Bay City Western past rival and honorable mention Bay City Central in a Division 1 District Final – Midland Daily News

6. Baseball: No. 8 Beal City outlasted Breckenridge 16-13 in a Division 4 District Final – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

7. Softball: Frankenmuth got past Saginaw Swan Valley 7-6 in a matchup of Division 2 honorable mentions, then downed Carrollton to lock up a District title – Saginaw News

8. Softball: Leah Vaughan struck out 15 as No. 6 Spring Lake got past Coopersville 2-0 to win a fifth straight District title, in Division 2 – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Softball: Vicksburg locked down Three Rivers 10-0 and went on to defeat Otsego 7-3 to claim a Division 2 District title – JoeInsider.com

10. Baseball: Oxford downed Lake Orion in Division 1 for its first District title in more than a decade – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 11/16/15

November 16, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A longtime cross country contributor retires, a volleyball underdog prepares, another winter sport gets rolling and a football super fan provides his community with unending support.

Cross Country

Longtime Port Huron coach Lowell Speiss has called it a career after more than 60 years running, coaching and scoring the sport – Port Huron Times-Herald

Ice Hockey

Livingston County is one of Michigan’s strongest when it comes to high school hockey, and the Livingston Daily came out with its preseason preview Sunday – Livingston Daily

Volleyball

Traverse City West is next up to take on reigning Class A champion Romeo, and the Titans are looking to take the step to Battle Creek after just missing two seasons ago – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Good Read

“End Zone Joe” is Johannesburg-Lewiston’s super fan, an example of community people who play huge parts in the local high school team’s success and experience – Gaylord Herald-Times