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: 11/4/20

November 4, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tuesday was quieter on the high school sports scene as playoffs in multiple sports pick up again this afternoon. But we’ve included all of the coverage out there from District volleyball and a county cross country championship event.

1. Cross Country: The Sturgis girls and Three Rivers boys won St. Joseph County championships – Sturgis Journal

2. Volleyball: Escanaba swept Kingsford to move on in a Division 2 District – Escanaba Daily Press

3. Volleyball: Houghton also moved on in Division 2 with a sweep of Gladstone – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

4. Volleyball: Holland West Ottawa swept Holland in a Division 1 District opener – Holland Sentinel

5. Volleyball: No. 3 Cadillac swept Big Rapids to open their Division 2 District – Cadillac News

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Former Eastern Michigan coach Charles Ramsey will return from the college ranks to take over at Ypsilanti Community – Ann Arbor News

Girls Basketball: Former program all-time leading scorer Morgan Giddings has been selected as Muskegon Oakridge’s next varsity coach – Muskegon Chronicle