Today in the MHSAA: 6/8/16

June 8, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Michigan’s top girls soccer teams took the next step in the MHSAA Tournament with the start of Regionals on Tuesday, and a number of close finishes ensued.

Girls Soccer

Three-time reigning Division 2 champion and No. 2-ranked Richland Gull Lake needed overtime to survive Marshall 2-1 – Battle Creek Enquirer

Canton edged Ann Arbor Pioneer 1-0 with a 3-2 advantage in a shootout in Division 1 – Ann Arbor News

After winning its first District title since 2008 on Saturday, Brighton downed No. 15 Rochester Adams 1-0 for its first Regional win since 2005 – Livingston Daily

Grand Rapids Christian in Division 2 also got past Spring Lake, 1-0, with a shootout – Grand Rapids Press

No. 4 Novi came back from a 2-0 deficit to beat No. 5 Grand Blanc in overtime 3-2 in Division 1 – Oakland Press

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern in Division 2 came back from a goal deficit to beat Mount Pleasant 2-1 – Grand Rapids Press

Baseball

Top-ranked Coldwater, making up a regular-season came, got coach Randy Spangler his 600th career win during a sweep of Jackson Lumen Christi – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Today in the MHSAA: 10/9/15

October 9, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

MHSAA Boys Tennis Regionals got rolling all over the Lower Peninsula on Thursday, while girls golf continued with its second day of postseason competition.

Girls Golf

Three top-10 Lower Peninsula Division 1 teams emerged from the MHSAA Regional at Twin Lakes Golf Club. No. 7 Troy shot 309, 20 strokes ahead of the field, and was followed by No. 5 Bloomfield Hills and No. 10 Farmington Hills Mercy – Oakland Press

Boys Soccer

Division 2 No. 8 Spring Lake came back to beat No. 6 Fruitport in overtime 5-3, creating a tie between the two for first in the Lakes 8 Conference – Muskegon Chronicle

Boys Tennis

Paw Paw, ranked No. 10 in LP Division 4, won its first regional title – Kalamazoo Gazette

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, No. 2 in LP Division 2, won all eight flights to claim its regional championship – Grand Rapids Press 

LP Division 3 Petoskey won its seventh straight regional championship – Petoskey News

Both No. 5 Detroit U-D Jesuit and No 8 Birmingham Seaholm edged No. 4 Birmingham Groves by a point, tying for their LP Division 2 title – Oakland Press

Volleyball

Class A No. 8 Seaholm continued an impressive run, this time knocking off No. 3 Lake Orion in five sets after beating honorable mention Clarkston on Tuesday – Oakland Press 

Class A No. 6 Romeo continued its surge, coming back after losing the first set to win the next three against Class B No. 10 Marysville – Macomb Daily