Today in the MHSAA: 6/9/16
June 9, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Girls and Boys Lacrosse Semifinals gave us our championship contenders for Saturday's games, and they were joined as well Wednesday by key soccer wins and a pair of baseball milestones.
Boys Lacrosse
Birmingham Brother Rice will play for its 12th straight Division 1 championship after downing Detroit U-D Jesuit 17-4 in a Semifinal – Oakland Press
Detroit Catholic Central held Detroit County Day scoreless during the second half to advance in Division 1 with a 13-5 Semifinal win – Oakland Press
East Grand Rapids downed Okemos 16-15 in double overtime to get back to the Division 2 Final – Grand Rapids Press
After falling to Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in the postseason the last three years, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central earned a championship game berth with a 17-7 win over the Cranes – Grand Rapids Press
Girls Lacrosse
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood started on a 7-0 run in downing Farmington Hills Mercy 22-4 in a Division 2 Semifinal – Oakland Press
Four-time reigning Division 2 champion East Grand Rapids will play for a fifth straight title after downing Okemos 14-7 in a Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press
Three-time reigning Division 1 champion Rockford earned another trip to the Finals with a 23-7 win over Hartland – Livingston Daily
Birmingham United advanced to its first MHSAA lacrosse championship game since 2012 with a 16-4 win over Ann Arbor Pioneer in Division 1.
Girls soccer
The closest of four Regional games across the state came in Division 4, where Montrose got past Harbor Springs 2-0 – Petoskey News
Baseball
Shepherd baseball coach Jack Nartker retired after 27 seasons and a final 5-4 win over Beal City; his record is 647-288-7 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Grand Ledge avenged a District loss to Holt with a comeback win to claim the Capital Area Diamond Classic championship 7-3 and finish 31-4 – Lansing State Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 5/22/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 22, 2026
1. GIRLS SOCCER Gaylord clinched a share of its first Big North Conference title since 2002 with a 4-0 win over Petoskey – Petoskey News-Review
2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 3 Saline clinched a fourth-straight Southeastern Conference Red title with a sweep of second-place Temperance Bedford – Saline Post
3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 13 Hartland defeated No. 16 Novi 1-0 to clinch its first overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association title in this sport since 2011 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. BOYS GOLF Bath finished an outright championship run in the Central Michigan Athletic Conference with a league tournament win – Lansing State Journal
5. BOYS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – placed the top two individuals in winning the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament – Local Sports Journal
6. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 8 Grand Blanc shut out Midland 2-0 in the Saginaw Valley League championship game – Midland Daily News
7. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 5 Richmond swept Croswell-Lexington to finish undefeated in the Blue Water Area Conference
8. SOFTBALL Midland Dow swept Freeland with Dow’s Marley Hughes becoming the Midland County career home run leader – Midland Daily News
9. BOYS LACROSSE Oxford will play in a Regional Final for the first time after defeating Grand Blanc 15-7 in Division 1 – Oakland Press
10. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Essexville Garber swept Division 4 No. 4 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun