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: 10/2/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 2, 2026

1. GIRLS GOLF Alpena won the Big North Conference team title by a stroke, and runner-up Petoskey boasted the individual medalist in Anna Hasse – Petoskey News-Review

2. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – ran its Saginaw Valley League Tournament title streak to 21 – Midland Daily News

3. BOYS SOCCER Warren Woods-Tower clinched a share of the Macomb Area Conference Silver title with a win over Warren Fitzgerald – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Lexi Coleman starred as Division 1 No. 7 South Lyon East swept honorable mention South Lyon – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bellaire lost the first set but won the next three to defeat Central Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Onekama ran its winning streak to nine with a sweep of Brethren – MI Sports Now

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL St. Louis also extended its winning streak with a sweep of Alma – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Okemos shut out Mason 6-0 – WLNS

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kingsford swept Negaunee – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Dowagiac downed Berrien Springs in five sets – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium