Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/18

August 21, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media. 

1. Girls Golf: Northville broke its tournament scoring record by 22 strokes with a 291 to win the Sentech Services Tournament at Kensington Metropark – Observer & Eccentric

2. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs shot a program record 340 to win the Grayling Invitational overall title by 27 strokes – Petoskey News-Review

3. Girls Golf: Hartland won its home invitational, led by a school record 72 from Sydney Bradford – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Volleyball: Centreville came back from a one-set deficit to defeat Three Rivers 2-1 in the championship match of the St. Joseph County tournament – Sturgis Journal

5. Cross Country: Spring Lake’s girls and boys teams kicked of their seasons with a sweep of the Muskegon Orchard View Invitational titles – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Boys Soccer: Tyler Plummer scored all three goals as Pentwater defeated Big Rapids Crossroads Academy 3-2 – Local Sports Journal

7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 powers Novi and Northville played to a scoreless draw – Observer & Eccentric

8. Boys Soccer: Grayling’s two goals over the final 10 minutes gave it a 2-1 win over Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Boys Soccer: An early goal was enough as Holland Christian edged Grand Rapids South Christian 1-0 – Holland Sentinel

10. Boys Soccer: Jonesville and Blissfield combined for 11 goals including nine during the second half of a game that included plenty out of the ordinary – Hillsdale Daily News

Also of note …

Football: Portage Northern will debut its newly-completed Huskie Stadium on Friday after 53 years of sharing a field with Portage Central – Kalamazoo Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 5/28/19

May 28, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The final weekend of May saw the majority of the final regular-season events for the 2018-19 school year, plus the annual team championship meets in track & field hosted by the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association.

1. Track & Field: The Clare top-ranked girls and No. 2-ranked boys repeated in sweeping MITCA team championships in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. Track & Field: The Pittsford No. 2-ranked girls won their third straight MITCA Division 4 team title, while top-ranked Addison won the boys title – Hillsdale Daily News

3. Track & Field: The top-ranked Zeeland East girls and top-ranked Zeeland West boys won MITCA Division 2 titles – Holland Sentinel Girls | Boys

4. Track & Field: The top-ranked Rockford girls and top-ranked East Kentwood boys won the MITCA Division 1 championships – Athletic.net

5. Baseball: Division 2 No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s won its first Detroit Catholic League A-B title with a walk-off hit in the 10th inning to get past Division 1 No. 14 Detroit Catholic Central – State Champs Sports Network

6. Baseball: Division 3 No. 4 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett downed No. 3 Riverview Gabriel Richard to win the Catholic League C-D title – State Champs Sports Network

7. Baseball: Division 1 No. 3 White Lake Lakeland got past No. 9 South Lyon to clinch the Lakes Valley Conference title – Oakland Press

8. Softball: Colon ran its winning streak to 20 straight with a sweep of Burr Oak that clinched a Southern Central Athletic Association title – Sturgis Journal

9. Boys Golf: Austin Fauser and Clinton continued their domination of the Tri-County Conference with league titles – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Softball: Posen celebrated a North Star League Little Dipper title with a sweep of Hale – Alpena News

Also of note …

Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea claimed a share of the Southeastern Conference White title with a win over Monroe – Chelsea Sun Times

Softball: Division 1 No. 3 Howell and honorable mention New Baltimore Anchor Bay continued their back-and-forth to finish as the new MHSAA record holder for home runs in a season – State Champs Sports Network

Softball: From Thursday, Division 4 No. 9 Unionville-Sebewaing clinched the outright Greater Thumb Conference West title with a sweep of Bad Axe – Huron Daily Tribune

Track & Field: From Thursday, Brimley claimed both the girls and boys Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference meet championships – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Softball: From Thursday, Division 2 top-ranked Escanaba finished a league title run in the Great Northern Conference with a shutout of Marquette – Escanaba Daily Press

Boys Golf: From Thursday, Hanover-Horton – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – won the Cascades Conference tournament to force a shared league title with No. 4 Napoleon – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Track & Field: From Tuesday, Sault Ste. Marie’s girls and Newberry’s boys won Straits Area Conference meet titles – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Softball: From last week, Division 3 honorable mention Stanton Central Montcalm locked up its fifth straight Central State Activities Association Gold title – Greenville Daily News