Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/19

September 19, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Close finishes on the golf course and soccer pitch top today’s list and gave ranked teams extra reason to celebrate Wednesday.

1. Girls Golf: South Lyon – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – shot a 344 to finish ahead of LPD1 No. 6 Rochester Adams by a stroke and win the Oakland County Division 1 championship – C&G Newspapers

2. Boys Soccer: No. 8 Adrian Lenawee Christian won a matchup of ranked Division 4 teams 3-2 over No. 4 Kalamazoo Hackett – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. Boys Soccer: Unranked Saginaw Valley Lutheran downed Division 3 No. 13 Hemlock 4-1 – Saginaw News

4. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 7 Ann Arbor Pioneer shot a 170 to remain undefeated with a quad match win – We Love Ann Arbor

5. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 2 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept its “Teal Attack” match with Carleton Airport – Monroe Evening News

6. Boys Soccer: Macomb Dakota moved to 7-0 with a 4-1 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson – Macomb Daily

7. Volleyball: Portage Central won a close match with rival Portage Northern in four sets – JoeInsider.com

8. Volleyball: Holton came back after dropping the first two sets to defeat Lakeview in five – Local Sports Journal

9. Boys Soccer: A last-minute goal pushed Vicksburg past Otsego 3-2 – WWMT

10. Volleyball: Traverse City Central swept Petoskey in league play – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 5/10/16

May 10, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A pair of softball coaching milestones and a combined 69 runs between two teams in a third doubleheader shined brightest among headlines from Monday’s statewide action.

Baseball

Warren Cousino moved into first place alone in the Macomb Area Conference White thanks to six shutout innings in a 2-0 win over second-place Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse by pitcher Zach Kitka, who tore a knee ligament during football season – Macomb Daily

Saginaw Heritage, No. 6 in Division 1, swept Division 3 No. 3 Saginaw Nouvel 4-0 and 9-4 – Saginaw News

Boys Golf

Big Rapids won its Tullymore Invitational with a 303 against a field including ranked teams St. Johns (304) and Midland (305) – Saginaw News

Softball

Mount Pleasant softball coach Ted McIntyre received his 1,000th coaching win as the Oilers swept Saginaw Arthur Hill – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Portland coach Jack Anderson went past 900 career wins as his Raiders swept Eaton Rapids 3-1 and 6-0 – Lansing State Journal

In an incredible display of offense, Hancock swept Painesdale-Jeffers 29-14 and 18-8 despite four home runsover the two games  (including three in the second) by the Jets’ Alexa Clouthier – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette