Today in the MHSAA: 9/24/20

September 24, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A local girls golf tournament with statewide implications topped Wednesday’s list of headliners, with key contests in soccer and tennis following closely behind among biggest newsmakers.

1. Girls Golf: Ann Arbor Pioneer, ranked No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 365 to win the Ann Arbor City Tournament ahead of No. 8 Ann Arbor Skyline – We Love Ann Arbor

2. Boys Soccer: Riverview won a match of unbeatens, downing reigning Division 3 champion Grosse Ile 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald

3. Boys Soccer: Linden improved to 6-0 and moved into first in the Flint Metro League Stripes alone with a 4-2 win over now second-place Fenton – Flint Journal

4. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 8 North Muskegon won a matchup of ranked teams 6-2 over No. 15 Ludington – Local Sports Journal

5. Girls Golf: Holland West Ottawa shot a 197 to edge Zeeland West for the annual Wooden Shoe Invitational championship – Holland Sentinel

6. Boys Soccer: First-place Leland opened up its lead in the Northwest Conference with a 5-0 win over second-place Maple City Glen Lake – Up North Live

7. Volleyball: St. Joseph swept Stevensville Lakeshore in their “Dig Pink” matchup – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. Volleyball: Midland Bullock Creek came back after losing the third and fourth sets to defeat St. Louis in five – Midland Daily News

9. Volleyball: Fraser swept Grosse Pointe South in a league match – Macomb Daily

10. Boys Soccer: Bad Axe improved to 5-1 with a 7-2 win over Unionville-Sebewaing – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 4/27/16

April 27, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A southwest Michigan pitcher threw a second straight no-hitter Tuesday, but balls were flying out of the park in that corner of the state’s softball diamonds.

Baseball

Morley Stanwood came back from six runs down to beat Holton and stay atop its division in the Central State Activities Association – Big Rapids News

Maple City Glen Lake improved to 11-1 with a sweep of Frankfort including a walk-off bunt in the second game – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Coldwater’s Nick Shaw threw his second straight no-hitter, this time against Parma Western – Coldwater Daily News

Zeeland East’s Ben Martin struck out nine in a five-inning no-hitter against Muskegon – Holland Sentinel

Softball

Utica Eisenhower handed Utica Ford its first loss this season in a bit of a surprise given last year's results – Macomb Daily

Three Rivers won the first game 15-5 and Sturgis the second 18-11, and together they hit nine home runs over the doubleheader – Sturgis Journal

Stevensville Lakeshore and St. Joseph combined for three grand slams during their doubleheader – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

From Saturday, Escanaba’s Katie Ross threw a no-hitter to beat Norway in the title game of the inaugural Yooper Tournament at Gladstone – Iron Mountain Daily News

Track & Field

The Cadillac girls picked up two more Big North Conference wins over Traverse City West and Gaylord after beating Traverse City Central last week for the first time in program history – Cadillac News

Grand Haven freshman Gabby Hentemann is quickly making a name for herself after adding her school’s freshman records in the 1,600 and 800 to her previous 3,200 record in a loss to Hudsonville; all three times are second-fastest in school history regardless of class – Grand Haven Tribune