Today in the MHSAA: Soccer Semifinals

June 13, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA Girls Soccer Finals will be played Friday and Saturday at Michigan State University’s DeMartin Stadium. Below is a sampling of coverage of how all eight finalists advanced.

Division 1: Top-ranked and reigning champion Novi will play for a repeat after getting past Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central in a shootout – Observer & Eccentric 

Division 1: No. 5 Plymouth also advanced with a shootout after a late comeback to take No. 13 Troy to overtime – Observer & Eccentric 

Division 2: No. 6 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern will play in its fourth straight Final thanks to a shootout win over No. 9 Marshall – FOX 17

Division 2: No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian is headed to the championship game for the third straight season after a 3-1 win over No. 11 Flint Powers Catholic – Observer & Eccentric

Division 3: No. 7 Essexville Garber will play in the championship game for the first time thanks to a 1-0 win over No. 2 Warren Regina – Bay City Times

Division 3: No. 5 Grand Rapids South Christian will play for its first title since 2013 after a 2-0 win over No. 8 Boyne City – Grand Rapids Press

Division 4: No. 2 Royal Oak Shrine continued its dominating run with a 6-0 win over No. 9 Saginaw Nouvel – State Champs Sports Network 

Division 4: No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian upended top-ranked North Muskegon 1-0 – WWMT

Also of note …

Girls Soccer: Richland Gull Lake coach Jeff Corstange has stepped down after eight seasons, having led the team to three Division 2 championships – WWMT

Today In The MHSAA: 4/21/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 21, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Gabi Novak will be the first entry in the MHSAA record book for career goalkeeper saves after surpassing 530 in a 6-1 win over Coloma – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. BASEBALL Essexville Garber downed Division 2 No. 7 Bay City John Glenn 9-2 to secure the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

3. TRACK & FIELD Quincy’s girls swept Homer and Bronson with thrower Sophia Snellenberger breaking a 22-year-old school record in the discus – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. BASEBALL Clinton swept Division 3 No. 4 Blissfield, 2-1 in nine innings and then 5-1 in five – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 3 Macomb Dakota won a 13-8 slugfest with honorable mention Walled Lake Northern, with the second game suspended after 15 more runs were scored over the first three innings – Macomb Daily

6. BOYS GOLF Traverse City Central won a fifth-score tie-breaker to edge West at the Cadillac Invitational – Cadillac News

7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 16 Traverse City Central swept Division 3 No. 15 Traverse City St. Francis 6-4 and 11-1 – MI Sports Now

8. SOFTBALL Unity Nelson struck out 14 in a five-inning no-hit opener as Division 4 No. 4 Ottawa Lake Whiteford shut out Adrian Madison – Monroe News

9. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 19 Muskegon Oakridge’s sweep of Fremont including a 2-0 opening win and a 13-11 victory in the second game as Oakridge came back from eight runs down – MuskegonSports.com

10. BASEBALL Gavin DeVooght’s one-hitter in the opener highlighted Walled Lake Central’s sweep of Walled Lake Western – Spinal Column