Today in the MHSAA: Softball Quarterfinals
June 13, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Girls Softball Finals will be played Thursday and Friday at Michigan State University’s Secchia Stadium. Below is a sampling of coverage of how the 16 qualifiers advanced.
Division 1: No. 2 Clarkston downed No. 1 Hartland 11-3 to advance – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Division 1: No. 3 Howell earned a return to Secchia Stadium with a big win over honorable mention Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Division 1: No. 6 Warren Regina will play for another Division 1 championship after downing Garden City – Detroit News
Division 1: No. 7 Bay City Western got past Lowell 4-1 to earn a return to East Lansing – Midland Daily News
Division 2: No. 3 Eaton Rapids shut out Ida to move on, 2-0 – Lansing State Journal
Division 2: A freshman and junior pitched No. 4 Stevensville Lakeshore past No. 6 Spring Lake, 3-1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Division 2: Top-ranked Escanaba earned an opportunity to repeat as champion with a 2-0 win over honorable mention Freeland – Escanaba Daily Press
Division 2: Reese Ruhlman hit three home runs to lead North Branch past St. Clair Shores South Lake – Detroit News
Division 3: No. 7 Standish-Sterling hit a pair of home runs to get past No. 10 Negaunee – Iron Mountain Daily News
Division 3: A big sixth inning pushed No. 2 Dundee past Riverview Gabriel Richard 8-3 – Monroe News
Division 3: Honorable mention Schoolcraft won a high-scoring Quarterfinal over Grandville Calvin Christian 14-6 – Three Rivers Commercial News
Division 3: Top-ranked Millington booked its return to the Semifinals with a big win over Marine City – High School Sports Scene
Division 4: No. 1 Coleman earned another Semifinals trip with a big win over No. 7 Holton – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Division 4: No. 4 Rogers City edged Rudyard 2-1 to also return to the Semifinals – Alpena News
Division 4: No. 2 Kalamazoo Christian won big over Hudson to advance – Kalamazoo Gazette
Division 4: No. 9 Unionville-Sebewaing earned its 13th trip to the Semifinals over the last 14 seasons with a big win over honorable mention Allen Park Inter-City Baptist – Huron Daily Tribune
Today in the MHSAA: 3/2/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 2, 2026
1. WRESTLING Detroit Catholic Central, Lowell, Dundee and Hudson extended their championship streaks at the MHSAA Team Finals, and Tigers coach Scott Marry became the winningest wrestling coach in state history during the Semifinals – MHSAA.com
2. BOWLING The Durand boys won their first Finals championship in any sport, Flint Kearsley swept girls and boys titles, and Milan, Ravenna and Caledonia’s girls and Dearborn Unified and Blissfield’s boys also won team titles, with six singles champions also clinching – MHSAA.com Girls | Boys
3. ICE HOCKEY No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central scored the lone goal at 5:14 to play in defeating top-ranked Howell in their Division 1 Quarterfinal – Oakland Press
4. ICE HOCKEY No. 5 Caledonia advanced to the Semifinals for the first time with a 4-3 Quarterfinal win over Muskegon Mona Shores in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport defeated Spring Lake 58-46 in Division 2 to clinch its first District championship in boys basketball since 1938 – MuskegonSports.com
6. COMPETITIVE CHEER Rochester High emerged as Regional champion from arguably the state’s strongest, with Adams, Stoney Creek and Macomb L’Anse Creuse North also qualifying in Division 1 at Troy Athens – Oakland Press
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Rockford downed Muskegon 83-70 to claim a Division 1 District title – Grand Rapids Press
8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Lower Peninsula Division 1 honorable mention Holland West Ottawa won the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship meet by a point ahead of Grand Haven and four ahead of Rockford, and LPD3 No. 2 Holland Christian edged top-ranked Spring Lake in the O-K Lakeshore – Holland Sentinel
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian clinched its first District title in boys hoops with a 61-55 win over Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian – Petoskey News-Review
10. ICE HOCKEY Detroit U-D Jesuit avenged a regular-season loss with a 4-3 overtime win over No. 8 Trenton in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald
Also of note …
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD1 top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer won the Southeastern Conference Red championship meet, followed by No. 4 Saline and LPD2 No. 4 Dexter – Ann Arbor News
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Essexville Garber finished first at the Independent Swim Conference championship meet – Alpena News
BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Fenton claimed the Flint Metro League championship meet title – Owosso Argus-Press
SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE A 24-school Southeastern Conference will debut in 2027-28 and include 12 schools from the current Kensington Lakes Activities Association – Chelsea Sun Times News