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: 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