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: 2/11/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 11, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian clinched its first Jack Pine Conference championship since 2006 with a 46-43 overtime win over Farwell – Midland Daily News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 4 McBain Northern Michigan Christian’s Trevin Winkle reached 1,000 career points in his team’s outright Highland Conference-clinching win over Lake City – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Erie Mason clinched the Tri-County Conference championship with a 61-54 win over Morenci – Monroe News

4. WRESTLING No. 4 Gaylord secured an 18th-straight District title with a pair of wins in Division 2 – Petoskey News-Review

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota earned coach Phil McCune his 300th win, 43-41 over Division 1 No. 7 Grosse Pointe North – Macomb Daily

6. WRESTLING No. 4 Union City ran its District title streak to three with a Division 4 championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. WRESTLING Lakeview repeated as a Division 4 District champion, at Carson City-Crystal – Greenville Daily News

8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Ann Arbor Pioneer, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, swam to three pool records during its win over LPD2 honorable mention Dexter – We Love Ann Arbor

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Loy Norrix earned its first win over Kalamazoo Central since 2013, 54-53 on a halfcourt shot – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Stockbridge moved into first place in the Greater Lansing Activities Conference with a 53-35 win over former leader and Division 3 No. 20 Leslie – Jackson Citizen Patriot