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: 1/11/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 11, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Reigning Division 4 champion Fowler held on to defeat Plymouth Christian Academy 43-35 at Little Caesars Arena – Observer & Eccentric

2. SKIING The Traverse City Central girls and Petoskey boys, both reigning Finals champions, won Harbor Petoskey Invitational championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jonesville moved to 8-0 with a 47-46 win over Onsted clinched during the final minute – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Coleman earned an impressive 50-45 win over reigning Mid-State Activities Conference champ St. Charles – Midland Daily News

5. BOWLING The Grandville girls and Hudsonville boys were victorious as the teams met for a pair of matches – MuskegonSports.com

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morley Stanwood turned a 19-point halftime lead into a 55-35 win over Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Big Rapids News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Cheboygan opened Straits Area Conference play with a 50-42 win over Newberry – Cheboygan Daily News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Adrian Lenawee Christian handed Clarkston Everest Collegiate its first loss, 68-57 – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Indian River Inland Lakes put together a big first quarter in defeating Rogers City 57-35 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Riverview remained undefeated in Huron League play with a 57-40 win over New Boston Huron – Southgate News-Herald