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: 11/3/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 3, 2021

1. VOLLEYBALL Temperance Bedford swept Monroe, avenging a regular-season sweep, to start Division 1 Division 1 District play – Monroe News

2. VOLLEYBALL Lake City and honorable mention McBain swept their Division 3 District opponents to line up a Thursday championship match – Cadillac News

3. VOLLEYBALL Pellston will return to the Division 4 District Finals after a sweep of Cedarville – Petoskey News-Review

4. VOLLEYBALL Grand Blanc advanced in Division 1 with a four-set win over Lapeer – WJRT

5. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City St. Francis opened Division 3 District play with a sweep of Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Saline opened Division 1 play with a sweep of Wayne Memorial – Saline Post

7. VOLLEYBALL Dexter also opened Division 1 play with a sweep against Jackson – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Catholic Central advanced in Division 4 with a sweep of Fruitport Calvary Christian – Local Sports Journal

9. VOLLEYBALL Pentwater defeated Muskegon Heights Academy to also move on in Division 4 – Ludington Daily News

10. VOLLEYBALL Elk Rapids swept Grand Traverse Academy to open Division 3 play – Traverse City Record-Eagle