'Prepapalooza' Kicks Off 3-Week Celebration

May 31, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Nearly 30,000 athletes will take part over the next six days in what will again be the busiest week of the MHSAA calendar, with teams in all nine spring sports competing for District, Regional or Finals championships at sites across both peninsulas.

The first Finals champions of this spring will be awarded Wednesday in Upper Peninsula boys tennis (UPDATE: both U.P. tennis Finals have been moved to Thursday due to rainy weather concerns), followed by six more in Upper Peninsula boys and girls golf Thursday. Four divisions of Lower Peninsula girls tennis start their two-day tournament Friday, and on Saturday, more than 7,000 athletes will join them competing in four Lower and three Upper Peninsula Track & Field Finals.

In addition, baseball, softball and girls soccer teams begin District action tonight, with most of those tournaments wrapping Saturday. Girls and boys lacrosse teams continue Regional play this week, and Lower Peninsula boys golf teams will play Regionals on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

Second Half again will serve as your home for all MHSAA Finals coverage, with correspondents providing stories and photos, along with full results, from all of the Upper Peninsula Finals this week and then all 18 LP and UP Finals this weekend, Lacrosse and LP Golf Finals on June 14, and Baseball, Softball and Soccer Finals being played June 19-21.

Check back as well for video highlights from most competitions and sign up to watch all broadcast tournament action over the next three weeks for only $9.95 on MHSAA.tv. All schedules, lists of competitors and tournament brackets updated with scores real-time can be found on MHSAA.com. Keep connected as well with the MHSAA’s social media on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. 

PHOTO: The Unionville-Sebewaing softball team celebrates last season's Division 4 championship.

 

Today in the MHSAA: 9/9/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 9, 2022

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 2 Troy earned a 1-0 win over No. 3 Berkley in an Oakland Activities Association Red matchup of statewide contenders – Oakland Press

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 8 Coopersville swept Division 2 No. 10 Hudsonville Unity Christian in an Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue matchup also featuring state-ranked teams – FOX 17

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Ludington girls and Reed City boys won Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational titles in Scottville; Reed City is ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Local Sports Journal

4. VOLLEYBALL Lake Orion swept Division 2 No. 3 Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press

5. VOLLEYBALL Fenton earned a major win over reigning Flint Metro League Stripes champion Flushing, 3-1 – WJRT

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Frankenmuth remained undefeated with sweeps of Swartz Creek, Midland and Freeland – Saginaw News

7. BOYS SOCCER Grand Blanc and Division 2 No. 7 Fenton played to a 1-1 draw – Mid-Michigan Now

8. VOLLEYBALL Brighton added to its winning streak over Hartland with a sweep – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. VOLLEYBALL Edwardsburg earned a four-set win over Niles – Niles Daily Star

10. VOLLEYBALL Holland Christian also needed four sets to defeat Hamilton – Holland Sentinel