By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

For more than three decades, the MHSAA Softball Finals have helped finish off another year of high school athletics in Michigan. 

But as we begin this summer series of features on MHSAA tournaments from our spring issue of benchmarks, we'll kick off with softball and editor Rob Kaminski's look at the tournament's first 31 seasons.

We'll look at another MHSAA postseason event every Tuesday and Friday throughout this summer.