Did You See That? (April 15-21)
April 30, 2013
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A rough survey of Michigan newspapers over the last week found at least 13 reported on how this spring's rainy (snowy?) weather has affected spring high school sports.
But a few more teams finally made it outside – although all-weather sports like soccer again dominated play during the middle week of April.
Here's a look at some of the highlights, with links to local coverage:
Girls Soccer
Fraser rolls to Ladywood title: After upsetting Division 2 No. 2 and tournament host Livonia Ladywood in a semifinal Saturday, unranked Fraser won the Ladywood Invitational by defeating Division 2 honorable mention Haslett 3-2 in the championship game at Madonna University. (Mlive.com)
Rockford shuts down, shuts out: The Rams shut out all three of its opponents to win Saturday’s Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern Invitational, capping the day with a win over Division 2 No. 3 Forest Hills Northern. Rockford is No. 7 in Division 1. (Grand Rapids Press)
Hawks soar: Unranked Saginaw Heritage, a Division 1 team, edged Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic 2-1 on Saturday. (Saginaw News)
Softball
Lakeshore beats Indiana No. 1: Stevensville-Lakeshore, ranked No. 1 in Division 2, beat Indiana Class 3A top-ranked Mishawaka 11-4 on Friday. (St. Joseph Herald-Palladium)
Girls Tennis
FHN takes First: Forest Hills Northern – ranked No. 2 in Division 2 – welcomed co-No. 10s Petoskey and Bloomfield Hills Lahser, plus Mason, on Saturday, and won all four doubles flights to earn the quad championship. (Grand Rapids Press)
Girls Track and Field
Marquette girls Superior: There still was snow in the Upper Peninsula last week, but not inside the Superior Dome as Marquette’s girls won the top division of Tuesday’s Superior Dome Invitational by finishing first in six races at Northern Michigan University. (Marquette Mining Journal)
Boys Track and Field
Raymond keeps running: MHSAA Lower Peninsula Division 3 cross country champion Nick Raymond of Erie Mason won the 800, 1,600 and 3,200 to earn Athlete of the Meet honors at Saturday’s Monroe Jefferson Invitational. (Monroe Evening News)
Baseball
Eskymos open with title: Escanaba traveled south and won the Remus Chippewa Hills Invitational, a run that included beating this week's Division 2 No. 10 Chippewa Hills, 12-3, in the championship game. (Escanaba Daily Press)
Football
Waterford Our Lady waves bye to Boyd: Mike Boyd won more than 1,000 varsity games over three sports, and his 361 football wins are third-most for a coach in MHSAA history. He announced his retirement earlier this month. (Oakland Press)
Wrestling
Bronson’s Sosinski retires: Longtime Bronson wrestling coach Al Sosinski has retired after 30 seasons. He coached five MHSAA individual champions and two teams that finished runner-up in MHSAA Team Finals. (Sturgis Journal)
Today in the MHSAA: 1/21/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 21, 2025
1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Gibraltar Carlson scored nearly 800 points to get past Rochester and win the Pat Christiansen Memorial Classic – Southgate News-Herald
2. WRESTLING Kingsford claimed the Upper Peninsula Championships – Upper Michigan’s Source
3. SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Tri-Cities Championship for the 22nd-consecutive season – Bay City Times
4. WRESTLING Division 3 No. 5 Whitehall won the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title for the 18th time over the last 19 seasons – Local Sports Journal
5. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 2 Houghton downed Division 2 No. 7 Grandville 6-3 on Friday and then Division 1 No. 8 Northville 2-0 on Saturday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Lincoln downed Muskegon 76-66 at the Horatio Williams Freedom Classic – Local Sports Journal
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankenmuth posted a 39-31 win over Saginaw Heritage at Saginaw Valley State’s MLK Classic – Saginaw News
8. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 8 Freeland was the repeat champion at the 40th Reed City Invitational – Cadillac News
9. COMPETITIVE CHEER Fruitport posted a big win at the Grand Rapids West Catholic Invitational – MuskegonSports.com
10. COMPETITIVE CHEER Dexter earned its first victory this season, finishing first at the Dearborn Heights Crestwood Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News