Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/20

October 23, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A District championship game with statewide ramifications leads off today’s list of Thursday’s headliners, all of whom celebrated a title at some level.

1. Boys Soccer: Top-ranked (MPR) Holland defeated No. 2 Holland Christian 1-0 in a Division 2 District Final – Holland Sentinel

2. Boys Soccer: Dowagiac clinched its fourth-straight District title with a 1-0 overtime win over No. 6 (MPR) South Haven in Division 3 – Niles Daily Star

3. Boys Soccer: No. 3 (MPR) Richland Gull Lake clinched a Division 2 District title as well with a 1-0 win over No. 13 Plainwell – WWMT

4. Boys Soccer: No. 15 (MPR) Chelsea claimed its first District title in this sport since 2005 with a 1-0 win over Parma Western in Division 2 – Chelsea Sun Times News

5. Boys Soccer: Top-ranked (MPR) Detroit Catholic Central also won a fourth-straight District title, downing North Farmington in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric

6. Boys Soccer: No. 8 (MPR) Frankenmuth avenged a regular-season loss with a 2-1 Division 3 District Final win over Flint Powers Catholic – Saginaw News

7. Boys Soccer: No. 9 (MPR) Saline moved on in Division 1 with a 2-0 win over Ann Arbor Skyline – Saline Post

8. Boys Soccer: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood downed Detroit Country Day 3-1 in a Division 2 District Final – Oakland Press

9. Volleyball: Oscoda repeated as North Star League Big Dipper champion with a sweep of Whittemore-Prescott – WBKB

10. Cross Country: The Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart girls – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and LPD4 No. 5 Carson City-Crystal boys clinched Mid-State Activities Conference championships – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Today In The MHSAA: 4/26/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 26, 2022

1. BOYS LACROSSE Hartland’s Bo Lockwood set the MHSAA career assists record at 241 and counting during the Division 1 No. 6 Eagles’ win over Salem – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 5 Hudsonville Unity Christian edged Division 2 No. 7 Spring Lake 2-1 in a league matchup of state-ranked teams – Grand Haven Tribune

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 8 Essexville Garber downed No. 15 Freeland 4-2 in league play – Mid-Michigan Now

4. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Western played Division 1 No. 2 Midland Dow to a league draw – Midland Daily News

5. GIRLS LACROSSE Ella Spooner’s school-record 13 goals led Holland West Ottawa past Zeeland 16-9 – Holland Sentinel

6. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 Grand Blanc handed honorable mention Midland its first losses of the season in a sweep – Midland Daily News

7. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 4 Johannesburg-Lewiston and Division 3 No. 19 Traverse City St. Francis played to a high-scoring split – Up North Live

8. BOYS GOLF North Muskegon won a close Shelby Invitational, shooting 358 to finish a stroke ahead of Reeths-Puffer and three ahead of Manistee – Manistee News-Advocate

9. SOFTBALL Mikaylyn Kenney didn’t allow a hit over a combined 11 innings in Pentwater’s no-hitter sweep of Bear Lake – Ludington Daily News

10. BASEBALL Flushing ran its winning streak to seven with a 13-12 victory over Lapeer – WJRT