Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/15
November 5, 2015
Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Finalists for this season’s four MHSAA boys soccer championships were determined Wednesday, while a number of intriguing Volleyball District Finals were set up as well.
Boys Soccer
In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, Canton won again over Rochester Adams, this time in an overtime shootout – Oakland Press
No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central held off No. 5 Detroit Catholic Central 3-1 in their Division 1 Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press
Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern earned its first trip to the MHSAA Finals with a 4-2 win over Mattawan in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press
Mason’s penalty kick score with two minutes to play gave the No. 8 Bulldogs a 1-0 win over No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal
No. 3 Williamston eliminated another top-five team, this time No. 5 Grosse Ile, to advance in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal
No. 2 Grand Rapids South Christian earned its fourth trip to the MHSAA Finals in six seasons with a 4-1 win over No. 10 Gladwin in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press
Undefeated Burton Genesee Christian eliminated top-ranked Lansing Christian in a shootout in their Division 4 Semifinal – Lansing State Journal
Kalamazoo Hackett advanced to the Division 4 Final also by shootout, over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Kalamazoo Gazette
Volleyball
Flushing will play in its 11th straight District Final after downing St. Johns in Class A – Flint Journal
Class A No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian earned a rematch with East Grand Rapids by sweeping honorable mention East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press
Temperance Bedford edged Saline 3-2 in a matchup of two more Class A honorable mentions – AnnArbor.com
Class B No. 7 North Branch faced league rival Frankenmuth one more time, sweeping the Eagles to earn a District Final match against No. 2 Mount Morris – Flint Journal
Class B honorable mention Buchanan set a school record with 46 wins in downing Dowagiac – Niles Daily Star
Class B honorable mention Marysville advanced by sweeping Marine City, a league champion this fall – Port Huron Times-Herald
Ithaca rightly made headlines early this fall by ending a 52-match losing streak to St. Louis, but the Sharks, an honorable mention in Class C, came away with the victory Wednesday – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Montague, No. 3 in Class C, kept building on its strong season by earning its first District Final berth since 2011 with a sweep of Hesperia – Muskegon Chronicle
From Tuesday, Manistique remained undefeated with a Class C victory over Ishpeming – Escanaba Daily Press
Today in the MHSAA: 4/21/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 21, 2023
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Troy Athens surged in the second half to get past No. 13 Troy 4-1 – Oakland Press
2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 9 Brownstown Woodhaven earned a 17-13 win over Division 2 No. 10 Trenton – Southgate News-Herald
3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 11 Mattawan downed Division 2 No. 3 Stevensville Lakeshore 10-7 in nine innings – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. BASEBALL Midland split with Division 2 No. 6 Flint Powers Catholic, its opening victory the 500th of coach Eric Albright’s career – Midland Daily News
5. BASEBALL Merrill swept Blanchard Montabella as Vandals leader Dave DeBeau coached his 1,000th game – Saginaw News
6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 honorable mention Salem and No. 2 Northville played to a 2-2 draw – Hometown Life
7. BASEBALL Sterling Heights Stevenson earned a 3-1 road win at Division 1 No. 14 Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily
8. BASEBALL Brownstown Woodhaven edged Division 2 No. 10 Trenton 2-1 in 12 innings – Southgate News-Herald
9. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 8 Okemos scored the game’s lone goal late to get past DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
10. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Country Day earned an impressive 15-8 win at Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – Oakland Press