Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/16

April 11, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Forget for a minute the snow of the last two days; spring has arrived for high school sports, and a number of teams got started over the weekend.

Baseball

Port Huron Northern pitcher Brett Manis picked up a memorable early highlight with 17 strikeouts in no-hitting Yale on Friday – Port Huron Times Herald

Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse improved to 3-1 with a 6-4 comeback win over Macomb Dakota at the Spring Break Tournament – Macomb Daily

Girls Tennis

Midland Dow opened with an impressive pair of wins over Division 3 powers Detroit Country Day and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Midland Daily News

Track & Field

Some top Upper Peninsula athletes got off to quick starts as Ironwood competed at the Simpson Invitational in Superior, Wisconsin – Ironwood Daily Globe

Good Reads

The Detroit-area Observer & Eccentric newspapers have been reporting over the last two weeks a number of stories on officials as the MHSAA works to recruit more into the avocation. Below are links to just some from the series.  

Wrestling official Zaim Cunmulaj - KLAA assignor Bob Czech - Football and Basketball official Donta Favors - MHSAA always recruiting

Today in the MHSAA: 4/10/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 10, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 1 Hudsonville downed Division 3 No. 1 Grand Rapids South Christian 2-0 in a matchup of top-ranked teams – Grand Rapids Press

2. BOYS LACROSSE Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice pulled away for a 16-10 win over rival Detroit Catholic Central – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Hartland added an impressive win, 3-1 over No. 10 Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Freeland won a matchup of ranked teams 6-0 over Division 4 No. 14 Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Saginaw News

5. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Country Day downed Grand Ledge 13-8 in another matchup of top teams statewide – WILX

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 12 Muskegon Mona Shores and Reeths-Puffer played to a 1-1 draw – Local Sports Journal

7. SOFTBALL Coleman swept Breckenridge, earning Comets coach Chad Klopf his 300th win on the diamond – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. BOYS GOLF Union City shot a 188 to edge reigning Big 8 Conference champion Quincy in the opening jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. SOFTBALL Hamilton combined to hit nine home runs during a sweep of Fruitport – Holland Sentinel

10. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 4 Indian River Inland Lakes edged Onaway twice, 4-3 and 9-8 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune