Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/19

April 11, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Arguably the biggest girls lacrosse game of the regular season leads off today’s list that also includes matchups of state-ranked teams in softball and baseball.

1. Girls Lacrosse: Rockford edged East Grand Rapids 13-12 in a triple-overtime blizzard – State Champs Sports Network (coming Sunday)

2. Softball: Division 3 No. 4 Sanford Meridian put up a combined 24 runs in a sweep of Division 4 top-ranked Coleman – Midland Daily News

3. Baseball: After losing big to Brighton on Monday, Division 1 No. 5 Howell came back with a 3-2 win over the No. 13 Bulldogs – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Track & Field: Ann Arbor Skyline’s girls edged Saline by winning the 1,600 relay after the teams entered the night’s final event tied – Saline Post

5. Softball: Molly Carney struck out 15 in a no-hitter as Division 1 No. 4 Howell downed Brighton 10-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Baseball: Sterling Heights Stevenson got past Utica Ford 5-4 to remain undefeated – Detroit News

7. Softball: Colon scored 15 but Centreville put up 16 to emerge as the winner of the high-scoring contest – Sturgis Journal

8. Girls Soccer: Boyne City improved to 3-0 with a 4-1 win over Traverse City Central – Petoskey News-Review

9. Baseball: Sand Creek remained unbeaten with a 6-1 win over Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Baseball: Coldwater scored five unanswered runs to get past Vicksburg 12-10 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Also of note …

Track & Field: From last week, Saginaw’s Tony Martin Jr. broke a 45-year-old school record, and the county record, with a long jump of 24 feet, ¼ inch – Saginaw News

Today in the MHSAA: 3/10/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2023

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hart edged two-time reigning Division 3 runner-up Kent City 37-34 to claim its first Regional championship in girls basketball – Local Sports Journal

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mackinaw City clinched its first Regional title in this sport with a 62-53 win over Indian River Inland Lakes in Division 4 – Petoskey News-Review

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Charles also claimed its first Regional title with a 39-34 victory over Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary in Division 4 – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Redford Westfield Prep edged reigning Division 2 champion Detroit Edison 57-54 in a Regional Final – MLIVE

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield won a Division 3 Regional title by defeating reigning Finals champion Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 50-38 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Holt clinched its first Regional championship since 1975, downing DeWitt 52-36 in Division 1 – Lansing State Journal

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ovid-Elsie celebrated its first Regional title since 1984 with a 35-12 Division 3 win over Dansville – Lansing State Journal

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sandusky downed Cass City 49-44 in Division 3 to clinch its first Regional championship since 1999 – Port Huron Times Herald

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Detroit Renaissance clinched a Division 1 Regional title with a 43-33 win over Farmington Hills Mercy – Detroit News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lansing Catholic handed Chelsea just its second defeat in clinching its first Regional title since 2004 with a 46-34 win in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal

Also of note …

HOCKEY Top-ranked Byron Center will play in the Division 2 Final for the second time in three seasons after an 8-4 Semifinal win over No. 10 Detroit U-D Jesuit – FOX 17

HOCKEY No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice also will return to the Division 2 championship game for the first time since 2021 thanks to an 11-3 Semifinal win over No. 5 Saginaw Heritage – Oakland Press