Today in the MHSAA: 4/17/19

April 17, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Big-time matchups in soccer, baseball and softball highlighted a busy day of spring sports action across the state Tuesday.

2. Girls Soccer: No. 6 Hartland scored a major win over No. 10 Brighton, 3-1, in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Baseball: Two-time reigning Division 2 champion Stevensville Lakeshore claimed a pair of one-run wins over Division 1 No. 9 Portage Northern – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. Softball: South Lyon East handed Division 1 honorable mention Walled Lake Northern its first loss, but Northern came back to take the second game of the doubleheader – State Champs Sports Network

4. Softball: Traverse City West and Kalkaska each handed the other its first loss in a doubleheader split – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Baseball: Hudsonville won the first game and was leading the second against Division 1 No. 16 Rockford in a key Ottawa-Kent Conference Red matchup – FOX 17

6. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United came back from a halftime deficit to edge Petoskey 8-7 – MI Sports Now

7. Track & Field: Alpena’s boys defeated Traverse City Central 92-71, highlighted by Gabe Bullis breaking his school pole vault record by seven inches at 15-7 – Alpena News

8. Baseball: Division 2 No. 10 Detroit Country Day emerged from a matchup of sharp pitchers to down Birmingham Groves 3-1 – Observer & Eccentric

9. Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Chelsea improved to 7-0 in handing Dexter its first losses of the season – Chelsea Sun Times News

10. Baseball: Kingsley earned what could become a key Northwest Conference sweep over Frankfort – WPBN

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Southfield Christian coach Josh Baker has stepped down to take a job at University of Alabama under Nate Oats, who formerly coached at Romulus before turning Buffalo into a mid-major power – MLive-Detroit

Wrestling: Hudson’s Jordan Hamdan was named Mr. Wrestler by the Michigan Wrestling Association – Adrian Daily Telegram

Today in the MHSAA: 11/6/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 6, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West swept Midland Dow in a Division 1 District Quarterfinal – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Brighton twice came back from one-set deficits to defeat Howell in five in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. VOLLEYBALL Frankfort swept Brethren in a Division 4 District match – Manistee News Advocate

4. VOLLEYBALL Hartland swept Milford in a Division 1 District opener – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. VOLLEYBALL Midland Bullock Creek swept Standish-Sterling in Division 3 – Midland Daily News

6. VOLLEYBALL Warren Mott and Fraser advanced in Division 1 District openers – Macomb Daily

7. VOLLEYBALL Addison swept Onsted, winning close in all three sets in Division 3 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. VOLLEYBALL Brownstown Woodhaven and Gibraltar Carlson won in Division 1 – Monroe News

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Historian Jim Moyes tells of his longtime friendship with past Muskegon championship football coach Dave Taylor, who died Sunday – Local Sports Journal