Today In The MHSAA: 4/20/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 20, 2021

Soccer, softball and baseball provided the stars as teams across the state braved cooler temperatures of an April spring sports Monday.

1. Girls Soccer: Boyne City ran its shutout streak to three with a 3-0 win over Traverse City St. Francis – Petoskey News-Review

2. Softball: Bailey Belinger hit a home run and threw a five-inning no-hitter during a sweep of Mason County Central – Local Sports Journal

3. Baseball: Division 1 No. 17 Grand Blanc swept Bay City Western in a matchup of Saginaw Valley League contenders – WJRT

4. Softball: Rapid River improved to 14-2 with a sweep of Bark River-Harris – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Baseball: Division 4 No. 4 Beal City improved to 7-0 with a sweep of Fowler – MI Sports Now

6. Baseball: Reed City launched three home runs in an 8-2 win over Cadillac – Big Rapids News

7. Girls Soccer: Utica’s first goal came 19 seconds into an eventual 5-1 win over Clinton Township Chippewa Valley – Macomb Daily

8. Baseball: Bear Lake pitchers dominated in a win and tie against Mesick – Manistee News Advocate

9. Softball: Bloomfield Hills earned its first wins of the spring with a sweep of Birmingham Seaholm – Oakland Press

10. Track & Field: Ludington swept Muskegon Orchard View in girls and boys duals – Ludington Daily News

Also of note …

Baseball: Flat Rock was scheduled to close its schools today in honor of teacher and coach Chris Elliott, who died Monday and in 2001 led the baseball team to the Division 3 title – Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 10/7/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 8, 2024

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Romeo (No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1), Zeeland East (No. 2 in LPD2), Pewamo-Westphalia (No. 1 in LPD3) and Whitmore Lake (No. 1 in LPD4) girls, and Northville (No. 1 in LPD1), Allendale (No. 1 in LPD2), Jackson Lumen Christi (No. 2 in LPD3) and Hillsdale Academy (No. 1 in LPD4) boys were champions at the Portage Invitational, annually one of the most competitive regular-season series of races – Athletic.net

2. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 9 Rochester girls and No. 7 Clarkston boys were Oakland County champions, with Rochester’s Lucy Cook becoming a four-time individual champion – Oakland Press | Athletic.net

3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy repeated as the Oakland County champion – Oakland Press

4. BOYS TENNIS LPD4 top-ranked Holland Christian won the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament – Holland Sentinel

5. BOYS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa won the O-K Red Tournament championship, splitting the overall league title with Rockford – Holland Sentinel

6. VOLLEYBALL Kent City won every set in clinching its Dig Pink Invitational title – Local Sports Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Milan improved to 24-2 with its championship at the New Lothrop Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Macomb Dakota repeated as Macomb County champion – Macomb Daily

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 7 Crystal Falls Forest Park edged Escanaba 25-22, 25-23, in the title match to clinch the Elks Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Bronson swept all five of its matches including its final against Colon to win its Polish Classic – Coldwater Daily Reporter