Today In The MHSAA: 4/21/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 21, 2021
Every day we play produces a story or a few, and Tuesday’s included a pair of coaching milestones and some regular-season matchups that may have been previews of postseason rematches in June.
1. Baseball: Bay City John Glenn coach Jeff Hartt reached 800 wins with his Division 2 No. 10-ranked team’s sweep of Birch Run – Bay City Times
2. Girls Soccer: Division 1 powers Brighton and Novi finished in a 1-1 draw as the Bulldogs scored with less than a minute to play – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Baseball: Division 2 No. 11 Frankenmuth swept No. 7 Saginaw Swan Valley 5-0 and 9-5, with the first game featuring a pitching matchup of future college teammates – Saginaw News
4. Softball: Division 2 contenders Frankenmuth and Swan Valley split, the Eagles winning the first game 4-0 and the Vikings the second 8-2 – Saginaw News
5. Softball: Frankfort coach Michael Thompson reached 450 career wins with his team’s sweep of Buckley – Up North Live
6. Track & Field: The Salem boys and Northville girls were victorious in snowy duals pitting top teams – Observer & Eccentric
7. Boys Lacrosse: Portage Central scored seven straight goals to come back and defeat Battle Creek Pennfield 9-7 – WWMT
8. Softball: Muskegon Mona Shores shut out Reeths-Puffer 4-0, but Reeths-Puffer came back with an 11-4 win in the second game of the doubleheader – Local Sports Journal
9. Girls Soccer: Laila Sharlow scored four of Waterford Kettering’s goals in a 5-0 win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press
10. Boys Lacrosse: Six Troy Athens players scored as the Red Hawks downed rival Troy 16-9 – Oakland Press
Today in the MHSAA: 10/4/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 4, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Troy clinched the Oakland Activities Association Red championship by handing No. 7 Oxford its first loss, 2-0 – Oakland Press
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Mason clinched the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup with a shootout win over No. 3 DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
3. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Saginaw Valley League Tournament, wrapping up its 19th-straight league title – Midland Daily News
4. GIRLS GOLF Caledonia followed Copelin O’Krangley to the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament championship – Local Sports Journal
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Portage Central claimed a third-straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament championship with a 3-1 win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – Kalamazoo Gazette
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Fruitport secured the O-K Silver title with a 9-2 win over Wyoming Godwin Heights – MuskegonSports.com
7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis downed No. 6 Elk Rapids 3-1 – MI Sports Now
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Temperance Bedford handed Division 3 top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central its second loss this fall – Monroe News
9. BOYS SOCCER Melvindale downed Division 2 No. 13 New Boston Huron 1-0 during a night of special recognition for a past standout – Southgate News-Herald
10. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids handed No. 11 Grayling its lone Northern Shores Conference loss, 2-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle