Today in the MHSAA: 4/22/19

April 22, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

From track to softball to soccer, big wins and big upsets dominated this weekend as we go back to Thursday night for today’s list of high achievers.

1. Track & Field: Zeeland East’s girls and boys teams are looking like contenders again after sweeping the Grand Rapids Elite Challenge titles – Holland Sentinel

2. Softball: Traverse City West split with Division 2 No. 5 Muskegon Oakridge, earning its win on a walk-off homer – Muskegon Chronicle

3. Softball: Division 4 honorable mention Three Oaks River Valley downed No. 6 Onaway 10-9 in 10 innings to clinch the Holton Invitational title – Alpena News

4. Girls Soccer: No. 11 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek should be moving up in Division 1 after a 2-0 win over No. 4 Troy – Oakland Press

5. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked Novi downed No. 6 Hartland 4-0 in a league matchup of top Division 1 teams statewide – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. Girls Tennis: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 9 Traverse City Central and No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central tied for the Twin Bay Quad title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Boys Golf: LPD1 No. 8 Clarkston shot a 287 to win the Green/Black/Gold/Orange tournament 19 strokes ahead of runner-up and No. 5 Birmingham Brother Rice – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. Track & Field: Deckerville’s girls and boys swept their home invitational titles – Huron Daily Tribune

9. Track & Field: Midland’s girls edged Traverse City West and Traverse City Central’s boys edged Alpena to win Graves/Swayze Relays titles at Midland Community Stadium – Midland Daily News

10. Softball: Quincy downed Gobles and Niles Brandywine to win Brandywine’s invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: The Detroit Mumford community is mourning the death of former coach and athletic director Sam “Sonny” Taub – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/11/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 11, 2024

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Charlevoix earned a key road win at Traverse City St. Francis, 69-55 – Up North Live

2. WRESTLING Dearborn Heights Crestwood made an impressive move in the Western Wayne Athletic Conference with wins over Melvindale and Garden City – Southgate News-Herald

3. HOCKEY Muskegon Reeths-Puffer avenged an earlier loss to Sparta, 5-2 – FOX 17

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Ann Arbor Huron won impressively over Chelsea, 72-48 – Ann Arbor News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Mancelona defeated Onaway 68-66 in a matchup of Ski Valley Conference co-leaders – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

6. BOYS BASKETBALL McBain earned a key Highland Conference win over LeRoy Pine River – Big Rapids Pioneer

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow doubled up Lapeer, 54-27 – WNEM

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Manistee came back in the fourth quarter to get past Montague 44-43 – Local Sports Journal

9. WRESTLING Gladstone downed Escanaba 51-30 – Upper Michigan Source

10. WRESTLING New Boston Huron edged Carleton Airport 39-34 – Monroe News