Today in the MHSAA: 4/25/16

April 25, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

An intriguing tournament format, track and field dominance by a statewide power and the return to baseball by one of our Upper Peninsula schools were among events gaining notable headlines over the weekend.

Baseball

L’Anse played its first high school baseball games in more than 50 years, splitting with Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Boyne City ace Derek Willis no-hit Bath in helping his team to an East Jackson Dome Classic championship for the second straight season – Petoskey News

Unranked Clinton took a doubleheader from Division 3 No. 6 and reigning champion Jackson Lumen Christi, 11-9 and 8-5 – Adrian Daily Telegram

Division 3 top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett split with Detroit Country Day on Saturday, winning the opener 3-0 before suffering its first loss, 6-0 – Detroit News

Jake Dabkowski followed teammate Sergio Diaz with Grand Rapids Union’s second straight no-hitter, this one in a 5-0 win over Comstock Park – Grand Rapids Press

Baseball/Softball

Leroy Pine River won the first Osceola County Royal Rumble, which combined results of the baseball and softball teams. The Bucks finished 4-0 – Cadillac News

Track & Field

Midland’s girls won the annual Swayze Relays, this time at Northwood University, by 14 points over Traverse City West, while West’s boys broke Midland’s winning streak in the accompanying Graves Relays – Midland Daily News

The two-time reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion Oak Park girls just edged Lake Orion 94-90 to win the Oxford Invitational, while Oak Park’s boys dominated by more this time finishing 26 points ahead of Walled Lake Central – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 10/25/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 25, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Byron Center downed top-ranked Portage Central 1-0 in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title – FOX 17

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Oxford claimed its first Regional championship with a shootout win over Detroit Catholic Central in Division 1 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Hartford also claimed a first Regional title in this sport with a 2-1 win over No. 15 Fennville in Division 3 – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian upset No. 2 Leland in their Division 4 Regional Final – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Plymouth Christian Academy upset No. 3 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Hometown Life

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Elk Rapids claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 5-0 win over No. 4 Kingsford – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Lansing Christian advanced with a Division 4 Regional title win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian – WILX

8. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams scored the lone goal of its Division 1 Regional Final against Romeo – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS SOCCER No. 13 Williamston got past Ann Arbor Greenhills in a shootout to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – Lansing State Journal

10. VOLLEYBALL Erie Mason swept Ottawa Lake Whiteford to win the Tri-County Conference title, its first league championship since 1995 – Monroe News

Also of note …

VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Fenton clinched the Flint Metro League championship with a four-set win over Division 2 honorable mention Lake Fenton – WJRT