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: 10/3/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 3, 2024

1. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee in Division 1 and Ishpeming in Division 2 were repeat champions at Upper Peninsula Finals – MHSAA.com

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Grand Blanc finished a third-straight title run in the Saginaw Valley League with a 7-1 win over Mount Pleasant – WJRT

3. GIRLS GOLF Dexter – the top-ranked team in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Southeastern Conference Red Tournament by eight strokes to finish a league title run – Chelsea Sun Times News

4. BOYS TENNIS Ludington locked up the Coastal Conference championship with a league tournament victory – Ludington Daily News

5. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids downed Kent City 2-1 to win the Central State Activities Association Tournament – Big Rapids Pioneer

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 6 North Muskegon shut out Montague to clinch the West Michigan Conference title – CatchMark SportsNet

7. BOYS SOCCER Ortonville Brandon played Holly to a 2-2 draw, finishing an undefeated run through the Flint Metro League – Oakland Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Dearborn Divine Child swept Riverview Gabriel Richard to finish a perfect run through the Catholic High School League Intersectional #1 – Dearborn Press & Guide

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Traverse City St. Francis downed Division 4 top-ranked Leland 2-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 14 Jackson defeated Brooklyn Columbia Central 5-1 in a matchup of league champions – Jackson Citizen Patriot