Today In The MHSAA: 4/26/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 26, 2021

This spring weekend felt more like winter in many places across the state but was filled with accomplishments including school and tournament records and first-time championships.

1. Boys Golf: Traverse City Central won its first TC Tee Off since 2004 with a 302 on the second day of the tournament – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Track & Field: Howell won its Highland Games Invitational thanks in part to Mackenzie Wright’s school record in the 3,200 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Boys Golf: Haslett won the Division 1 team title and Williamston’s Wyatt Vogel was the top individual with a tournament record 68 at the annual Dick’s Sporting Goods Invitational – Owosso Argus-Press

4. Softball: Essexville Garber won its first Bay County championship with a 7-2 win over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

5. Track & Field: Benzie Central swept championships at Cadillac’s Gary Rathbun Invitational with Hunter Jones breaking the boys school 3,200 record – Benzie Record Patriot

6. Baseball: Division 1 No. 11 Macomb Dakota followed up a Thursday loss to No. 16 Romeo with a 9-6 win in Friday’s rematch – Macomb Daily

7. Boys Track & Field: Harbor Springs’ Evan Schwab broke a 50-year-old school long jump record at the Mancelona Invitational – Petoskey News-Review

8. Softball: Escanaba added wins over Macomb Dakota and Frankenmuth to a downstate trip that also saw losses to Hartland and Farmington Hills Mercy – Escanaba Daily Press

9. Boys Lacrosse: Landon Taylor’s goal with 10 seconds to play gave Muskegon Mona Shores a 14-13 win over Reeths-Puffer – Local Sports Journal

10. Baseball: Division 3 No. 15 Traverse City St. Francis won its tournament with a walk-off 8-7 win over Evart in the finale 9&10 News

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: After a season at Flint Carman-Ainsworth, former Flint Northern star and coach Tonya Edwards is headed back to the WNBA as an assistant coach for the Chicago Sky – Flint Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/15/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 15, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 12 Berkley downed reigning Division 1 champion and current No. 8 Troy Athens 1-0 in a District Semifinal – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS GOLF Petoskey won a second-straight close competition with Cadillac, edging the Vikings by two strokes to win the Big North Conference Tournament – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS GOLF Muskegon Reeths-Puffer won its first tournament this season, and it was a big one – the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

4. BOYS SOCCER Grand Rapids Northview defeated No. 14 Rockford and Jenison defeated No. 13 Hudsonville in Division 1 District shootouts – FOX 17

5. BOYS SOCCER Parma Western held on for a 1-0 Division 2 District Semifinal win over No. 11 Jackson – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Hudsonville Unity Christian downed No. 14 Holland Christian 4-2 in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Holland Sentinel

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Bay City John Glenn downed Bay City Western 2-1in Division 2 to earn an opportunity to claim a first District title – Bay City Times

8. BOYS SOCCER Graham Bauman scored both goals as No. 3 Troy downed Birmingham Seaholm 2-0 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Oakland Press

9. BOYS SOCCER Walled Lake Western shut out Chelsea 1-0 in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Chelsea Sun Times News

10. BOYS SOCCER Ludington shut out Mount Pleasant 3-0 to advance to a Division 2 District Final – Ludington Daily News