Today in the MHSAA: 4/28/17

April 28, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Upsets in girls soccer and softball topped Thursday’s statewide action, while Saginaw Heritage continued to make plans to honor the fourth baseball coach ever to win 1,000 games in Michigan.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Baseball

Conner Esch threw a combined 96 pitches in earning both pitching wins for Bay City John Glenn over Freeland, and also drove in three runs in the opener – Bay City Times

Ann Arbor Greenhills drew even with two runs in the seventh inning and then put up seven in the eighth to down 2016 Division 4 champion Sterling Heights Parkway Christian 12-5 – Ann Arbor News

Division 1 No. 16 Brownstown Woodhaven earned its fourth straight Downriver League shutout with an 11-0 victory over Southgate Anderson – Southgate News Herald

From Saturday, Saginaw Heritage coach Bob Andrezejewski became the fourth in MHSAA history to win 1,000 games, guiding the Division 1 No. 8 Hawks to a 12-3 win over Beal City (and then 1,001 in the second game of the day). Heritage will honor him after its invitational this Saturday – Saginaw News

Boys Golf

Berkley remained undefeated with a two-stroke win over Birmingham Groves – Detroit News

Girls Soccer

Unranked Frankenmuth downed No. 7 Birch Run 1-0 in a matchup of annual Tri-Valley Conference East contenders – Saginaw News

Reigning Division 1 champion and current No. 2 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek came back to down North Farmington 2-1 – Oakland Press

Division 1 No. 13 Saline remained undefeated in the Southeastern Conference Red with a 1-0 win over Ann Arbor Skyline – Saline Post

Softball

Division 1 honorable mention White Lake Lakeland improved to 9-0 by coming back to hand No. 9 Howell its first loss, 11-9 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Track & Field

East Kentwood’s top-ranked girls and boys teams swept Grand Haven, the boys by only a 77-60 margin – Grand Haven Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 5/16/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 16, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 11 New Boston Huron clinched its first Huron League championship in this sport with a 3-0 win over Division 3 No. 5 Grosse Ile – Southgate News-Herald

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Portage Central downed Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake 4-1 to win the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament and overall title – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 8 Utica Eisenhower ran its Macomb Area Conference Red championship streak to three with a 3-0 shutout of Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 7 Saline finished a repeat title run in the Southeastern Conference Red with a sweep of Ann Arbor Huron – Ann Arbor News

5. GIRLS TENNIS No. 8 Parma Western swept doubles in winning its Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional at Battle Creek Harper Creek – Niles Daily Star

6. BOYS GOLF Winslow Robinson’s 68 led Traverse City West to a championship at the Traverse City Central Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS SOCCER Oxford edged Division 1 No. 9 Midland Dow 1-0 – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER Otsego shut out Division 4 No. 8 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 1-0 – WWMT

9. BASEBALL Brighton’s Andrew Everson threw an eight-inning no-hitter to defeat Howell 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. GIRLS SOCCER Ludington and Division 4 No. 3 North Muskegon played to a scoreless draw – Ludington Daily News