Today in the MHSAA: 4/9/19
April 9, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Many in Michigan returned from Spring Break on Monday, and teams jumped straight into competition with five sports making our first daily achievers list of this season.
1. Girls Tennis: Petoskey won five flight championships en route to earning the Up North Invite team title – Petoskey News-Review
2. Softball: Kalkaska coach Rik Ponstein earned his 700th career win during his team’s sweep of Roscommon – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Lacrosse: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard edged rival Greenhills 7-6 in overtime – We Love Ann Arbor
4. Baseball: Division 1 No. 6 Lake Orion downed Division 3 No. 16 Madison Heights Bishop Foley for its first win – Oakland Press
5. Baseball: Division 3 No. 12 Michigan Center swept Jonesville in a rematch of last season’s Regional Final – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
6. Baseball: Division 2 No. 6 Saginaw Swan Valley took a pair of impressive wins over Mount Pleasant – Saginaw News
7. Softball: Gladwin earned a pair of one-run wins over Midland Dow – Midland Daily News
8. Baseball: Division 1 No. 16 Plymouth won big over Northville in a matchup of Kensington Lakes Activities Association contenders – Observer & Eccentric
9. Softball: Division 1 No. 8 Canton improved to 2-0 with a 6-1 win over Novi – State Champs Sports Network
10. Girls Soccer: Taylor Noble had a first-half hat trick as Boyne City downed Kalkaska – MI Sports Now
Also of note …
Baseball: From Friday, Fowlerville downed Division 2 top-ranked Detroit Country Day 2-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Softball: From Friday, No. 4 Howell avenged a Wednesday loss with a big win over No. 2 Hartland to finish their first rematch from last season’s Division 1 Semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Baseball: From Friday, Division 1 No. 3 Grandville made a trip east and left with a 13-6 win over Division 2 No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – State Champs Sports Network
Baseball: From April 3, Division 1 No. 8 Detroit Catholic Central swept top-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice – Observer & Eccentric
Today in the MHSAA: 5/10/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 10, 2024
1. GIRLS TENNIS LPD2 No. 9 Traverse City Central ran its Big North Conference title streak to 11 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. TRACK & FIELD Ithaca’s girls and boys teams finished a repeat in the Tri-Valley Conference Blue; Ithaca’s girls are ranked No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, and the boys are ranked No. 2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun | Athletic.net
3. GIRLS SOCCER Ovid-Elsie clinched an outright Mid-Michigan Activities Conference title with a shutout of Durand – Lansing State Journal
4. TRACK & FIELD Pinckney’s girls secured the Southeastern Conference White championship, and Chelsea won the boys meet – Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net
5. BOYS GOLF Quincy won its Oriole Classic by six strokes – Coldwater Daily Reporter
6. SOFTBALL Millington swept Midland Bullock Creek 3-1 and 7-1 in a matchup of Division 3 honorable mentions – WNEM
7. BASEBALL Iron Mountain earned a split with Division 3 No. 20 Gladstone – Upper Michigan Source
8. BASEBALL McBain downed Division 4 No. 20 Marion 7-2 – Cadillac News
9. SOFTBALL Grace Schloop tied Midland’s career strikeout record with 17 more in a 4-1 win over Lapeer – Midland Daily News
10. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 5 Frankenmuth downed Division 3 honorable mention Otisville LakeVille Memorial 7-2 – Saginaw News