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: 4/7/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 7, 2022

1. TRACK & FIELD Hart swept Mason County Eastern Invitational championships, with Traverse City St. Francis runner-up in both meets – Ludington Daily News

2. GIRLS SOCCER Midland Dow came back from a two-goal deficit to open with a 3-2 win over Williamston – Midland Daily News

3. SOFTBALL Rochester tied the score and then went ahead over the final two innings of an 8-6 win over West Bloomfield – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS SOCCER Linden opened with a 1-0 shutout of Fenton – WJRT

5. TRACK & FIELD The Gladiators’ Sarah Litz was among stars of the Fowlerville Early Season Open – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. GIRLS SOCCER Manistee opened its season with a win for the third straight, this time 2-1 over Shelby – Manistee News Advocate

7. GIRLS SOCCER Two players scored three goals apiece as Waterford Mott downed North Farmington – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER Ann Arbor Pioneer handed Chelsea a season-opening defeat, 4-2 – Chelsea Sun Times News