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: 11/5/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 5, 2024
1. VOLLEYBALL Marshall twice took one-set leads before finally downing Battle Creek Pennfield in five in a Division 2 District opener – Battle Creek Enquirer
2. VOLLEYBALL Grand Traverse Academy twice came back to eventually defeat Leland in five sets in Division 4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. VOLLEYBALL Bay City Central also twice came back from one-set deficits to defeat Bay City John Glenn in five in Division 1 – Bay City Times
4. VOLLEYBALL Brighton Charyl Stockwell also went to five sets, in Division 3, to down Stockbridge – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. VOLLEYBALL Manistee came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Hesperia in a Division 3 opener – Manistee News Advocate
6. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba swept Gladstone to advance in Division 2 – Escanaba Daily Press
7. VOLLEYBALL Ida pulled away from Adrian Madison for a four-set win in Division 2 – Monroe News
8. VOLLEYBALL White Pigeon and Centreville were victorious in Division 3 openers – Sturgis Journal
9. VOLLEYBALL Unionville-Sebewaing and Sandusky advanced in Division 3 as well – Huron Daily Tribune
10. VOLLEYBALL Ishpeming downed West Iron County 3-1 in a Division 3 opener – Upper Michigan’s Source