Today in the MHSAA: 5/10/17

May 10, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Top teams statewide faced off in local matchups in soccer and softball Tuesday, and check our “Good Read” at the bottom of this report for the story behind the voice that will be missed both in Battle Creek and by Michigan's wrestling community as a whole.

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

Standish-Sterling’s Sean O’Keefe won both games of a doubleheader against Freeland, the first in relief and the second game with a shutout – Bay City Times

Boys Golf

Escanaba shined with a 319 to win the Kiwanis Invitational at Northern Michigan University – Marquette Mining Gazette

Manistee Catholic Central clinched the West Michigan D League title – Manistee News Advocate

From Monday, Tecumseh edged Adrian and Clinton both by a stroke to win the Lenawee County championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

Boys Lacrosse

Division 2 No. 10 Midland downed Bay City Western 21-2 to clinch a fifth straight Saginaw Valley League title – Midland Daily News

From Monday, Division 1 No. 9 South Lyon finished an unbeaten run in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Kensington Conference with an 8-6 win over Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric

Girls Soccer

Kenna White scored twice to lead Division 1 No. 10 Plymouth past No. 2 Canton in a Kensington Lakes Activities Association South clash – Observer & Eccentric

Division 2 No. 18 Detroit Country Day held off multiple rushes by Troy Athens to secure a 3-2 win – Oakland Press

Softball

Hadlie Hinojosa and Taylor Nichols combined for five home runs and 17 RBI in Parma Western’s sweep of Jackson Lumen Christi – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Division 2 No. 4 Vicksburg and unranked Edwardsburg split a key doubleheader, Edwardsburg winning the first game 8-6 and Vicksburg the second 12-5 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Oxford shut down Lake Orion 9-1 in a matchup of Division 1 honorable mentions thanks to 15 strikeouts by Kaitlyn Bean; Lake Orion was up 8-5 in the second game when it was suspended because of darkness – Oakland Press

Girls Tennis

Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 5 Holland Christian won six of eight flights to claim the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green tournament championship – Holland Sentinel

Saline downed Ann Arbor Huron for the first time in eight years, 5-3 – Saline Post

Good Read

The Battle Creek and statewide wrestling communities are mourning the death of longtime Battle Creek Central coach Jeff McGinnis, who died Monday and was the longtime national anthem voice at the MHSAA Team Wrestling Finals – Battle Creek Enquirer

Today in the MHSAA: 1/21/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 21, 2025

1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Gibraltar Carlson scored nearly 800 points to get past Rochester and win the Pat Christiansen Memorial Classic – Southgate News-Herald

2. WRESTLING Kingsford claimed the Upper Peninsula Championships – Upper Michigan’s Source

3. SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Tri-Cities Championship for the 22nd-consecutive season – Bay City Times

4. WRESTLING Division 3 No. 5 Whitehall won the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title for the 18th time over the last 19 seasons – Local Sports Journal

5. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 2 Houghton downed Division 2 No. 7 Grandville 6-3 on Friday and then Division 1 No. 8 Northville 2-0 on Saturday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Lincoln downed Muskegon 76-66 at the Horatio Williams Freedom Classic – Local Sports Journal

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankenmuth posted a 39-31 win over Saginaw Heritage at Saginaw Valley State’s MLK Classic – Saginaw News

8. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 8 Freeland was the repeat champion at the 40th Reed City Invitational – Cadillac News

9. COMPETITIVE CHEER Fruitport posted a big win at the Grand Rapids West Catholic Invitational – MuskegonSports.com

10. COMPETITIVE CHEER Dexter earned its first victory this season, finishing first at the Dearborn Heights Crestwood Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News