Today in the MHSAA: 5/13/19

May 13, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Michigan high school teams are reaching postseason form, as the weekend was filled with league championships in a variety of sports, big time matchups in a few others plus a series of record book-worthy performances.

1. Track & Field: The Zeeland East girls and Zeeland West boys won O-K Green league meet titles; both are ranked No. 1 in LPD2 – Holland Sentinel Girls | Boys

2. Girls Tennis: Rockford, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, scored four more points than No. 6 Holland West Ottawa at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red tournament to create a shared league title between the ranked programs – Holland Sentinel

3. Boys Lacrosse: Birmingham Brother Rice got past rival Detroit Catholic Central 16-12 to win the Detroit Catholic League tournament final; they were ranked Nos. 1 and 4, respectively, in Division 1 entering the week – Oakland Press

4. Softball: Division 3 No. 1 Millington scored a 3-0 win over Division 2 top-ranked Escanaba at the Eskymos’ invitational – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Track & Field: The Saline boys won their ninth straight Southeastern Conference Red title on the league meet’s final event, while Ann Arbor Pioneer won the girls championship – Saline Post Boys | Girls

6. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 3 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek downed No. 2 Midland 1-0, handing the Chemics their first loss – Midland Daily News

7. Softball: Division 1 No. 9 Hartland won the South Lyon quad, with a 1-0 win over the host and No. 4-ranked Lions – State Champs Sports Network

8. Girls Tennis: LPD1 No. 1 Grosse Pointe South earned a 6-2 win over No. 4 Midland Dow, which earned victories over No. 7 Troy and LPD2 No. 5 Holly at the GPS quad – Midland Daily News

9. Girls Tennis: Fruitport locked up its third straight O-K Black championship – Grand Haven Tribune

10. Track & Field: Milford completed a sweep of Lakes Valley Conference meet championships – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Girls Tennis: Ludington finished a sweep of Lakes 8 Conference championships by winning the league tournament – Ludington Daily News

Track & Field: The Otsego boys and Vicksburg girls won Wolverine Conference meet championships – JoeInsider.com

Track & Field: The Spring Lake girls earned a shared O-K Blue title with a league meet win, while Allendale’s boys won their side of the meet – Grand Haven Tribune

Track & Field: The Brighton boys and Northville girls won Kensington Lakes Activities Association meet championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Softball: Frankfort’s Natalie Bigley hit five home runs over a double-header sweep of Bellaire, including three straight in the second game – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Baseball: Sanford Meridian’s Hunter Merillat had two doubles during a loss to Pinconning to reach 68 for his career, tying the MHSAA record – Midland Daily News

Track & Field: Coldwater thrower Dylan Targgart tossed the shot 65-9 at the Williamston Invitational, a distance that would break the LPD2 Finals record – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Baseball: Division 1 No. 17 Grand Ledge swept DeWitt, sending coach Pat O’Keefe past 1,300 career wins – Lansing State Journal

Track & Field: Definitely worth watching is Texas high school sprinter Matthew Boling setting a national record in the 100 meters at Saturday’s UIL meet with a time of 10.13 seconds – Corpus Christi Caller Times

Today in the MHSAA: 1/12/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 12, 2023

1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Hart won the first West Michigan Conference meet since the league expanded in the fall, with Mason County Central second – CatchMark SportsNet

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Bad Axe won a key Greater Thumb Conference West matchup over Reese, 57-55 – Bay City Times

3. WRESTLING Lake Orion won the last five matches to come back and edge Bloomfield Hills 39-35 – Oakland Press

4. GYMNASTICS Jackson Area defeated Coldwater by just under 11 points at Coldwater’s 12th annual Jillian Crist Memorial meet – Coldwater Daily Reporter

5. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 5 Hartland won its rivalry game with Howell 5-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. HOCKEY Two Midland players had hat tricks in the Division 2 No. 9 Chemics’ 7-2 win over Freeland/Nouvel/Swan Valley – Midland Daily News

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ryleigh Zinn starred as Genesee edged Montrose 57-53 – Flint Journal

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morenci remained undefeated with a 54-41 win over Erie Mason – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macomb Dakota rolled from a fast start to a 70-41 win over Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City St. Francis improved to 7-1 with a 41-18 win over East Jordan – MI Sports Now