Today in the MHSAA: 5/20/19

May 20, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

This weekend was one of the busiest of the spring with track & field and girls tennis Regionals, plus big-time tournament title deciders in softball, girls soccer, boys golf and baseball.

1. Softball: Division 1 No. 9 Hartland edged rival and No. 2-ranked Howell 6-5 and then downed No. 1 Clarkston 1-0 to win the Ann Arbor High School Softball Tournament – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Track & Field: The No. 5-ranked Alpena boys won their first Regional title since 1944, clinching first in Lower Peninsula Division 1 at Bay City Western – Alpena News

3. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian avenged its May 9 loss to Division 3 No. 2 Warren Regina with a 1-0 win in the Detroit Catholic League championship game – Oakland Press

4. Boys Golf: LPD3 No. 2 Big Rapids shot a two-day 607 to finish ahead of runner-up and top-ranked Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian and third-place Detroit Catholic Central (No. 7 in LPD1) at the Katke Classic – Big Rapids News

5. Girls Tennis: No. 4 Traverse City St. Francis claimed its ninth straight Regional title, in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – WPBN

6. Baseball: Division 3 No. 13 Traverse City St. Francis won the Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart Tournament with a 5-1 win over Division 4 No. 9 Gaylord St. Mary, which advanced with a 4-3 victory over Division 4 top-ranked Portland St. Patrick – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 4 Richland Gull Lake repeated as Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Gold tournament champion with a 5-3 win over Portage Central – JoeInsider.com

8. Girls Tennis: No. 5 North Muskegon won six flight championships on the way to an LPD4 Regional team title against a field that included No. 10 (tied) Grant – Muskegon Chronicle

9. Girls Tennis: No. 3 Ann Arbor Pioneer clinched its LPD1 Regional title ahead of rival and No. 10 (tied) Huron, while Plymouth also qualified for the Finals for the first time – We Love Ann Arbor

10. Track & Field: Oak Park swept LPD1 girls and boys Regional championships – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Golf/Wrestling: Southeastern Michigan is mourning the death of Tecumseh wrestling and boys golf coach A.J. Marry, who was killed Sunday after being struck by a vehicle – Adrian Daily Telegram

Today in the MHSAA: 2/15/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 15, 2023

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dansville clinched a share of the Central Michigan Athletic Conference championship with a 43-38 overtime win over Fowler – Lansing State Journal

2. SKIING The Cadillac girls and East Grand Rapids boys claimed Division 2 Regional titles – Cadillac News

3. BOWLING Bay City John Glenn swept the Bay County Championships for the third-straight season – Bay City Times

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon earned a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship with a 68-41 win over Grand Rapids Union – Local Sports Journal

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield clinched a share of the Lenawee County Athletic Association title with a 62-30 win over Dundee – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs defeated Elk Rapids 53-40 as Olivia Flynn went over 1,000 career points as only a sophomore – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Central edged Benton Harbor 74-69 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. BOYS BASKETBALL East Kentwood and Hudsonville remain tied for first in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red after wins – FOX 17

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain swept a season series with Kingsford, this time 62-58 in overtime – Iron Mountain Daily News

10. SKIING Brighton swept Division 1 Regional championships, as did Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in Division 2 – MHSAA.com

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL Gabby Reynolds went over 1,000 career points as Holland West Ottawa defeated Caledonia 64-57 – Holland Sentinel

GIRLS BASKETBALL Siena McNitt went over 1,000 career points as Garden City downed Southgate Anderson 47-21 – Observer & Eccentric

BOYS/GIRLS BASKETBALL Burton Madison Academy/Flint New Standard’s Terrence Smith went over 1,000 career points in his team’s big win over International Academy of Flint, and Burton Bentley’s Naavia Jones went over 1,000 points in her team’s loss to Flint Hamady Flint Journal

BOYS BASKETBALL MJ Yeager went over 1,000 career points for Saginaw Nouvel during a 71-65 loss to Standish-Sterling – Saginaw News