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: 1/11/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 11, 2023

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Holland West Ottawa earned perhaps the best win of its perfect start, 55-51 over Hudsonville in overtime – FOX 17

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mackinaw City’s Marlie Postula went over 1,000 career points during a big win over Wolverine – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

3. BOWLING Utica Eisenhower’s boys edged Macomb Dakota 17-13; Eisenhower was Division 1 runner-up last season and Dakota was the same in 2021 – Macomb Daily

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Beecher edged Hamady 80-71 in a matchup of teams that entered the day undefeated – Mid-Michigan Now

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Tawas drained a school-record 22 3-pointers in a big win over Oscoda; those 3-pointers also tied the fifth-most in MHSAA history, and Ethan Hedglin had a school individual-record 10 – Bay City Times

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe came back from a 12-point deficit to defeat Ann Arbor Huron 47-44 on a buzzer beater – Monroe News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL East Kentwood came back from a 17-point deficit to edge Rockford 51-49 – FOX 17

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Howell also came back from a 12-point deficit to defeat Brighton 55-52 in overtime – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Daron Sherman had a triple-double in leading Saginaw over Flint Powers Catholic 81-66 – Saginaw News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Mount Pleasant delivered Cadillac’s first loss, 49-48 – Cadillac News