Today in the MHSAA: 5/21/18

May 21, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
 

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Track & Field: Saline’s boys won their eighth straight Regional title, in Lower Peninsula Division 1, by a mere point over Ann Arbor Pioneer – Saline Post

2. Track & Field: The top-ranked Ada Forest Hills Eastern girls won their fifth straight Regional title, edging East Grand Rapids by fewer than two points in LPD2 – Grand Rapids Press

3. Track & Field: The reigning Upper Peninsula Division 3 champion girls from Lake Linden-Hubbell continued their undefeated run this spring with a Regional title – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

4. Girls Soccer: Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian got past Division 3 No. 6 Warren Regina 2-1 in overtime to claim the Detroit Catholic League Division 1 tournament title – Oakland Press

5. Girls Tennis: No. 2 Northville swept the flight championships in winning its LPD1 Regional with a perfect 24 points – Observer & Eccentric

6. Girls Tennis: Traverse City St. Francis, No. 3 in LPD4, won its Regional as expected, with Charlevoix also qualifying for the MHSAA Finals for the first time – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Track & Field: Beal City’s boys, No. 2 in LPD4, had only one individual first place but won their first team Regional title since 1999 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. Baseball: Division 1 No. 7 Brownstown Woodhaven extended its school-record winning streak to 21 games with a 5-4 8-inning win over Gibraltar Carlson; the previous day, Woodhaven’s MHSAA record opponents’ scoreless streak came to an end at 60 innings – Southgate News Herald

9. Baseball: Ludington swept Division 4 No. 13 Muskegon Catholic Central to clinch the Lakes 8 Conference title, its first league championship since 2006 – Ludington Daily News

10. Track & Field: Deckerville’s girls, No. 7 in LPD4, added their sixth straight Regional title to a league title won earlier in the week – Huron Daily Tribune

Also of note …

Softball: From Thursday, Muskegon Mona Shores’ Taylor Dew hit her 50th home run as she and Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard’s Julia Kennedy continue to re-set the MHSAA career record – Local Sports Journal

Baseball: From Thursday, Division 1 No. 21 Byron Center finished a three-game sweep of Division 2 No. 6 Holland Christian to claim a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title – FOX 17

Volleyball: Novi coach Jennifer Cottrill resigned after leading the Wildcats to the last three Class A championships Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 6/4/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 4, 2024

1. BASEBALL Holland Black River clinched its first District title in this sport, edging Bangor 3-2 in Division 4 – Holland Sentinel

2. SOFTBALL St. Joseph finished a 3-0 Division 2 District title win over honorable mention Stevensville Lakeshore – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. BASEBALL Bryce Fox’s eighth-inning home run sent No. 17 Hudsonville past No. 14 Zeeland East in a Division 1 District Final – FOX 17

4. SOFTBALL Honorable mention Hamilton completed a repeat District title run with a 10-4 win over Holland Christian in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel

5. BASEBALL Benzie Central shut out No. 19 Kingsley 6-0 to clinch a Division 3 District championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BASEBALL Holland Christian also advanced in Division 2 with a 12-2 win over South Haven – Holland Sentinel

7. BASEBALL No. 8 Watervliet edged Schoolcraft 3-2 to clinch a third-straight District title, in Division 3 – WPSPanthers.com

8. BASEBALL No. 9 Williamston scored in the top of the 10th inning but No. 17 DeWitt scored twice during its final at bats to clinch the 62nd Dean Shippey Capital Diamond Classic title with a 10-9 victory – Lansing State Journal