Today in the MHSAA: 5/22/17

May 22, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

This past weekend belonged mostly to Track & Field Regionals, with some familiar faces – Oak Park and Saugatuck among them – shining brightest again.

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

Mattawan, coached by Joe Clifford, downed younger brother Phil Clifford and Jackson Lumen Christi to win the Al Glick Classic – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Essexville Garber equaled its most wins since 2006 in claiming its invitational title, and after opening with a 10-run victory over Division 4 No. 9 Saginaw Nouvel – Bay City Times

Howell swept Division 1 No. 5 Birmingham Brother Rice 8-0 and 4-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Lacrosse

Vi Lobo set Midland’s career scoring record with three goals in a 17-1 Division 1 Regional win over Holly/Ortonville Brandon – Midland Daily News

Softball

Ishpeming Westwood won the Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament for the first time, downing Norway in the final – Marquette Mining Journal

Girls Tennis

Bay City All Saints and Frankenmuth shared a Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional title after an All Saints win in the final match – Bay City Times

St. Joseph won an LP Division 2 Regional title by two points over three runners-up – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Track & Field

Oak Park’s girls and boys – both reigning MHSAA Finals champions – dominated in sweeping LP Division 1 Regional titles – Oakland Press

Saugatuck’s boys and girls teams won their fifth straight Regional titles, this time in LP Division 3; the girls are ranked No. 1 and the boys No. 3 – Grand Rapids Press

Led by a star freshman, Lansing Waverly’s girls won their first Regional title after winning their first MHSAA Finals title last season – Lansing State Journal

Battle Creek St. Phillip’s boys won their first Regional title since 1982 after entering the meet ranked No. 3 in LP Division 4 – Battle Creek Enquirer

Bessemer’s boys won their fifth straight Regional title, while Lake Linden-Hubbell’s girls also dominated at Wakefield-Marenisco – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

The Houghton boys and Negaunee girls won Regional titles at Ishpeming – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Salem’s No. 4-ranked boys won their LP Division 1 Regional by 36 points – Observer & Eccentric

Livonia Churchill’s girls repeated as LP Division 1 Regional champions by edging No. 3 Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric

Zeeland East swept LP Division 2 Regional titles; the girls are ranked No. 3 and the boys No. 4 – Holland Sentinel

No. 3 Pittsford edged No. 4 Hillsdale Academy by 3.5 points to win their LP Division 4 Regional – Hillsdale Daily News

Coldwater’s No. 5-ranked boys remained undefeated on the season with an LP Division 2 Regional title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart’s girls won their first Regional title "in decades," finishing 46 points better than the LP Division 4 field – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Shepherd’s No. 6 girls finished 46 points better than reigning LP Division 3 champion Ithaca to claim a Regional title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Niles’ boys won their second Regional title in three seasons in LP Division 2 – Niles Daily Star

Today in the MHSAA: 2/1/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 1, 2024

1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Paw Paw clinched the Wolverine Conference championship with a victory at the league meet – Sturgis Journal

2. HOCKEY Bloomfield Hills secured a share of the Oakland Activities Association White title with an 11-3 win over Farmington – Oakland Press

3. HOCKEY Big Rapids finished a comeback with a 4-3 win over Division 2 No. 10 Traverse City Central – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. WRESTLING Division 3 top-ranked Dundee won every match but one in downing Division 1 No. 3 Temperance Bedford 61-3 – Monroe News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Jayden Hanson went over 1,000 career points in Bellaire’s 52-44 win over Gaylord St. Mary – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Connor Rouse went over 1,000 career points as Genesee downed Deckerville 46-44 – WJRT

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Charles came back to edge Breckenridge 36-33 – Saginaw News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL North Muskegon remains undefeated after a 46-45 win over Montague – CatchMark SportsNet

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Escanaba downed Marquette 50-47 in overtime – Escanaba Daily Press

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Warren Fitzgerald improved to 11-1 with a 65-48 win over Madison Heights Lamphere – Macomb Daily

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Muskegon coach Shane Fairfield has been named an NFL National Coach of the Year – Muskegon Chronicle