Today in the MHSAA: 5/2/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 2, 2022

1. TRACK & FIELD Hartland’s Riley Hough and Holland West Ottawa’s Arianne Olson were the 1-mile champions at the Barnyard Invitational distance showcase – Athletic.net

2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 2 Allen Park and Division 3 No. 6 Almont were champions of the Michigan Stars Tournament – MI Stars Tourney

3. TRACK & FIELD East Kentwood swept the Charlie Janke Invitational titles, with Zeeland East second in both meets; East Kentwood’s boys team is No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and the girls are ranked No. 2 – Jackson Citizen Patriot Girls | Boys

4. TRACK & FIELD The Sault Ste. Marie girls and Marquette boys won the Manistique Kiwanis Invitational championships – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

5. BASEBALL Bay City Central clinched the Alma Invitational title with a 10-7 win over Alpena – Bay City Times

6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 7 Essexville Garber picked up a suspended game with No. 14 Bay City John Glenn and went on to a 5-3 win – Bay City Times

7. TRACK & FIELD Monroe Jefferson swept its invitational’s championships – Monroe News

8. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 5 Mendon won all three games big to claim its invitational title – Sturgis Journal

9. TRACK & FIELD The Gibraltar Carlson girls and New Boston Huron boys won Carlson’s Marauder Invitational – Southgate News-Herald Girls | Boys

10. SOFTBALL Pentwater won the Brethren Invitational with a pair of big scores – Local Sports Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 4/4/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 4, 2023

1. GIRLS SOCCER Sydney Bourdon’s first-half hat trick keyed Division 2 No. 12 Dearborn Divine Child’s 4-0 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

2. BOYS GOLF St. Joseph shot a 174 to edge Niles by five strokes at a four-team event – Niles Daily Star

3. SOFTBALL Temperance Bedford improved to 3-0 with a sweep of Grosse Ile – Monroe News

4. SOFTBALL Midland Bullock Creek opened with a sweep of Alpena – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Former Cassopolis coach Dan Purlee is taking over at Edwardsburg – South Bend Tribune