Today in the MHSAA: 5/24/18

May 24, 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. Softball: Division 1 No. 8 Plymouth continued its impressive run through the Kensington Lakes Activities Association tournament with a 3-0 win over No. 5 Hartland in the final – Observer & Eccentric

2. Baseball: Unranked Plymouth also clinched the KLAA tournament title in this sport with a 2-1 upset of No. 4 Howell – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Track & Field: Detroit Renaissance swept the Detroit Public School League girls and boys meets, the girls for the second straight year and the boys ending Cass Tech’s seven-year reign– Detroit News

4. Girls Soccer: Division 4 top-ranked North Muskegon gave up its first goal this season, but got five from Sophie Mueller in a 7-1 win over Whitehall in the West Michigan Conference championship game Local Sports Journal

5. Boys Golf: Battle Creek Harper Creek won its first All-City championship since 2004, by 12 strokes over Lakeview – Battle Creek Enquirer

6. Track & Field: Traverse City Central dominated the Big North Conference meets, sweeping the girls and boys league championships; Central’s boys are ranked No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Girls Soccer: A draw with Division 1 No. 19 Brownstown Woodhaven gave Division 2 No. 9 Trenton its fourth straight Downriver League title – Southgate News Herald

8. Softball: Undefeated and Division 2 No. 3 Spring Lake swept Whitehall to get coach Bill Core his 600th career win – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Softball: Division 2 honorable mention Three Rivers capped a championship season in the Wolverine Conference with a sweep of Paw Paw and 18-0 league record – Sturgis Journal

10. Baseball: Williamston scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning to get past Division 4 No. 7 Portland St. Patrick 4-3 in the Capital Diamond Classic – Lansing State Journal

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Detroit East English coach Juan Rickman has left that post to take the same position at Ferndale – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 5/9/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 9, 2023

1. GIRLS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern clinched the Lakes Valley Conference championship with a 1-0 win over South Lyon East – Oakland Press

2. BOYS GOLF Tecumseh, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, shot a 317 to dominate at the Lenawee County Championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 18 Sterling Heights Stevenson moved ahead of No. 11 Grosse Pointe South into the top spot alone in the Macomb Area Conference Red with a 16-2 win – Macomb Daily

4. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 2 Mendon swept No. 10 Decatur 3-0 and 11-7 – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. BASEBALL Unranked Howell downed Division 1 No. 9 Brighton 12-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 14 St. Joseph and No. 8 Stevensville Lakeshore played to a 1-1 draw – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Detroit Country Day handed Pontiac Notre Dame Prep its first defeat, 10-0 – Oakland Press

8. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 10 (tied) Hartland pitchers threw a perfect game and no-hitter in sweeping Salem – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS SOCCER Midland edged Division 3 No. 7 Essexville Garber 1-0 – Midland Daily News

10. BASEBALL Bay City Central moved past Grand Blanc in an extra-inning walk-off win and then tied the Bobcats in the second game – Bay City Times