Today in the MHSAA: 5/30/17
May 30, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The last weekend before the busiest sports week of the school year still had plenty of action, as the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association hosted its team championship meets and a home run record was tied in softball.
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
Division 1 No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett downed Division 3 No. 4 Homer 7-0 in the Memorial Day Heart Classic at Comerica Park – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Reese swept Vassar to claim a share of the Greater Thumb Conference West title – Bay City Times
Birch Run earned a share in the Tri-Valley Conference East with Division 2 No. 6 Essexville Garber, winning 1-0 in eight innings over Caro to finish a game started (and played through seven innings) in April – Saginaw News
Division 1 No. 20 Gibraltar Carlson tied its record for wins, set in 1977, with 30 thanks to a sweep of New Boston Huron – Southgate News Herald
Warren DeLaSalle junior Bryce Bush set a school record and entered MHSAA record book consideration with his 15th home run during a doubleheader against Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett – Macomb Daily
Softball
Division 1 No. 10 Mount Pleasant edged Frankenmuth 7-6 to win the Eagle Memorial Classic – Saginaw News
Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse’s Brooke Nadolny hit three home runs against Division 2 No. 2 Richmond to tie the MHSAA single-season record of 20 – Macomb Daily
Division 1 top-ranked Macomb Dakota won the New Baltimore Anchor Bay Invitational, downing Division 3 top-ranked Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central (but not ace pitcher Meghan Beaubien) 12-1 in the final – Macomb Daily
Track & Field
The fourth-ranked Pittsford girls continued a season of successes by winning the MITCA Lower Peninsula Division 4 team title – Hillsdale Daily News
Clare’s top-ranked boys won the MITCA LP Division 3 team title on their home track – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Additional MITCA team champions were the Rockford boys (No. 2) and girls (No. 1) in LP Division 1, the No. 4 Zeeland East boys and No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian girls in LP Division 2, the No. 3 Frankenmuth girls in LP Division 3 and the top-ranked Whittemore-Prescott boys in LP Division 4 – MITCA.org
Oak Park’s girls won the Oakland County championship for the fourth straight season, and the boys made it three county titles in a row – Oakland Press
Today in the MHSAA: 4/10/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 10, 2024
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 1 Hudsonville downed Division 3 No. 1 Grand Rapids South Christian 2-0 in a matchup of top-ranked teams – Grand Rapids Press
2. BOYS LACROSSE Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice pulled away for a 16-10 win over rival Detroit Catholic Central – Oakland Press
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Hartland added an impressive win, 3-1 over No. 10 Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Freeland won a matchup of ranked teams 6-0 over Division 4 No. 14 Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Saginaw News
5. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Country Day downed Grand Ledge 13-8 in another matchup of top teams statewide – WILX
6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 12 Muskegon Mona Shores and Reeths-Puffer played to a 1-1 draw – Local Sports Journal
7. SOFTBALL Coleman swept Breckenridge, earning Comets coach Chad Klopf his 300th win on the diamond – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
8. BOYS GOLF Union City shot a 188 to edge reigning Big 8 Conference champion Quincy in the opening jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. SOFTBALL Hamilton combined to hit nine home runs during a sweep of Fruitport – Holland Sentinel
10. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 4 Indian River Inland Lakes edged Onaway twice, 4-3 and 9-8 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune