Today In The MHSAA: 5/6/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 6, 2021

1. Baseball: Brighton earned an impressive split with top-ranked Howell, taking the day’s second game – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Baseball: Allen Park also avenged an earlier loss in upsetting Division 1 No. 2 Brownstown Woodhaven 4-3 – Southgate News-Herald

3. Boys Golf: Portage Northern locked up the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West championship with a jamboree win  St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 18 Plainwell moved to the front of the Wolverine Conference with a 1-0 win over former co-leader Allegan – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. Baseball: Reese earned coach Dave Elliott his 500th career victory, downing Saginaw Valley Lutheran 5-4 – Saginaw News

6. Girls Lacrosse: Lilly Graham scored seven goals in leading Grand Blanc past Flint Powers Catholic – WJRT

7. Baseball: Future Division I college teammates pitched Division 1 No. 16 Traverse City Central and West to a split – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Softball: Pinconning scored nine runs in the sixth inning to come back and defeat Bay City John Glenn – Bay City Times

9. Boys Lacrosse: Division 1 No. 7 Saline took off in the third quarter on the way to downing Ann Arbor Pioneer 13-7 – Saline Post

10. Softball: Rapid River moved to 27-0 with a sweep of Munising – Escanaba Daily Press

Also of note …

Wyoming: Senior Taejah Cross is into the final weeks of a high school career that will have seen her net 16 varsity letters – FOX 17

Today in the MHSAA: 10/31/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 31, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Plymouth Christian Academy also earned its first Finals appearance in this sport, downing No. 4 Lansing Christian 2-1 in Division 4 – Hometown Life

2. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Byron Center clinched its first championship match appearance with a 2-1 win over No. 4 Oxford in Division 1 – FOX 17

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Elk Rapids earned its first Finals appearance since 1998 with a 3-0 Division 3 Semifinal win over No. 9 Hartford – Up North Live

4. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep will play in its first Final since 2000 thanks to a 3-0 Division 3 Semifinal win over No. 13 Williamston – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern advanced to the Division 2 Final with a shootout win over Grand Rapids Christian – Grand Rapids Press

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams advanced in Division 1 with a shootout win over No. 11 Saline – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Warren De La Salle Collegiate pulled away during the second half for a 3-1 win over No. 5 Mason in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian posted its fifth shutout of the playoffs, 1-0 over No. 9 Grandville Calvin Christian in Division 4 – Grand Haven Tribune

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – edged Midland High 90-88 – Midland Daily News

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Traverse City Central finished a perfect run through the Big North Conference with a sweep of Petoskey – Traverse City Record-Eagle