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Today in the MHSAA: 5/8/17
May 8, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Muskegon County championships in a number of sports highlighted a busy weekend of action to kick off May, the final month of the spring regular season for most teams across the state.
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 4 No. 6 Muskegon Catholic Central won a championship game rematch with Montague 7-4 to claim the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association Tier 2 title – Muskegon Chronicle
Whitehall downed Muskegon Mona Shores 10-6, ending the Sailors’ GMAA Tier 1 title streak at five straight – Muskegon Chronicle
Bay City Western split with Mount Pleasant, getting a 1-0 shutout win from pitcher Cody Freed in the first game – Bay City Times
Division 1 No. 9 Livonia Stevenson came back to down Livonia Franklin 3-1 to win an all-city championship – Observer & Eccentric
Boys Golf
Lower Peninsula Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Catholic Central followed medalist Collin Powers to a Greater Muskegon Athletic Association win of two strokes over Mona Shores – Muskegon Chronicle
Gladstone edged the host by two strokes at the Escanaba Invitational as Carney-Nadeau’s Hunter Eichhorn shot a first-place 67 – Escanaba Daily Press
Boys Lacrosse
Division 1 No. 3 Hartland remained undefeated by ending No. 7 Brighton’s 51-game league winning streak with a 16-5 victory – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Softball
Muskegon Reeths-Puffer fell in its opener but came back to repeat as Greater Muskegon Athletic Association Tier 1 champion – Muskegon Chronicle
Division 2 No. 5 Muskegon Oakridge repeated as GMAA Tier 2 champion with an 8-2 win over Division 4 No. 4 Holton – Muskegon Chronicle
Division 1 No. 4 Walled Lake Northern won the 40-team Michigan Stars Invitational, with No. 5 Midland finishing third – Midland Daily News
Girls Tennis
Lower Peninsula Division 4 No. 6 North Muskegon claimed its fifth straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship as Brittany Bailey won a flight title for the third time in four seasons – Muskegon Chronicle
Battle Creek Lakeview clinched the All-City championship, sweeping all eight flight titles – Battle Creek Enquirer
Track & Field
Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s girls won their eighth straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association meet led again by standout Maryssa Depies – Muskegon Chronicle
Fruitport’s boys won their fourth straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title with three two-event winners – Muskegon Chronicle
Marysville swept the Algonac Muskrat Classic Small School titles, sharing the boys championship with Marine City – Port Huron Times Herald
St. Ignace’s girls won their Kiwanis Invitational, while Newberry’s boys claimed that title – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Lake Linden-Hubbell’s teams swept the Lakes Invitational titles – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Remus Chippewa Hills swept the Sanford Meridian Nite Trax Invitational titles; the girls team is ranked No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Big Rapids News
LP Division 4 No. 4 Grand Haven’s girls edged LP Division 2 top-ranked Ada Forest Hills Eastern by 14 points at the Holland West Ottawa Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune
Centreville’s girls, No. 3 in LP Division 4, finished ahead of No. 6 Marcellus to win their invitational – Sturgis Journal
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Today in the MHSAA: 4/25/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 25, 2024
1. GIRLS SOCCER Lilah Smith scored both goals as Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake defeated Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central 2-1 – Kalamazoo Gazette
2. SOFTBALL No. 7 Macomb Dakota downed honorable mention Lake Orion 7-5 in a rematch of a 2023 Division 1 Regional Final – Macomb Daily
3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 14 Midland Dow came back to secure a 3-3 draw with Division 2 No. 6 Midland High – Midland Daily News
4. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 14 Southgate Anderson got past Brownstown Woodhaven 6-2 in Downriver League play – Southgate News-Herald
5. BOYS GOLF Duncan Robinson and Traverse City West won the Cadillac Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. BASEBALL Byron Center bounced back from losing the first two games to Division 1 No. 19 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central by claiming the third 4-1 – Grand Rapids Press
7. GIRLS SOCCER Hadley Fox scored both goals in Big Rapids’ 2-0 win over Newaygo – Big Rapids Pioneer
8. GIRLS SOCCER Emmy Creed scored three goals in Division 4 top-ranked North Muskegon’s 6-1 win over Whitehall – CatchMark SportsNet
9. GIRLS SOCCER Pinconning guaranteed its most successful season since 2016 with a 4-0 win over Midland Bullock Creek – Bay City Times
10. TRACK & FIELD Mason County Eastern swept team first places at the latest West Michigan D League jamboree – Ludington Daily News