Today in the MHSAA: 5/9/19

May 9, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tennis, track & field and lacrosse teams continued to close out league titles Wednesday as those three sports approach the starts of their MHSAA postseasons next week.

1. Girls Tennis: Holland West Ottawa, No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, edged No. 6 Rockford to lock up half of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship – Holland Sentinel

2. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 2 Midland finished a perfect run through the Saginaw Valley League North with a 2-1 win over rival Dow – Midland Daily News

3. Girls Soccer: With a 1-1 draw against Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake, Portage Central locked up the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference regular-season title – WWMT

4. Girls Tennis: LPD3 No. 6 Grand Rapids Catholic Central downed Spring Lake to clinch half the title in the O-K Blue – Grand Rapids Press

5. Track & Field: The LPD4 top-ranked Pittsford girls and No. 6 Hillsdale Academy boys repeated as Southern Central Athletic Association East champions – Hillsdale Daily News

6. Boys Lacrosse: Hartland, No. 5 in Division 1 entering the week, downed Plymouth 14-5 in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association title game – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Baseball: Division 2 No. 14 Essexville Garber scored a sweep of Division 3 No. 19 Pinconning, 3-0 and 6-2 – Bay City Times

8. Boys Golf: LPD2 No. 3 Gaylord continued to surge with a win at the Big North Invitational, shooting a 323 – Gaylord Herald Times

9. Boys Lacrosse: Traverse City United followed up an earlier one-goal win over Petoskey with an 11-10 overtime victory in the rematch – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Golf: Spring Lake shot a 159 to maintain first place in the O-K Blue with a nine-stroke league win – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Coach Jacob Polfus stepped down with a 169-75 record after 11 seasons leading Carney-Nadeau, including guiding a trip to the Class D Semifinals in 2012 – Escanaba Daily Press

Today in the MHSAA: 10/30/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 30, 2023

1. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 11 Bay City Western boys and No. 5 Okemos girls won Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional titles at Shepherd, Western its first since 1997 – Bay City Times | Lansing State Journal

2. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 4 Buckley girls and No. 4 Mason County Eastern boys won LPD4 Regionals at Buckley, the Bears reaching the Finals for the first time in 23 years and potentially as first-time Regional winners – Cadillac News

3. BOYS SOCCER Warren De La Salle Collegiate scored both of its goals during the first half in downing Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 2-1 in a Division 2 Regional Final – Macomb Daily

4. CROSS COUNTRY Buchanan swept LPD3 Regional championships in Portage; White Pigeon’s girls advanced for the first time – Niles Daily Star | Sturgis Journal

5. CROSS COUNTRY Brighton swept LPD1 Regional championships, the No. 3 girls winning for the third-straight season and the top-ranked boys with just 33 points – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 3 Goodrich girls and No. 6 Alma boys won LPD2 Regional titles at Shepherd – Flint Journal | Athletic.net

7. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 5 Jonesville boys won their first Regional title since 2002, finishing first in LPD3 at Jackson where Jackson Lumen Christi’s top-ranked girls also were victorious – Hillsdale Daily News | Athletic.net

8. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 2 Pinckney boys won their LPD2 Regional with 24 points, while Linden’s No. 14-ranked girls edged Dearborn Divine Child by eight in their race – Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net

9. CROSS COUNTRY Hillsdale Academy swept LPD4 Regional championships in Jackson; Hillsdale Academy’s girls are ranked No. 8, and the boys are No. 3 – Hillsdale Daily News

10. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 4 Holland West Ottawa girls and No. 3 Grand Haven boys won LPD1 Regionals at Allendale, West Ottawa’s girls by just three points ahead of No. 6 Grand Haven – Holland Sentinel | Grand Haven Tribune