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: 10/21/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 22, 2024
1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner broke the all-Upper Peninsula Finals record with his winning time in Division 1; Marquette, Painesdale Jeffers and Engadine won the team titles – MHSAA.com
2. GIRLS GOLF Northville, Dexter, Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian claimed Lower Peninsula Finals championships – MHSAA.com
3. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette, Hancock and Ewen-Trout Creek were team Finals champions, E-TC for the first time – MHSAA.com
4. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor Greenhills repeated as Lower Peninsula Finals champs, and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Detroit Country Day returned to the winners list – MHSAA.com
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams clinched a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over No. 10 Utica Eisenhower in Division 1 – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 6 North Muskegon 4-0 to claim a Division 4 District championship – Local Sports Journal
7. VOLLEYBALL Big Bay de Noc entered as the second seed but won the Northern Lights League Tournament – Escanaba Daily Press
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Muskegon Mona Shores claimed a third-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal
9. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept girls and boys titles at the Northern Michigan Meet of Champions; the Gladiators girls are ranked No. 4 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 2 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. BOYS SOCCER No. 11 Alma also claimed a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over Ogemaw Heights in Division 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun