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: 10/16/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 16, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Fruitport downed Spring Lake 2-1 in a Division 2 District Semifinal improving on the one draw Fruitport played to during the regular season while otherwise going undefeated – Local Sports Journal

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 15 Riverview advanced with a shootout win over No. 13 Melvindale in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Otsego girls – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and No. 15 Three Rivers boys won Wolverine Conference championships – Sturgis Journal

4. CROSS COUNTRY The No. LPD1 10 Traverse City West girls and No. 10 Central boys secured Big North Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 10 Freeland girls and No. 6 Frankenmuth boys claimed Tri-Valley Conference championships – Saginaw News

6. CROSS COUNTRY McBain’s LPD3 No. 11-ranked girls and Lake City’s boys finished championship runs in the Highland Conference – Cadillac News

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Remus Chippewa Hills girls, honorable mentions in LPD3, clinched the Central State Activities Association title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. VOLLEYBALL Reed City clinched a share of the CSAA Red title with a sweep of Howard City Tri County – Big Rapids Pioneer

9. BOYS SOCCER Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker advanced in Division 4 with a 2-1 overtime District win over Saginaw Nouvel – Huron Daily Tribune

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Traverse City West edged Midland Dow 1-0 in Division 1 – MI Sports Now