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: 9/18/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 18, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Rochester Adams made an early goal stand the entirety in handing No. 3 Troy its first loss – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 13 Hudsonville shut out No. 10 Byron Center 2-0 – FOX 17

3. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 top-ranked Detroit Country Day won the first set 31-29 on the way to a sweep of Fraser – Hometown Life

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 1 Lansing Christian improved to 12-0 with a shutout of Bath – WILX

5. VOLLEYBALL Mattawan earned a pair of impressive wins over East Grand Rapids and Grandville – FOX 17

6. VOLLEYBALL Ludington came back after losing the first set to defeat Muskegon Oakridge in five – Ludington Daily News

7. VOLLEYBALL Midland came back from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Saginaw Heritage in five sets – Midland Daily News

8. CROSS COUNTRY Brownstown Woodhaven swept the first Downriver League jamborees – Southgate News-Herald

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Utica Eisenhower opened Macomb Area Conference Red competition with a 116-69 win over Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Macomb Daily

10. VOLLEYBALL Petoskey edged Traverse City West 3-2 – Up North Live