Today in the MHSAA: 6/11/18
June 11, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media. Today’s list does not include the Boys Golf or Lacrosse Finals played Saturday; they are reported in their entirety elsewhere on Second Half.
1. Softball: Honorable mention South Haven claimed its first Regional title in softball since 1982 with an upset of top-ranked Stevensville Lakeshore in Division 2 – WWMT
2. Baseball: No. 6 Gladstone got past top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis 8-4 in 10 innings to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – Escanaba Daily Press
3. Softball: No. 3 Clinton claimed its Regional title, ending the seasons for reigning Division 3 champion and current No. 5 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and also reigning runner-up and current honorable mention Napoleon – Adrian Daily Telegram
4. Softball: Top-ranked Rogers City eliminated reigning Division 4 champion and current No. 7 Indian River Inland Lakes with a 4-2 Regional Final win – Alpena News
5. Baseball: No. 9 Brownstown Woodhaven continued its historic run with a first Regional title, downing reigning Division 1 champion and current No. 10 Saline 3-2 to advance – Southgate News Herald
6. Softball: No. 2 Spring Lake improved to 40-0 with wins over No. 6 Wayland and Holland Christian to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Grand Haven Tribune
7. Girls Soccer: No. 8 Midland won its first Regional title in 31 years in this sport with a 3-2 victory over No. 16 Grandville in Division 1 – Midland Daily News
8. Softball: No. 7 Richmond earned a return to the Quarterfinals with a 3-1 win over No. 4 St. Clair in Division 2 – Port Huron Times Herald
9. Softball: Negaunee followed its first District title in this sport with its first Regional championship, downing Traverse City St. Francis and No. 8 Gladstone in Division 3 – Marquette Mining Journal
10. Softball: No. 5 Frankfort held on for a Division 4 Regional title win over No. 4 Holton – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 3/6/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 6, 2023
1. WRESTING A record four seniors finished their careers with fourth Individual Wrestling Finals championships at Ford Field, and we talked to all 70 champions across the five divisions – MHSAA.com
2. COMPETITIVE CHEER Croswell-Lexington won its first championship in this sport, Rochester High and Gibraltar Carlson ended rivals’ title runs and Hudson added a fourth-straight Finals victory over two days at Central Michigan University – MHSAA.com
3. BOWLING Eight teams and eight singles claimed championships over the weekend, including Sparta and Taylor Trillium Academy’s girls both for the first time Friday – MHSAA.com
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich downed undefeated Lake Fenton 54-53 in a Division 2 District Final after having lost to the Blue Devils three times during the regular season – Flint Journal
5. HOCKEY Cameron Duffany scored all of No. 3 Brighton’s goals including the double-overtime winner in a Division 1 Quarterfinal victory over No. 5 Livonia Stevenson – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee edged Hancock 47-44 in double overtime to clinch a Division 3 District title – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Three Oaks River Valley clinched its first District title since 1998, downing St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran in Division 4 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Farmington Hills Mercy handed North Farmington its lone loss in claiming a fifth-straight District title, in Division 1 – Oakland Press
9. GYMNASTICS Hartland won its second Regional title in four seasons, finishing ahead of runner-up Howell by just three-tenths of a point – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. HOCKEY No. 5 Saginaw Heritage downed No. 3 Alpena 4-1 in a Division 2 Quarterfinal – WBKB
Also of note …
GIRLS BASKETBALL Owosso defeated Durand 34-29 in Division 2 to win its first District championship since 2001 – Mid-Michigan Now