Today in the MHSAA: 6/9/16

June 9, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Girls and Boys Lacrosse Semifinals gave us our championship contenders for Saturday's games, and they were joined as well Wednesday by key soccer wins and a pair of baseball milestones.

Boys Lacrosse

Birmingham Brother Rice will play for its 12th straight Division 1 championship after downing Detroit U-D Jesuit 17-4 in a Semifinal – Oakland Press

Detroit Catholic Central held Detroit County Day scoreless during the second half to advance in Division 1 with a 13-5 Semifinal win – Oakland Press

East Grand Rapids downed Okemos 16-15 in double overtime to get back to the Division 2 Final – Grand Rapids Press

After falling to Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in the postseason the last three years, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central earned a championship game berth with a 17-7 win over the Cranes – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Lacrosse

Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood started on a 7-0 run in downing Farmington Hills Mercy 22-4 in a Division 2 Semifinal – Oakland Press

Four-time reigning Division 2 champion East Grand Rapids will play for a fifth straight title after downing Okemos 14-7 in a Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press

Three-time reigning Division 1 champion Rockford earned another trip to the Finals with a 23-7 win over Hartland – Livingston Daily

Birmingham United advanced to its first MHSAA lacrosse championship game since 2012 with a 16-4 win over Ann Arbor Pioneer in Division 1.

Girls soccer

The closest of four Regional games across the state came in Division 4, where Montrose got past Harbor Springs 2-0 – Petoskey News

Baseball

Shepherd baseball coach Jack Nartker retired after 27 seasons and a final 5-4 win over Beal City; his record is 647-288-7 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Grand Ledge avenged a District loss to Holt with a comeback win to claim the Capital Area Diamond Classic championship 7-3 and finish 31-4 – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/10/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 10, 2024

1. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won its 16th-straight Regional title – Midland Daily News

2. CROSS COUNTRY East Jordan’s girls and boys teams clinched Ski Valley Conference championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Athletic.net

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Centreville boys and Bangor girls clinched Southwest 10 Conference titles – Sturgis Journal | Athletic.net

4. BOYS SOCCER Patryk Skomski’s first goal gave Utica a 2-1 Division 1 District win over Rochester – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER Hartland advanced with a 3-1 District win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 10 Utica Eisenhower moved on with a shootout win over Utica Ford – Macomb Daily

7. BOYS SOCCER Edwardsburg defeated Niles 4-0 in a Division 2 District opener – Niles Daily Star

8. BOYS SOCCER Jonesville downed Hillsdale Will Carleton Academy 7-0 in Division 4 – Hillsdale Daily News

9. BOYS SOCCER Birmingham Seaholm opened District play with a 2-1 win over Royal Oak – Oakland Press

10. VOLLEYBALL Parma Western swept Jackson Northwest – Jackson Citizen Patriot