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: 9/20/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 20, 2024
1. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 5 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern swept Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Christian – FOX 17
2. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Traverse City St. Francis downed No. 5 Elk Rapids 3-0 – Up North Live
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Fruitport ran its winning streak to 11 and shutout streak to six with a 1-0 win over Division 4 No. 5 Grandville Calvin Christian – MuskegonSports.com
4. GIRLS GOLF Northville – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – remained undefeated in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West with a victory over Plymouth – Hometown Life
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central swept Traverse City West – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Portage Central downed Portage Northern 3-0 to keep the Portage Derby trophy – Kalamazoo Gazette
7. VOLLEYBALL Allison Deon set a Utica Ford hitting record in her team’s sweep of Utica High – Macomb Daily
8. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Brother Rice came back from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Detroit U-D Jesuit 3-1 – Oakland Press
9. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee improved to 11-0 with victories over Norway and Munising – Upper Michigan’s Source
10. VOLLEYBALL Erie Mason’s Brooklyn Langenderfer provided her 1,000th career assist in a sweep of Morenci – Monroe News