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: 8/29/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 29, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Northville came back to defeat Novi 2-1 – Hometown Life

2. CROSS COUNTRY Johannesburg-Lewiston’s Allie Nowak and Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner were the pacesetters at the East Jordan Invitational – Cheboygan Daily Tribune | Athletic.net

3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Chelsea – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – clinched the Waverly Relays championship ahead of co-runners-up East Lansing and Okemos – Lansing State Journal

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Bay City Western claimed the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

5. CROSS COUNTRY The Houghton girls and Painesdale Jeffers boys were champs at the Jeffers-Kilpela Farm Invitational – Marquette Mining Gazette | Superior Timing

6. GIRLS GOLF Whitehall and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer both carded 373s to share the Whitehall Invitational championship – Ludington Daily News

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Rockford and Central Montcalm girls and Jenison and Grand Rapids Covenant Christian boys were winners of the Saranac Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune | Athletic.net

8. CROSS COUNTRY The Ubly girls and Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port boys were Cass City Invitational winners – Huron Daily Tribune | Athletic.net

9. BOYS SOCCER Midland Dow opened league play with a 3-1 win over Mount Pleasant – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Kingsford downed Iron Mountain 7-0 – Iron Mountain Daily News