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: 8/28/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 28, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber ran its Bay County championship streak to five with a comeback win over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Hanover-Horton continued its strong start with a sweep of Division 4 honorable mention Concord – Jackson Citizen Patriot

3. BOYS TENNIS Petoskey won its tri with Traverse City St. Francis and Traverse City Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. VOLLEYBALL Negaunee shut out rival Ishpeming Westwood 3-0 – Upper Michigan Source

5. VOLLEYBALL Grosse Ile avenged last season’s loss to Dearborn Edsel Ford with a sweep – Southgate News-Herald

6. VOLLEYBALL Grand Traverse Academy won both of its matches, over Mancelona and Ellsworth – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Alpena edged Cadillac 64-62 in the latter’s season opener – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL Olivia McSwain had 31 assists in Atlanta’s sweep of Boyne Falls – Alpena News