Today in the MHSAA: 9/28/20

September 29, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A possible preview of this week’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 Girls Tennis Finals topped the weekend’s most notable media coverage across a variety of sports statewide.

1. Girls Tennis: Negaunee won seven of eight flight championships to claim the team title at the Mid-Peninsula Conference Tournament; Ishpeming Westwood was runner-up – Marquette Mining Journal

2. Boys Tennis: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and No. 5 Midland Dow tied for first at the former’s quad which also included LPD1 No. 12 Rockford and LPD4 No. 2 Traverse City St. Francis – Midland Daily News

3. Cross Country: Hart (LPD3 No. 1 girls, No. 2 boys) and McBain (LPD3 No. 10 girls, No. 9 boys) swept races at the Cougar Falcon Invitational at Calvin University – Athletic.net

4. Cross Country: Five girls broke 19 minutes and two boys broke 16 at the Petoskey Invitational – Athletic.net

5. Boys Soccer: Holland moved to 9-0 with a 2-1 win over Grand Rapids Union – Holland Sentinel

6. Cross Country: The LPD1 honorable mention Northville boys and unranked Macomb Dakota girls won titles at Anchor Bay’s James Cleverley Invitational – Athletic.net

7. Volleyball: Oscoda won its Linda Hennigan Tournament – WBKB

8. Cross Country: Manistee High swept races featuring the three Manistee County teams – Manistee News Advocate

9. Volleyball: Division 4 No. 10 Carney-Nadeau hosted and defeated Kingsford, Menominee and Stephenson – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Boys Tennis: LPD1 No. 2 Ann Arbor Pioneer improved to 10-1 with a win over Rochester – We Love Ann Arbor

Today in the MHSAA: 4/15/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 15, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Hudsonville Unity Christian defeated Division 4 top-ranked Kalamazoo Christian 4-0 in a matchup of 2023 Finals champions – Grand Rapids Press

2. GIRLS LACROSSE Reigning Division 1 champion Brighton finished 3-0 at the East-West Play Day with wins over 2023 Division 2 runner-up East Grand Rapids, Spring Lake and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 4 Escanaba opened with a 3-0 run at the Lakeshore Grand Slam Tournament, defeating Spring Lake and honorable mentions Muskegon Oakridge and Wayland – Escanaba Daily Press

4. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 10 Mendon repeated as champion of the Holton Tournament, downing Beal City, No. 5 Hillman and Alcona – Sturgis Journal

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 New Baltimore Anchor Bay edged Division 3 No. 4 Warren Regina 2-1 – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS SOCCER Emma Bradley scored the game-winner directly on a corner kick to lead Clarkston past Division 1 No. 7 Rochester 2-1 – Oakland Press

7. TRACK & FIELD The Rockford girls and Northville boys won Rockford’s Ram Classic championships – Athletic.net

8. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber downed Bay City Central to clinch its fourth-straight Bay County title – Bay City Times

9. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 3 Bay City Western became the first team to repeat as Bay County champion in baseball by downing John Glenn in the finale – Bay City Times

10. GIRLS SOCCER Garber also was the Bay County champion on the soccer pitch, finishing 3-0-1 at the tournament – Bay City Times