Today in the MHSAA: Softball Quarterfinals

June 13, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Girls Softball Finals will be played Thursday and Friday at Michigan State University’s Secchia Stadium. Below is a sampling of coverage of how the 16 qualifiers advanced.

Division 1: No. 2 Clarkston downed No. 1 Hartland 11-3 to advance – Livingston Daily Press & Argus 

Division 1: No. 3 Howell earned a return to Secchia Stadium with a big win over honorable mention Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Division 1: No. 6 Warren Regina will play for another Division 1 championship after downing Garden City – Detroit News 

Division 1: No. 7 Bay City Western got past Lowell 4-1 to earn a return to East Lansing – Midland Daily News

Division 2: No. 3 Eaton Rapids shut out Ida to move on, 2-0 – Lansing State Journal

Division 2: A freshman and junior pitched No. 4 Stevensville Lakeshore past No. 6 Spring Lake, 3-1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Division 2: Top-ranked Escanaba earned an opportunity to repeat as champion with a 2-0 win over honorable mention Freeland – Escanaba Daily Press

Division 2: Reese Ruhlman hit three home runs to lead North Branch past St. Clair Shores South Lake – Detroit News

Division 3: No. 7 Standish-Sterling hit a pair of home runs to get past No. 10 Negaunee – Iron Mountain Daily News

Division 3: A big sixth inning pushed No. 2 Dundee past Riverview Gabriel Richard 8-3 – Monroe News

Division 3: Honorable mention Schoolcraft won a high-scoring Quarterfinal over Grandville Calvin Christian 14-6 – Three Rivers Commercial News

Division 3: Top-ranked Millington booked its return to the Semifinals with a big win over Marine City – High School Sports Scene

Division 4: No. 1 Coleman earned another Semifinals trip with a big win over No. 7 Holton – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Division 4: No. 4 Rogers City edged Rudyard 2-1 to also return to the Semifinals – Alpena News

Division 4: No. 2 Kalamazoo Christian won big over Hudson to advance – Kalamazoo Gazette

Division 4: No. 9 Unionville-Sebewaing earned its 13th trip to the Semifinals over the last 14 seasons with a big win over honorable mention Allen Park Inter-City Baptist – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 4/11/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 11, 2023

1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Northville added another impressive early win, 5-1 over No. 7 Hartland – Hometown Life

2. SOFTBALL Pinckney swept Division 1 honorable mention Canton 5-1 and 8-3 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS GOLF Grand Rapids Christian shot a 298 to win the Forest Hills Invitational – Local Sports Journal

4. GIRLS SOCCER Boyne City moved to 2-0 with a 2-1 win over Division 4 No. 11 Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review

5. BASEBALL Grand Rapids Christian opened its season with a 9-1 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – FOX 17

6. GIRLS SOCCER Sami Hollenbaugh scored six goals in Quincy’s big win over Comstock – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. BASEBALL Braylon Laroo no-hit Detroit U-D Jesuit in a 3-0 win for Division 1 No. 18 Detroit Catholic Central – Oakland Press

8. SOFTBALL Ava Costales had a pair of home runs and seven RBI in St. Clair Shores Lakeview’s 15-5 win over Warren Cousino – Macomb Daily

9. SOFTBALL McKenzie Kady threw a five-inning no-hitter in Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker’s opening win over Caro, then starred with the bat in the second-game win – Huron Daily Tribune

10. SOFTBALL Linden moved to 4-0 with a sweep of Holly that saw Olivia Burke hit three home runs in the second game – Flint Journal​​​​​​​