Today in the MHSAA: 9/22/15
September 22, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Check out these close calls in golf and soccer and milestone finishes in tennis that highlighted Monday’s action from across the state.
Girls Golf
Bay City Western won the closest Bay County Girls Golf Championship in the event's 20-year history, scoring 423 to edge reigning champion Bay City Central by a stroke – Bay City Times
Boys Soccer
Two of the top teams in Division 1 faced off in Macomb Area Conference Red play, with No. 4 Utica Eisenhower downing No. 8 Fraser – Macomb Daily
Lapeer’s Eric McGeary scored the winning goal on his team’s Senior Night for the second straight year, this time to down Saginaw Heritage – Flint Journal
Division 2 No. 2 Holland Christian and reigning Division 3 champion Hudsonville Unity Christian tied 1-1 in a meeting of Ottawa-Kent Conference Green contenders; they play each other again Oct. 7 – Grand Rapids Press
Boys Tennis
Parma Western, No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, downed Jackson Lumen Christi for the first time in nearly a decade – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Top-ranked LP Division 2 Portage Central (see today’s 2H feature) won all eight flights to sweep the Greater Kalamazoo Tournament, and didn’t give up a set – Kalamazoo Gazette
Whitehall, No. 5 in LP Division 4, moved to 4-0 in the Coastal Conference with a shutout of Fruitport – Muskegon Chronicle
Division 2 No. 7 Birmingham Groves stayed a step ahead of rival and No. 8 Seaholm in Oakland Activities Association Red action – Observer & Eccentric
Volleyball
Cadillac, No. 3 in Class B, took a step toward unseating Class A honorable mention Traverse City West atop the Big North Conference standings with a three-set win Monday – Cadillac News
From Saturday, Class D honorable mention Crystal Falls Forest Park downed also-honorable mention Stephenson in the final of the Trojans’ tournament – Iron Mountain Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/26/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 26, 2024
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Hudsonville Unity Christian downed Division 2 No. 5 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 3-0 – Grand Rapids Press
2. SOFTBALL Fowler earned an 11-6 win over Division 3 No. 2 Laingsburg, and Laingsburg won the second game 6-4 – Lansing State Journal
3. BASEBALL Midland earned a 6-1, 6-1 split with Division 1 No. 3 Bay City Western – Midland Daily News
4. SOFTBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer continued its perfect start with a 6-5, 14-13 sweep of Division 2 honorable mention Oakridge – CatchMark SportsNet
5. GIRLS SOCCER Rylie Cassette scored six goals and assisted on the other two in New Boston Huron’s win over Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard – Monroe News
6. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Midland swept Bay City Western, with Grace Schloop throwing a five-inning no-hitter and passing 600 career strikeouts – Midland Daily News
7. BOYS LACROSSE Bay City Central defeated Lapeer 5-4 for its first Saginaw Valley League win since 2014 – Bay City Times
8. SOFTBALL Buckley earned 31 strikeouts out of 36 outs total in its sweep of Brethren – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. GIRLS SOCCER Clarkston delivered Berkley’s first loss of the season, 3-1 – Oakland Press
10. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City Central, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, edged West 5-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle