Division 4 baseball: G.P. Woods Liggett downs Beal City in thriller

Cole Zingas scored the winning run on a throwing error in the top of the eighth inning and reliever Adam Fiema, not without drama, set the side down in order in the bottom half.

Division 3 baseball: Madison Heights Bishop Foley earns three-peat

Bishop Foley became the first baseball team to win three consecutive state championship. And Bishop Foley (35-2), with just two seniors on the team, will be favored to make it a four-peat next season.

Division 1 girls soccer: Troy wins first championship since 2003

After coming up short in the state final the past two years, Troy returned to the Division 1 final and walked away champions as it knocked off Grandville on Saturday at Williamston. It was Troy's third title.

Division 1 baseball: Bay City Western beats Brother Rice, wins first state title

Birmingham Brother Rice coach Bob Riker managed a game within a game Saturday. Yet, despite multiple moves, defensively and on the mound, Brother Rice couldn't solve the many speeds and deliveries offered up by Western's Connor Foley.

Division 2 baseball: G.R. Christian's Austin Batka shuts down Richmond

Richmond loaded the bases in the ninth inning, but Batka got the final out on a comebacker to preserve Christian's victory. It's the second consecutive state title for Christian (19-15), which started the season 6-12.

Division 3 softball: Dundee takes championship in extra innings

Dundee's Vanessa Ewing made sure her final softball game was one of the most memorable of her career. She posted 15 strikeouts and broke a scoreless tie with a three-run home run to give Dundee (44-1) its first state title.

Division 4 softball: Kalamazoo Christian dominates for first title since 2002

Christian got a six-run first inning and rolled to a 16-6, six-inning win over Ubly. The 16 runs was one off the finals record set by Byron in a win over Central in 1976.

Division 1 softball: Mattawan wins second championship in three years

Mattawan's Allie Havers stifled Western with 11 strikeouts and had a key squeeze bunt that scored a run in the sixth inning. Mattawan scored the go-ahead run on an RBI single by freshman Genny Soltesz.

Division 2 softball: Ace's dominant weekend leads Tecumseh to the title

Tecumseh senior pitcher Emily Maves almost had a pair of shutouts to show for her weekend. She even flirted with getting a no-hitter in the championship game.

Division 4 girls soccer: Waterford Lakes/Clarkston Everest falls in final

Hilary Curry led the comeback for Grandville Calvin Christian (18-2-4), scoring with 10 minutes remaining in the first half to even it and assisting on Emily VanVliet's go-ahead goal at 35:42 in the second half.

Division 3 girls soccer: G.R. South Christian holds off Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

After a scoreless first half, Kayla Diemer scored the lone goal off Cierra Buist's assist with 16:10 left to play in the second half. Emily Blakespoor preserved the shutout with seven saves for South Christian (22-1-3).

Division 2 girls soccer: Birmingham Marian comes up short against Gull Lake

Despite out-shooting Richland Gull Lake, 27-12, and having 15 more corner kicks, Marian couldn't get anything past Maggie Harma, who made 13 saves to earn the shutout for Gull Lake (21-1-1).

Boys golf finals: Battle Creek Lakeview edges Plymouth for D1 championship

Thanks to a fifth-player tiebreaker, Lakeview ended up beating Plymouth as Gabe Penegor’s two-day total of 156 bested Ryan Rieckhoff’s 160.

Saturday's state high schools baseball, softball finals schedule

The state high schools baseball and softball finals take place Saturday at Bailey Park in Battle Creek.

Division 1 baseball: Matt Ruppenthal's pitching powers Rice to title game

Ruppenthal allowed four hits, no walks and struck out five as Brother Rice defeated Howell (33-8) 5-0 in a Division 1 semifinal on Friday at Bailey Park in ...

Division 1 baseball: Sterling Heights Stevenson ousted by Bay City Western

Consecutive at-bats, a strikeout in the bottom of fifth inning and a hit batter in the sixth proved costly for Sterling Heights Stevenson as it fell to Bay ...

Division 1 softball: Bay City Western reaches title game on sacrifice fly

Western scored the only run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Hannah Batschke and won, 1-0, over Garden City on Friday afternoon to advance to the Division 1 ...

Division 2 baseball: Richmond's patience pays off in semifinal win over Milan

Richmond coach Scott Evans made one request from his team on Friday: Show patience at the plate. The strategy worked as Richmond (34-4) scored twice in the ...

Division 2 softball: Tecumseh shuts down Livonia Ladywood

Ladywood managed only four hits off Emily Maves and fell to Tecumseh, 8-0, in a Division 2 semifinal Friday at Bailey Park. Tecumseh (32-5-3) had no trouble ...

Division 3 baseball: Garrett Schilling's pitching leads Bishop Foley past Bridgman

Schilling made it look easy Friday as he improved his career record to 31-0 with a 6-0 victory over Bridgman in a Division 3 semifinal at Bailey Park in Battle ...

Division 3 softball: Dundee cruises past Cabrini into state finals

Dundee used a five-run sixth inning to break open a close game and cruise to an 11-6 victory on Friday afternoon at Bailey Park.

Division 4 baseball: Liggett edges New Lothrop to reach third straight title game

Mark Evan Auk couldn't have picked a better time to do what he does best. Auk led off the bottom of the sixth with a bunt single and later scored on Nicholas ...

Division 4 softball: Ubly holds off University Liggett to earn first title shot

Ubly held off Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett, 8-6, Friday afternoon in a Division 4 semifinal at Bailey Park. Ubly (27-6) will face Kalamazoo Christian ...

Baseball becomes big hit at Sterling Heights Stevenson

Stevenson has always been known as a football school, thanks to former coach Rick Bye. Baseball hasn't replaced football as top dog, but the school has had to ...

Prep football players heed sound message of Detroit's Curtis Blackwell

Curtis Blackwell returned home to Detroit nearly a decade ago, a master's degree from Baylor in hand and working experience in the NCAA's national office on ...

Wednesday's prep roundup: Troy edges Rochester to reach girls soccer final

Troy seniors Madison Hirsch, Alison Holland and Brittany Guitar have some unfinished business to attend to in their final season. After finishing runner-up in ...

Romulus hoops coach Nate Oats leaves to join Bobby Hurley at Buffalo

Oats coached 11 seasons at Romulus and directed the team to the school's second state title this past season. Romulus defeated Detroit Southeastern, 61-49, in ...

Former Ford hoops coach Mark Bray takes over at Detroit Country Day

Bray replaces Kurt Keener who coached for 35 seasons and won nine state titles, the ninth coming this past season. Keener resigned as head coach and accepted a ...