Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/20

October 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Boys Soccer Districts and Cross Country Pre-Regionals for both girls and boys kept those two postseasons moving ahead Monday.

1. Boys soccer: Okemos downed No. 15 (MPR) Fenton in a shootout in a Division 1 District Semifinal – WJRT

2. Cross Country: Benzie Central’s teams swept Lower Peninsula Division 3 Pre-Regional races on their home course; the Benzie girls are ranked No. 4 and the boys are No. 10 – Benzie County Record Patriot

3. Cross Country: Petoskey’s teams also swept at Benzie Central, in Division 2 Pre-Regionals; the Northmen girls are ranked No. 2 in LPD2 and the boys are No. 15 – Petoskey News-Review

4. Cross Country: Gladstone locked up girls and boys Mid-Peninsula Conference championships; Gladstone’s boys are No. 3 in UPD1 – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Cross Country: Hanover-Horton swept Cascades Conference championship races; Hanover-Horton’s boys are No. 8 in LPD3 – JTV

6. Boys Soccer: Henry Reinick scored four of his team’s six goals in No. 14 (MPR) Traverse City Christian’s Division 3 District Semifinal win over Grayling – Up North Live

7. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Mona Shores moved on in its Division 1 District with a shootout win over Grand Rapids Union – Local Sports Journal

8. Volleyball: Petoskey defeated Kingsley, Sault Ste. Marie and Elk Rapids in a home quad – Petoskey News-Review

9. Volleyball: Division 4 No. 1 Mendon defeated Sturgis and Delton Kellogg but fell in three sets to Battle Creek Harper Creek – Sturgis Journal

10. Volleyball: Brown City came back after losing the third and fourth sets to defeat Division 4 honorable mention Ubly in five – Huron Daily Tribune

Also of note …

Officials: The Midland area is mourning the death of longtime official Steve Weiger, who recently lost his fight with brain cancer – Midland Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/23/19

January 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The last few weeks have been filled with basketball players setting school scoring records or going over 1,000 career points – and Tuesday saw four more join that mix.

1. Girls Basketball: Sophia Wiard scored 30 points and broke the Muskegon Oakridge career record of 1,586 in her team’s big win over Montague – Muskegon Chronicle

2. Boys Basketball: Chris DeRocher broke the Alpena career scoring record of 1,436 points with his 29th and final in a big win over Sault Ste. Marie – Alpena News

3. Boys Basketball: TJ McKenzie scored 23 points to go over 1,000 for his career in North Muskegon’s 69-42 win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Local Sports Journal

4. Girls Basketball: Scout Nelson scored a school-record 43 points to lead Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart past Beal City – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

5. Girls Basketball: Rochester won a matchup of first-place teams in the Oakland Activities Association Blue, 46-33 over Berkley – Oakland Press

6. Boys Basketball: Wyoming Potter’s House Christian improved to 11-1 with a 54-53 win over Alliance League rival Wyoming Tri-unity Christian – FOX17

7. Boys Basketball: Saginaw Swan Valley delivered Alma its first defeat this season, 61-60 in overtime – Saginaw News

8. Boys Basketball: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley upset Macomb Dakota 64-57, knocking Dakota out of a tie for first in the Macomb Area Conference Red – Macomb Daily

9. Girls Basketball: Gladstone held on late for a 40-36 upset of Menominee – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Boys Basketball: Cadillac gave McBain the latter’s second loss of this winter, 44-38 – MI Sports Now