Today In The MHSAA: 10/29/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 29, 2021

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 New Baltimore Anchor Bay handed top-ranked Troy its only loss, 3-1 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Macomb Daily

2. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Richland Gull Lake won a matchup of the top teams in Division 2, downing No. 2 St. Joseph 2-0 to clinch a Regional title – Battle Creek Enquirer

3. BOYS SOCCER Holland Black River earned its first Regional title, doing so with a 3-2 Division 4 win over top-ranked Hartford – Holland Sentinel

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Northville clinched its first Regional title in 14 years, downing No. 2 Clarkston 1-0 in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 13 Grand Rapids Christian shut out No. 8 Petoskey 2-0 to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Petoskey News-Herald

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Grosse Ile downed Michigan Center 4-1 in Division 3 to secure a fourth-straight Regional title – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS SOCCER Flint Powers Catholic claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 7 Williamston – WJRT

8. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Wyoming Potter’s House Christian edged North Muskegon 1-0 to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Grand Rapids Press

9. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice outlasted Grosse Pointe North 3-2 in overtime to clinch a Division 2 Regional title – Oakland Press

10. BOYS SOCCER Grosse Pointe South defeated Salem 2-1 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Observer & Eccentric

Today in the MHSAA: 1/16/19

January 16, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tuesday night is usually a basketball night – and there’s big news to report. But the most major headline may have come in the pool as three swimming & diving stories made today’s top 10.

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland downed LPD3 No. 1 Holland Christian 113-73 to take the lead in the Ottawa Kent Conference Green – Holland Sentinel

2. Girls Basketball: Flint Carman-Ainsworth downed reigning Class B champion Detroit Country Day 65-60 – Flint Journal

3. Boys Basketball: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer ended Muskegon’s 58-game league winning streak with a 63-59 overtime win – Muskegon Chronicle

4. Boys Basketball: Roseville downed Macomb Dakota 63-56 in a matchup of Macomb Area Conference Red contenders – Detroit News

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 5 Ann Arbor Pioneer outraced honorable mention Ann Arbor Huron 117-69 – We Love Ann Arbor

6. Boys Basketball: Behind eight 3-pointers by Nolan Finkbeiner, Hemlock handed Sanford Meridian its first loss, 60-51 – Saginaw News

7. Hockey: Division 2 top-ranked Hartland downed No. 9 Howell 7-1 after being outshot during the first period – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 3 Spring Lake earned a key 98-88 league win over LPD2 honorable mention Jenison – Grand Haven Tribune

9. Girls Basketball: Michigan Center remained undefeated with a 52-38 win over rival Hanover-Horton – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

10. Boys Basketball: Hudsonville made a strong move in the O-K Red with a big win over East Kentwood – FOX 17

Also of note …

Basketball: Coopersville will be celebrating its 100th season of basketball Friday, and this collection includes many highlights both girls and boys from all over that first century – Grand Rapids Press