Today in the MHSAA: 10/7/16
October 7, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Tennis teams joined golf in playing Lower Peninsula Regionals on Thursday, with the top teams in Division 3 matching up for the second week in a row – and this time with a different result.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Cross Country
St. Clair dominated the Marysville Invitational as both the boys (No. 6 in LPD2) and girls (tied for No. 8) won championships, the undefeated boys ahead of No. 12 Croswell-Lexington and the girls ahead of New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Port Huron Times Herald
Four top-ranked teams won titles at the Gladstone Invitational: the Negaunee boys and Marquette girls in Division 1 and Ishpeming boys and girls in Division 2 – Escanaba Daily Press
Girls Golf
Division 1 No. 7 Lake Orion edged No. 4 Bloomfield Hills by nine strokes to win with 344 – Oakland Press
Stevensville Lakeshore advanced to the MHSAA Finals for the first time in six seasons after winning its Division 3 Regional. – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Boys Soccer
Division 4 No. 16 Harbor Springs scored twice during the final 18 minutes to down Division 3 No. 12 Charlevoix in Lake Michigan Conference play – Petoskey News
Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline improved to 15-0 with a 5-0 win over Monroe after leading 1-0 at the break – Detroit News
Boys Tennis
No. 5 St. Joseph won its 18th Regional title in 20 seasons, finishing ahead of No. 10 Coldwater in Division 3 by scoring 31 of a possible 32 points – Kalamazoo Gazette
After falling to No. 2 Detroit Country Day in a dual last week, top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood came back to win their Division 3 Regional – Oakland Press
Volleyball
Unranked Camden-Frontier earned a split with Class D No. 7 Pittsford in Southern Central Athletic Association play – Hillsdale Daily News
Class A No. 10 Macomb Dakota came back from a 2-0 deficit to down Marysville in five games – Clinton Township Voice
Today in the MHSAA: 2/17/17
February 17, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
At least eight girls basketball league championships were decided in some way Thursday night, and we’ve linked up to media coverage for all of them, plus another on the boys hoops side and an impressive skiing accomplishment.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Basketball
Grass Lake won its first Cascades Conference championship in more than a decade, clinching with a 59-55 win over Manchester – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Comstock clinched a share of its first league title in 24 years with a 50-28 win over Bridgman – Kalamazoo Gazette
Frankenmuth clinched a share of an 11th straight Tri-Valley Conference East title with a 61-33 win over Otisville-LakeVille – Saginaw News
Reese downed Bad Axe 54-21 to earn a ninth straight Greater Thumb Conference West title – Saginaw News
Sandusky won the GTC East championship with a 47-30 victory over Harbor Beach – Huron Daily Tribune
In their second matchup this month, Marquette avenged an earlier loss by handing Houghton its first defeat this season – Marquette Mining Journal
Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 39-32 win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Centreville downed Bronson 42-30 to win the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Blue title – Sturgis Journal
Bloomfield Hills secured an outright Oakland Activities Association White title after earning the first share a week ago – Oakland Press
Boys Basketball
Owendale-Gagetown secured a share of the Inner State Athletic Conference title with a 49-45 win over Burton Faith – Huron Daily Tribune
Skiing
For the first time in Brighton history, both the girls and boys teams won Regional championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Good Read/Watch
Grand Rapids-based WZZM featured Beaverton boys basketball coach Roy Johnston as part of its "Our Michigan Life" series after the Beavers' leader broke the MHSAA career coaching wins record in the sport – WZZM