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: 2/18/16

February 18, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The postseason was in full swing for two sports Wednesday, as wrestling teams battled to make the MHSAA Quarterfinals and ski teams also competed in Regionals with an opportunity to make the final meet of the season.

Girls Basketball

New Baltimore Anchor Bay earned its first league championship in 27 years with a 60-48 victory over Warren Mott that clinched the Macomb Area Conference Blue title – Macomb Daily

From Tuesday, Spring Lake junior Reiko Johnson scored 31 points in a win over Montague to go over 1,000 for her career – Grand Haven Tribune

Boys Basketball

Also from Tuesday, Gage Kreski set the St. Ignace career scoring record with 1,997 points after scoring 26 in a win over Brimley – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Ice Hockey

Division 3 No. 1 Saginaw Heritage finished the Saginaw Valley League undefeated for the first time since 2009, capping the run with a 4-1 win over Bay City – Saginaw News

Skiing

Cadillac’s boys and girls teams swept their Division 2 Regionals at Caberfae Peaks, with freshman Alex Netzley winning both boys races – Cadillac News

Wrestling

In arguably the night’s most impressive Regional win, Division 2 top-ranked Lowell made its sixth straight Quarterfinals by defeating undefeated and No. 8 Sparta – Grand Rapids Press

Also in Division 2, No. 3 St. Johns just got past No. 7 Eaton Rapids, 32-30, after losing to the Greyhounds in this round last season – Lansing State Journal

Unranked Grand Ledge eliminated No. 4 and reigning Division 1 champion Brighton, then defeated Holt in the Final – Livingston Daily

Sturgis celebrated its first Regional title in school history after downing Battle Creek Harper Creek 49-27 – Sturgis Journal

In a matchup of ranked Division 3 teams, No. 2 Lake Fenton took down No. 9 Lake Odessa Lakewood at Ithaca – Ionia Sentinel-Standard