Today in the MHSAA: 1/10/17
January 10, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The northern Lower Peninsula’s best got running with the first major ski competitions of this season Monday, and we also take a look back at some key competitive cheer events from Saturday in addition to the usual basketball results – plus a news item on a baseball coach retirement.
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
Ishpeming Westwood finished on a 12-0 run to down Bark River-Harris by eight, 58-50 – Marquette Mining Journal
Boys Basketball
Iron Mountain improved to 6-1 in handing Bark River-Harris its first loss, 75-56 – Iron Mountain Daily News
Oxford moved to 6-0 with a 64-58 win over Pontiac Notre Dame Prep after breaking away over the final three minutes – Oakland Press
Pittsford handed Bellevue its first loss this season, 59-49 – Hillsdale Daily News
Competitive Cheer
From Saturday, Brighton won its Brighton’s Best Invitational, besting six-time reigning Division 2 champion Gibraltar Carlson – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Also from Saturday, Portland won its Winterfest by four points over Owosso and 13 over Division 4 power Pewamo-Westphalia – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Skiing
Petoskey, winners of six straight Division 2 boys championships, was impressive winning both slalom and giant slalom and the overall title at the Harbor-Petoskey Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
Traverse City West edged Harbor Springs by four points to win the Harbor-Petoskey Invitational girls event – Petoskey News-Review
Baseball
Coleman baseball coach Dave Mammel has stepped down after 23 seasons; he's also in his 16th year as athletic director – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/13/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 13, 2026
1. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 8 Pinconning ended Division 2 No. 9 Essexville Garber’s five-year Bay County championship run with an 8-6 win in this year’s final – Bay City Times
2. TRACK & FIELD Traverse City West swept girls and boys championships at the Freeland Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. TRACK & FIELD The Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Shepherd boys won Warrior Invitational titles – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
4. BOYS GOLF Bay City Western – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and Freeland’s Tristan Pohl were champions at the Pinconning Invitational – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS SOCCER Bay City Western defeated 2025 champion and current Division 2 No. 10 Essexville Garber 6-0 to win the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times
6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 10 Yale defeated Croswell-Lexington 5-1 to win Cass City’s Wood Bat Classic – WNEM
7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 9 Bay City Western downed Garber to win the Bay County Championship on the baseball diamond – Bay City Times
8. BOYS GOLF Tecumseh was first in Division 1 and overall at Ida’s Larry Murdock Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. TRACK & FIELD The Bellevue girls and Hanover-Horton boys won the latter’s Comet Invitational – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
10. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 13 Flat Rock and Taylor split, Flat Rock winning the first game 9-6 and Taylor the second 19-9 – Southgate News-Herald