Today In The MHSAA: 11/1/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 1, 2021
1. CROSS COUNTRY Petoskey swept Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional titles, the school’s first Regional cross country sweep since 2003; the girls are ranked No. 3 and the boys are No. 13 – Petoskey News-Review
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 12 DeWitt scored the game winner with 18 minutes to play in its 2-1 Division 2 Regional win over No. 4 Fenton – Lansing State Journal
3. CROSS COUNTRY Hart swept LPD3 titles and Benzie Central was second in both power-packed races; Hart’s girls are No. 1 and the boys No. 3 – Benzie Record Patriot
4. CROSS COUNTRY Armada’s Khon siblings swept Division 2 Regional individual titles – Macomb Daily
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Elk Rapids clinched a Division 3 Regional championship with a 1-0 win over Ogemaw Heights – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. CROSS COUNTRY The top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Saline boys won LPD1 Regionals at Lake Erie Metropark – We Love Ann Arbor
7. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Clarkston Everest Collegiate downed No. 10 Bad Axe 4-0 in a Division 4 Regional Final – Huron Daily Tribune
8. CROSS COUNTRY The Tecumseh girls and No. 3 Chelsea boys won LPD2 Regional titles at Lake Erie Metropark – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 15 Milford boys edged White Lake Lakeland, and the No. 15 Walled Lake Northern girls finished just ahead of Milford in LPD1 at Hess Hathaway Park – Oakland Press girls | boys
10. CROSS COUNTRY Frankfort’s girls will return to the Division 4 Finals after earning a Regional title – Benzie Record Patriot
Today in the MHSAA: 12/9/19
December 9, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Matchups of a number of the state’s anticipated girls basketball best topped a weekend list full of high achievers with hockey, bowling and swimming & diving also contributing to the headliners.
1. Girls Basketball: Reigning Division 3 champion Pewamo-Westphalia downed last season’s Division 1 runner-up Southfield Arts & Technology 43-31 at the Arbor Prep Ice Breaker Challenge – State Champs Sports Network
2. Girls Basketball: Hart earned its first win since 2004 over eight-time reigning West Michigan Conference champion Muskegon Oakridge, 56-34 – Local Sports Journal
3. Girls Basketball: Hartland handed a 61-40 loss to two-time reigning Division 4/Class D champion Adrian Lenawee Christian at Arbor Prep – Adrian Daily Telegram
4. Hockey: Traverse City Central took wins of 4-3 over Division 3 No. 8 Houghton and 7-2 over No. 9 Hancock during a weekend trip – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Bowling: Cadillac’s boys and Traverse City West’s girls repeated as Big North Conference champions – Cadillac News
6. Boys Swimming & Diving: Grand Rapids Christian, No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, earned a 108-78 win over No. 6 Hamilton – Holland Sentinel
7. Hockey: Gaylord bounced back from a loss to Traverse City West with a 3-1 road win at Division 1 No. 7 Midland – Gaylord Herald Times
8. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow got past Maple City Glen Lake 45-43 in a game that was tied at the end of each of the first three quarters – Midland Daily News
9. Girls Basketball: East Grand Rapids got past host Kalamazoo Central 66-57 at the Lady Giant West Side Showcase – JoeInsider.com
10. Hockey: Grosse Pointe South scored five first-period goals in a 7-2 win over Traverse Bay Reps – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Jasmine Clerkley went over 1,000 career points as Okemos got past Haslett 58-51 – Lansing State Journal
Girls Basketball: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s Lauren Ross scored her 1,000th career point during a 49-40 win over Greenville – Muskegon Chronicle
Girls Tennis: Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central is mourning the death of retired coach Wayne Asher, who led the girls team to two Division 4 Finals runner-up finishes over 14 seasons – Monroe News
Softball: Longtime Spring Lake coach Bill Core has stepped down with a 642-473 record since taking over the program in 1990 – Grand Haven Tribune