Today in the MHSAA: 1/12/18

January 12, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Girls Basketball: Ypsilanti Arbor Prep came out on top of a matchup of not only arguably the two best teams in Class C, but in the entire state, defeating reigning champion Detroit Edison Public School Academy 54-49 – Detroit News

2. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 3 top-ranked Holland Christian beat No. 3 East Grand Rapids for the first time in at least a decade, 110-73 – Holland Sentinel

3. Boys Basketball: Frankfort remained undefeated by dealing a 69-53 loss to reigning Class D runner-up Buckley in a matchup of Northwest Conference contenders – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Girls Basketball: Lauren Adam’s basket with five seconds to play gave Unionville-Sebewaing a 49-47 overtime win over Cass City – Huron Daily Tribune

5. Hockey: Brownstown Woodhaven downed Grosse Ile 10-2 in a meeting of first-place teams in the Metro League West – Southgate News Herald

6. Wrestling: Marquette downed Ishpeming Westwood 60-24 to win the Marquette County Invitational – Marquette Mining Journal

7. Boys Basketball: Camden-Frontier trailed after the first three quarters but came back to down Pittsford 61-58 in overtime – Hillsdale Daily News

8. Girls Basketball: A pair of final-minute free throws helped Lake City pull away from McBain 40-37 in overtime – Cadillac News

9. Boys Basketball: Free throw shooting paid off big as well for Pellston in its 65-63 win over Central Lake – Petoskey News-Review

10. Football: Schoolcraft announced the retirement of coach Terry Haas, who spent 39 years on the sideline and was 95-40 over the last 13 leading Schoolcraft’s varsity – JoeInsider.com

Today in the MHSAA: 12/11/17

December 11, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Girls Basketball: Howell ended Ypsilanti Arbor Prep’s 26-game regular-season winning streak, downing the reigning Class B runner-up 51-41 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Cheer: Brownstown Woodhaven and Gibraltar Carlson won Competitive Cheer Coaches Association of Michigan Scholarship Meets on Saturday, Carlson ahead of reigning Division 2 champ Allen Park – Southgate News Herald

3. Hockey: Division 3 top-ranked Hancock came back from a two-goal deficit to get past Division 2 No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice 6-4 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

4. Hockey: Division 1 No. 10 Rochester United held on after seeing a two-goal lead dissolve, downing Division 3 No. 7 Houghton 4-3 in overtime; Houghton had tied Brother Rice on Friday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 7 Novi opened with a dominating finish at the Fenton Relays, finishing ahead of the host Tigers and Lake Orion among the top three – Observer & Eccentric

6. Boys Basketball: Reigning Interstate 8 Athletic Conference champion Marshall edged last season’s runner-up Coldwater 51-46 – Battle Creek Enquirer

7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 3 Plymouth got up four goals and held on for a 4-3 win over Division 3 No. 6 Livonia Churchill – Observer & Eccentric

8. Boys Swimming & Diving: LP Division 1 No. 6 Grand Rapids Forest Hills United added to last year’s perfect regular-season run with a 177-138 opening win over East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press

9. Boys Basketball: Romeo Weems had a triple double to lead reigning Class B champion New Haven past Warren DeLaSalle at Calihan Hall – Macomb Daily

10. Cheer: Addison set a program record in Round 3 in winning the Homer Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram