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: 12/13/16
December 13, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Snow days put most of Monday’s scheduled action on ice, but of course there still are highlights to share – plus an incredible video about why football remains such a great and life lesson-teaching game.
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.
Boys Basketball
Grass Lake and Whitmore Lake combined to score 195 points, with a half-court shot and 11-point fourth-quarter comeback all part of the story setting up the Warriors’ 99-96 win – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Brimley made five first-quarter 3-pointers, but couldn’t hold on to the early momentum as Onaway came back for a 66-59 win – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Girls Basketball
Centreville won the extra period by a point to down Athens 41-40 as the teams played into overtime for the third straight season – Sturgis Journal
Hockey
Max Mones scored a hat trick to lead Portage Central past rival Portage Northern, 6-4 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Wrestling
From Saturday, Division 2 No. 7 Gaylord downed Division 3 No. 2 Lake Fenton and No. 9 Corunna, Midland Dow, Traverse City Central and Clinton Township Chippewa Valley in winning the Linden Invitational – Petoskey News Review