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: 8/31/16

August 31, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

With school starting for many this week and the rest in only a few days, it’s a time for new beginnings in Michigan – including the local cross country season Tuesday in our northernmost counties.

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

The Houghton boys and Calumet girls opened the local cross country season with wins at the Painesdale-Jeffers Invitational – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Girls Golf

Adrian shot a team 416 to win its home invitational, edging Coldwater by three strokes – Adrian Daily Telegram

Boys Soccer

Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned a 4-3 win over Fruitport despite the latter’s Zack Shane netting three goals – Muskegon Chronicle

Rochester remained undefeated with a 1-0 win over rival Adams thanks to second-half score – Oakland Press

Boys Tennis

Pinckney downed Howell using a doubles tie-breaker, but Howell’s Matt Wenzel got past Wilson Wagner is a matchup of Livingston County’s top singles players – Livingston Daily

Volleyball

Maria Mallon put together an incredible individual evening in leading her team over Macomb L’Anse Creuse North, Bloomfield Hills Marian and Lapeer – Macomb Daily