Today in the MHSAA: 11/23/16
November 23, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The winter sports season is underway on the hockey rink, and in addition to coverage of Tuesday games we’ve got the awarding of a top football player and reorganization of an east-side league.
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.
Football
Detroit Cass Tech star Donovan Peoples-Jones received the MLive Football Player of the Year Award on Tuesday – MLive-Detroit
Hockey
Five players scored as Kingsford got past Escanaba 5-3; Kingsford was a Regional semifinalist last season – Escanaba Daily Press
L’Anse Creuse United and St. Clair Shores United combined for 55 shots on goal as L’Anse Creuse won 4-0 – Macomb Daily
Hartland added Jed Pietila from the travel ranks this winter and is seeing the benefits of having another excellent forward after a 16-0 win – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Good Read
Fans of 8-player football in particular will be interested in this report on the reorganization of the North Central Thumb League – Huron Daily Tribune
Today in the MHSAA: 2/24/17
February 24, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
On what was the final night of the regular season for many girls basketball teams across the state, they made it count with league titles, upsets, milestone baskets and at least one school record.
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
Edwardsburg clinched the Wolverine Conference overall championship with a 46-39 win over Otsego – Kalamazoo Gazette
Brethren clinched its first West Michigan D League title since 2006 with a win over Mason County Eastern – Manistee News Advocate
Leroy Pine River clinched a third straight Highland Conference outright title with a 48-43 win over Lake City – Cadillac News
Bark River-Harris upset Class D top-ranked Crystal Falls Forest Park 73-60 to cap the regular season – Escanaba Daily Press
Munising’s Marissa Immel, a member of the MHSAA Student Advisory Council, passed 1,000 career points in a win over Rapid River – Marquette Mining Journal
Hartland downed Wayne Memorial to win the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Kalle Martinez scored a school-record 48 points with 11 3-pointers as Bay City John Glenn got past Saginaw Swan Valley 64-56 – Bay City Times
Boys Basketball
Traverse City West took over sole possession of first place in the Big North Conference with a 49-46 win over Petoskey – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Hockey
Lake Orion downed Farmington Hills United 4-0 to cap an Oakland Activities Association Red title run – Oakland Press
Division 3 No. 3 Calumet won a matchup of state-ranked teams, downing Division 2 No. 10 Marquette 3-0 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette