Today in the MHSAA: 11/29/17
November 29, 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: Walled Lake Western broke away late for a 56-51 win over Southfield Arts & Technology, which made the Class A Semifinals last season – Oakland Press
2. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Hancock came back from a two-goal deficit in the first period to get past neighbor and No. 7 Houghton 4-2 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
3. Girls Basketball: Two-time reigning Class D champion Pittsford opened something of a new chapter with a 50-37 win over Hudson led by a couple of last year’s contributors in bigger roles – Hillsdale Daily News
4. Girls Basketball: Benzonia Benzie Central opened with a 68-33 win over a Cadillac team coming off a Quarterfinal appearance last season – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Girls Basketball: Cedarville came back from a five-point deficit with 90 seconds to play to beat Hillman 44-41 in overtime – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
6. Girls Basketball: After suffering its only regular season loss last winter to Constantine on opening night, Centreville started 1-0 with a 45-31 win over the Falcons – Sturgis Journal
7. Girls Basketball: Reed City outscored Leroy Pine River 16-2 in the third quarter to come back from a halftime deficit and win 37-35 – Manistee News Advocate
8. Hockey: Division 2 No. 8 Marquette put up an impressive 4-0 win over rival Escanaba – Marquette Mining Journal
9. Football: The official formation of a 16-team Western Peninsula Athletic Conference will lead to the end of the Iron Mountain/Kingsford football rivalry after 93 years, two weeks after it was announced that the league schedule wouldn’t leave an opportunity for the 123-year Marquette/Negaunee rivalry to continue; the teams reportedly are forming the league to ensure they have full schedules – Iron Mountain Daily News
10. Football: We always applaud teams that schedule tough, and reigning Division 3 champion Muskegon will do so again in 2018 with Division 2 champion Warren DeLaSalle and semifinalist Detroit Martin Luther King added to the schedule for the first two weeks, respectively – Muskegon Chronicle
Today In The MHSAA: 4/13/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 13, 2022
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central won a matchup of 2021 semifinalists 4-0 over Byron Center – FOX 17
2. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice with a pair of six-inning shutouts including a no-hitter by MHSAA Student Advisory Council senior Brock Porter – Oakland Press
3. BOYS GOLF Big Rapids shot a 351 to win the Chippewa Hills Invitational – Big Rapids Pioneer
4. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City Central won the Up North Invitational with six flight champions – Petoskey News-Review
5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Troy scored three goals over the final three minutes to earn a 5-5 draw with No. 10 Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press
6. BASEBALL Midland Dow swept Division 1 No. 18 Traverse City West, coming back from a six-run deficit in the first game – Midland Daily News
7. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 16 Freeland swept Alma, with Jake Kowalski throwing a no-hitter in the 1-0 second-game win – Saginaw News
8. TRACK & FIELD Traverse City Central’s Kadyn Warner helped his team past Alpena with a shot put of 56-2½ – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. SOFTBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer and Wyoming split, with Rockets freshman Maddie Snyder hitting a grand slam and three-run homer in the team’s victory – MuskegonSports.com
10. SOFTBALL Milan’s Mariah Stines struck out 12 in a five-inning no-hitter of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News