Today in the MHSAA: 11/30/16
November 30, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Although a handful of teams kicked off girls basketball season Monday, the majority took the court for the first time Tuesday – and wasted little time delivering dramatic finishes and a look at some of what we can expect this winter.
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
Otsego, which won 20 games last season, opened with a nail-biting 33-31 victory over Portage Northern – Kalamazoo Gazette
Jordan Walker scored 33 points as Muskegon Mona Shores downed Grand Rapids Catholic Central 59-52 in a matchup of expected state contenders – Grand Rapids Press
Beecher came back in the fourth quarter to force overtime, but Flint Southwestern emerged with a 42-41 victory – Flint Journal
Reigning Class B runner-up Grand Rapids South Christian also started with a close win, 38-35 over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press
In another low-scoring opener, Bay City Central just edged Traverse City West 32-31 – Bay City Times
Frankenmuth came back from an 11-point deficit to edge Bullock Creek 40-38 – Saginaw News
Lansing Catholic trailed Perry by six points at halftime but came on to win by 28, 56-28 – Lansing State Journal
Charlevoix freshman Elise Stuck had 21 points and 11 rebounds to lead her team to a 43-39 win over Petoskey – Petoskey News Review
Belding’s Hallee Breimayer put up 32 points in her team’s 57-52 win over reigning Greater Lansing Activities Conference champion Lake Odessa Lakewood – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Edwardsburg, coming off a District title last season, survived a 37-32 opener against Niles – South Bend Tribune
Southfield Arts & Technology won its first game since the merger of Southfield and Southfield-Lathrup this fall, 64-43 over Birmingham Groves – Oakland Press
Ice Hockey
Hancock continued another strong start with a 5-0 defeat of rival Houghton – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Softball
Gladstone coach Ashley Hughes, who led the Braves to the Division 3 championship in her first season in 2014 and the Semifinals this spring, has resigned amid sad circumstances – Escanaba Daily Press
Today in the MHSAA: 2/11/19
February 11, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
League titles were earned in hockey, bowling and basketball over the weekend, and hundreds of Michigan wrestlers took their first steps toward this season’s Individual Finals at Ford Field.
1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison edged Saginaw Heritage 41-37, although Edison was missing two starters with injuries and Heritage was without injured star Moira Joiner – MLive-Detroit
2. Hockey: The Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City Bay Reps downed Petoskey 5-4 in overtime to secure the Northern Michigan Hockey League championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Basketball: Linden downed Flushing 48-35 to clinch a share of its first league title since 1996 – WNEM
4. Boys Basketball: Kalamazoo Central won its fifth straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference East title with a 73-41 victory over Loy Norrix – JoeInsider.com
5. Girls Basketball: St. Ignace remains undefeated after handing two-loss Kingsley a 68-37 defeat – MI Sports Now
6. Girls Basketball: Hartland handed Brighton its first defeat, 46-35, to move into a first-place tie in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West – State Champs!
7. Wrestling: No. 5 Hartland and No. 2 Brighton both advanced all 14 of their wrestlers from Division 1 Individual District competition – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. Bowling: Midland Bullock Creek locked up both the girls and boys Tri-Valley Conference Central titles – Midland Daily News
9. Competitive Cheer: Sanford Meridian won Division 4 and the overall meet title with a season-high 774.02 at the Houghton Lake Invitational – Midland Daily News
10. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 3 Clinton advanced all 14 of its wrestlers among 56 total from Lenawee County to move on from Individual District competition – Adrian Daily Telegram
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Morley Stanwood clinched a share of the Central State Activities Association Silver title with a 62-50 win over Kent City – Big Rapids News
Girls Basketball: Ellie Klein scored her 1,000th career point in Essexville Garber’s 53-44 win over Bridgeport – Bay City Times
Boys Basketball: Traverse City Central’s Tobin Schwannecke went over 1,000 career points in his team’s 48-33 win over Traverse City West – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Boys Basketball: Joseph Kimmerer scored 23 points including the 1,000th of his career in Hale’s 54-49 win over AuGres-Sims – WBKB
Boys Basketball: Kinross Maplewood Baptist’s Isaiah May went over 1,000 career points in a 57-43 win over Beaver Island – MI Sports Now