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: 5/19/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 19, 2025

1. TRACK & FIELD The Brighton Charyl Stockwell Academy girls and boys swept Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional titles – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. GIRLS TENNIS No. 2 Birmingham Seaholm was first and No. 10 North Farmington second at their LPD2 Regional – Detroit Free Press

3. BOYS GOLF Bay City Western carded a tournament-record 292 to win the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times

4. TRACK & FIELD Battle Creek Harper Creek swept girls and boys LPD2 Regional titles; Harper Creek’s boys are ranked No. 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer

5. TRACK & FIELD Dearborn Divine Child’s girls and boys also swept LPD2 Regional championships – Dearborn Press & Guide

6. TRACK & FIELD The host Romeo girls and Macomb Dakota boys were LPD1 Regional champs – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

7. BOYS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores and LPD3 No. 3 Grosse Ile shot matching two-day scores of 644 to top the leaderboard at the Katke Invitational – Local Sports Journal

8. GIRLS SOCCER Big Rapids repeated as Central State Activities Association Tournament champion with a 6-2 win over Howard City Tri County – MI Sports Now

9. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian, Division 4 No. 2 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic and Allen Park Cabrini clinched Catholic High School League tournament titles – Oakland Press (Marian) | Oakland Press (Shrine) | Southgate News-Herald (Cabrini)

10. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 1 Bay City Western defeated a No. 12 Novi in a Rockford Invitational matchup that paired two of the state’s top pitchers – Bay City Times

Also of note …

SOFTBALL Escanaba’s Katey Lamb became the second Michigan player on record to hit two grand slams in one game during a 16-1 win over Division 1 honorable mention Macomb Dakota; Division 2 No. 3 Escanaba also defeated Flat Rock – Upper Michigan’s Source