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: 4/24/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 24, 2026
1. SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 2 Unionville-Sebewaing and Division 3 honorable mention Cass City split a doubleheader – Huron Daily Tribune
2. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Escanaba and Negaunee split, with the Miners winning the opener 3-2 and Escanaba taking the second game 10-5 – Marquette Mining Journal
3. BOYS GOLF DeWitt – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – carded a 312 and Traverse City West a 313 to top the Grand Blanc Invitational standings – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. BOYS LACROSSE Romeo defeated Grosse Pointe South 13-8 in a matchup of league title contenders – Macomb Daily
5. BASEBALL Solomon Wegmeyer threw a no-hitter to send Holland West Ottawa past Division 1 No. 19 Rockford 2-1 – Holland Sentinel
6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 top-ranked Clarkston Everest Collegiate held on for a 1-1 draw against Ann Arbor Greenhills – Oakland Press
7. SOFTBALL Avery Cipa hit two inside-the-park home runs during the same inning for Livonia Stevenson in a win over Garden City – Hometown Life
8. BASEBALL Kalamazoo Central and Loy Norrix split with the games decided in extra innings and then a walk-off – Kalamazoo Gazette
9. SOFTBALL Zoey Overton had a combined four home runs and 13 RBIs during Howell’s sweep of Milford – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Saginaw Swan Valley swept North Branch, winning the second game on a walk-off – Saginaw News