Today in the MHSAA: 1/15/16
January 15, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday provided a substantial appetizer for another big weekend with key basketball games, noteworthy swimming and diving finishes and a milestone wrestling victory.
Boys Basketball
Clarkston earned a key Oakland Activities Association Red edge with a win over similarly state-ranked North Farmington, 60-47 – Oakland Press
Frankfort earned a similarly important win in Northwest Conference play, winning a matchup of Class D ranked teams 65-55 over Buckley – Traverse City Record-Eagle
For the second straight day, a basketball team made an incredible comeback; this time, it was East Jackson building off a 21-2 deficit at the end of the first quarter to beat Napoleon 42-39 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Olivet junior Delbert Redfield made nine of 11 3-point tries and scored 33 points total to lead the Eagles to a 73-55 win over Lansing Christian – MLive Lansing
Girls Basketball
Warren Cousino handed Grosse Pointe North the latter’s first loss this season, 64-58, to move to 9-1 overall – Macomb Daily
Boys Swimming & Diving
Lower Peninsula Division 3 honorable mention Spring Lake downed No. 4 Hamilton, No. 5 Grand Rapids Christian and Division 2 honorable mention Holland in its best meet of a strong run so far – Grand Haven Tribune
Wrestling
Leslie defeated Olivet (and also lost to Lake Odessa Lakewood) on Thursday, giving Blackhawks coach Todd Stern his 400th career win since taking over as head coach in 1987 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
Battle of the Fans V kicks off tonight with our first visit to Yale, a finalist as well in 2015 – Port Huron Times-Herald
Grand Haven’s basketball teams will return to their former gym now part of Lakeshore Middle School – Pirates Pit – on Feb. 6 and for the first time since 2007 as the high school gym will be used for the league wrestling meet – Grand Haven Tribune
Vanderbilt’s boys basketball team has one win this season, but it was the first in nearly two years and a testament to the rebuilding of the program under first-year coach Darren Conn and assistant Amie Byelich – Petoskey News
Today in the MHSAA: 1/6/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 6, 2023
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Trenton Taratuta went over 1,000 career points in Hillman’s 62-47 win over Posen – Alpena News
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints downed Carsonville-Port Sanilac 42-23 in a matchup of North Central Thumb League Stripes co-champions from last season – Bay City Times
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Blanchard Montabella moved into first place alone in the Mid-State Activities Conference with a 59-33 win over Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL West Bloomfield ran its league winning streak to 27 with its latest over Clarkston – Oakland Press
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Powers Catholic led by one at halftime, but Beecher emerged with an 81-57 victory – Mid-Michigan Now
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Croswell-Lexington handed Yale its first loss of the season, 67-52 – Port Huron Times Herald
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Taylor Trillium moved to 5-0 in handing Detroit Northwestern its first loss, 78-57 – Detroit News
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Concord held off Homer’s comeback attempt for a 45-43 win – Jackson Citizen Patriot
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Laingsburg earned a key league win 64-46 over Pewamo-Westphalia – Lansing State Journal
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Levi Schultz scored 31 points to lead Traverse City Christian past Ellsworth 79-61 – Up North Live