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: 12/20/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 20, 2022
1. HOCKEY Devin McIntyre became Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer during a 7-1 win over Livonia Franklin – Ann Arbor News
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Carleton Airport’s Olivia Gratz scored a school-record 38 points to lead her team past Milan 76-51 – Monroe News
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Zoie Bamm scored a school-record 34 points to lead Brooklyn Columbia Central past Michigan Center 55-30 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Ty Kohlmann tied New Lothrop’s single-season school scoring record with 45 points in a win over Webberville – Owosso Argus-Press
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Alpena edged Hillman 57-54, but Hillman’s Trenton Taratuta tied a school record with 41 points – Alpena News
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morley Stanwood improved to 5-0 with a 63-62 overtime win over Cadillac – Big Rapids Pioneer
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mason County Central held off a Ludington comeback attempt for a 41-34 win – Local Sports Journal
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portland came back from a halftime deficit to defeat East Lansing 35-28 – Lansing State Journal
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Concord moved past Sturgis 48-40 in overtime – Sturgis Journal
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Charlevoix edged Kingsley 49-47 – Petoskey News-Review
Also of note …
FOOTBALL Longtime Rockford coach Ralph Munger, one of the winningest in state history, is expected to take over at Newaygo – Grand Rapids Press