Today in the MHSAA: 1/15/19

January 15, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A matchup of two of the north’s top girls basketball teams plus rivalry games in hoops and hockey highlighted Monday’s action across the state.

1. Girls Basketball: Kingsley won a matchup of league leaders, downing Manton 66-40 – WPBN

2. Hockey: Division 3 No. 6 Houghton poured in four goals during the third period to get past Hancock 6-1 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

3. Girls Basketball: Charlevoix won a matchup of first-place teams in the Lake Michigan Conference, 56-32 over Elk Rapids – Petoskey News-Review

4. Skiing: Gaylord’s Reagan Olli won both slalom and giant slalom at the Big North Conference competition at Crystal Mountain; Petoskey’s boys and Traverse City Central’s girls finished first among teams – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Boys Basketball: Justus Clark made both free throws with a tenth of a second to play to get North Farmington past Farmington High 41-39 – C&G Newspapers

6. Boys Basketball: Buchanan came back from 10 points down to defeat Constantine 59-51 – JoeInsider.com

7. Girls Basketball: Coleman made a last-second stop to outlast Tawas 35-34 – Midland Daily News

8. Girls Basketball: Sanford Meridian came back from a five-point halftime deficit to down Breckenridge 48-33 – Midland Daily News

9. Boys Basketball: Rapid River made 57 percent of its shots from the field in a 68-54 win over Powers North Central – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Bowling: Grand Haven’s girls downed East Kentwood’s 27-3, while the boys teams tied in league competition – Grand Haven Tribune

Also of note …

Wrestling: From Saturday, Division 1 No. 2 Brighton downed No. 4 Hartland to claim the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Today in the MHSAA: 12/6/19

December 6, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Girls basketball rolled toward its first weekend of the season Thursday with East Jordan among teams enjoying an early surge.

1. Girls Basketball: East Jordan added to a highlight-filled opening week with a 37-35 comeback win over Johannesburg-Lewiston – Petoskey News-Review

2. Girls Basketball: Farmington Hills Mercy earned its first win, 64-26 over Waterford Kettering – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Spring Lake bounced back from a season-opening loss with a 41-37 win over Fremont – Grand Haven Tribune

4. Girls Basketball: Fraser held on for a 39-33 win over St. Clair Shores Lakeshore – Macomb Daily

5. Girls Basketball: Alpena finished on a 14-2 run to get past Alcona 58-42 – Alpena News

6. Girls Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing came up with a low-scoring first win, 28-24 over Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Huron Daily Tribune

7. Girls Basketball: Wixom St. Catherine edged South Lyon 26-23 – Oakland Press

8. Girls Basketball: Cadillac opened its season with a big win, 52-26 over Reed City – Up North Live

9. Girls Basketball: Bellaire earned its first win this winter also in a low-scoring contest, 24-18 over Boyne City – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Girls Basketball: Saginaw Nouvel bounced back from an opening-night loss to defeat Cass City – Saginaw News