Today in the MHSAA: 1/18/18

January 18, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today's Top 10 

1. Girls Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary won a matchup of Ski Valley Conference favorites and top Class D teams statewide, traveling to defeat Bellaire 41-39 – Gaylord Herald Times

2. Hockey: Detroit Catholic Central, top-ranked in Division 1, needed overtime but got past rival and Division 2 No. 5 Birmingham Brother Rice 3-2 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Detroit Mumford held on after seeing a 15-point lead nearly dissolve, getting past Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 44-35 – Detroit News

4. Girls Basketball: Gladstone improved to 5-5 this season with a 42-33 upset of Marquette, which fell to 9-2 – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Hockey: Holland West Ottawa downed Grand Haven 4-2 for its ninth win over the last 10 games – Holland Sentinel

6. Bowling: Hudsonville swept Grand Haven in key Ottawa-Kent Conference Red matches, the boys narrowly 16-14 – Grand Haven Tribune

7. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 7 Stevensville Lakeshore ran its winning streak to 11 with a big victory over St. Joseph – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. Hockey: Division 2 No. 2 Hartland and Division 3 No. 7 Livonia Churchill tied 3-3, but the Eagles’ Jake Behnke made a tremendous statement with his play – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. Hockey: Riverview Gabriel Richard celebrated a 4-3 win over Dearborn Divine Child coming off some recent struggles against the Falcons – Southgate News Herald

10. Football: Battle Creek Harper Creek coach Mike Seedorff stepped down after leading his team to a 12-1 record in his 30th season in the program and third as head coach – Battle Creek Enquirer

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Gladstone came back from a two-point halftime deficit to beat Gwinn by 36, with junior Reece Castor scoring 26 points including the 1,000th of his career – Escanaba Daily Press

Today in the MHSAA: 6/7/19

June 7, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of top girls soccer teams earned opportunities to continue on to the season’s final week by clinching Regional championships Thursday.

1. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked Novi won a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, this time taking a Regional title with a 4-0 win over No. 4 Grand Blanc – State Champs Sports Network

2. Girls Soccer: No. 8 Boyne City claimed its first Regional title, downing top-ranked Freeland in a shootout in Division 3 – WPBN

3. Girls Soccer: No. 2 Royal Oak Shrine clinched a Division 4 Regional title with a 1-0 win over two-time reigning champion and current No. 14 Lansing Christian – Lansing State Journal

4. Girls Soccer: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central downed a second ranked opponent this Regional week, this time No. 7 Midland 2-0 – WOODTV

5. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked North Muskegon shut out No. 7 Houghton Lake 4-0 to finish a Division 4 Regional run – Local Sports Journal

6. Girls Soccer: No. 9 Saginaw Nouvel continued an incredible turnaround season with a Division 4 Regional Final win over Marine City Cardinal Mooney – Saginaw News

7. Girls Soccer: No. 2 Warren Regina repeated as a Division 3 Regional champ with a 2-0 win over Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard – C&G Newspapers

8. Girls Soccer: No. 13 Troy clinched a Division 1 Regional title with a 3-0 win over Rochester Adams – Oakland Press

9. Girls Soccer: No. 11 Flint Powers Catholic earned a Division 2 Regional title with a 2-0 win over Fenton – WJRT

10. Baseball: Division 4 No. 6 Brethren claimed an outright West Michigan D League championship with a split against Mesick – Manistee News Advocate