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: 2/16/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 16, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 8 West Bloomfield handed Division 2 power Detroit Edison its first in-state loss in four years, 65-62 – MLive-Detroit

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Oscoda clinched a fourth-straight North Star League Big Dipper title with a 59-45 win over Alcona – Bay City Times

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gibraltar Carlson downed Southgate Anderson 55-23 to clinch a share of the Downriver League championship – Monroe News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morrice locked up its second-straight Genesee Area Conference Blue title with a big win over Webberville – Owosso Argus-Press

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Canton clinched the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title with a 61-24 win over Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 7 Muskegon earned a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title with a 61-51 win over Holland – MuskegonSports.com

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain clinched a share of the Highland Conference championship with a big win over Houghton Lake, and Lake City’s loss to Manton – Cadillac News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 10 Gaylord St. Mary clinched a share of the Ski Valley Conference title with a 51-44 win over Central Lake – Petoskey News-Review

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 19 Bloomfield Hills Marian edged No. 2 Farmington Hills Mercy 45-44 in overtime to earn a spot in the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship game – Oakland Press

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 13 Houghton improved to 15-2 and sent Division 3 No. 2 Calumet to 14-2 with a 58-49 victory – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Also of note …

FOOTBALL River Rouge coach Corey Parker is leaving to become an assistant at University of Toledo after leading the Panthers to a 113-34 record and 2019 Division 3 title – Southgate News-Herald

BOYS BASKETBALL Dylan Barnowski went over 1,000 career points in Division 4 No. 7 Lake Leelanau St. Mary’s 68-26 win over Leland – Traverse City Record-Eagle

GIRLS BASKETBALL Anna Richards set East Jordan’s season 3-pointers record during a 48-31 win over Kalkaska – Petoskey News-Review