Today in the MHSAA: 1/18/19

January 18, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A basketball weekend filled with major showdowns got rolling Thursday, but our top performance comes from the pool where a pair of powerhouse neighbors faced off.

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Ann Arbor Pioneer, No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, got past No. 2 Skyline 111-75; Skyline also is the reigning LPD1 champion – We Love Ann Arbor

2. Boys Basketball: Oxford won a matchup of unbeatens, 49-46 over Pontiac to move into first place alone in the Oakland Activities Conference Blue – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Kingsley moved into first place alone in the Northwest Conference with a 47-39 win over Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Boys Basketball: Pewamo-Westphalia remained undefeated with a 60-56 overtime win over Dansville – Lansing State Journal

5. Girls Basketball: Ottawa Lake Whiteford’s Baylee Baldwin went over 1,000 career points in a victory over Petersburg-Summerfield, and Carleton Airport’s Emily Swiercz tied her school’s record with 33 in a win over Riverview – Monroe News

6. Boys Basketball: First-place Clarkston downed Oak Park 66-52 in a matchup of OAA Red contenders – Oakland Press

7. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 6 Hudsonville held on for a 178-136 win over honorable mention Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Boys Basketball: First-place Madison Heights Madison finished a Macomb Area Conference Silver sweep of second-place Clinton Township Clintondale, 88-84 in overtime – Macomb Daily

9. Girls Basketball: First-place Detroit East English continued to surge in the Public School League East-Town with a 62-36 win over Pershing – Detroit News

10. Boys Basketball: Posen defeated Hillman for the first time since 2012, 68-51 – WBKB

Today in the MHSAA: 5/1/19

May 1, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Rain continued to be troublesome for teams all over Michigan on Tuesday, but it couldn’t completely wipe out a highlight-filled afternoon especially on the soccer pitch.

1. Girls Soccer: Division 4 top-ranked Royal Oak Shrine got past No. 3 Madison Heights Bishop Foley 3-1 with Chloe Woodbeck scoring all three goals – Oakland Press

2. Girls Soccer: No. 4 Grandville held on for a 3-1 win over No. 7 Grand Haven in a matchup of two of the best in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Softball: Division 1 No. 4 South Lyon’s Alexis Bonk struck out 19 in a 6-1 win over No. 10 Walled Lake Northern; the teams were tied 5-5 after five innings when the second game was suspended – State Champs Sports Network

4. Track & Field: Adrian Madison’s girls and boys teams swept league tri-meets, the boys are ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 and the girls are ranked No. 4 and doubled up LPD4 No. 3 Sand Creek – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. Girls Soccer: Division 3 No. 10 Boyne City earned its seventh straight win by shutout, this time 4-0 over Division 4 No. 9 Elk Rapids – Petoskey News-Review

6. Baseball: Muskegon Oakridge downed Division 3 No. 19 Montague 4-1 in six innings before weather washed out the seventh inning and second scheduled game – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Softball: Division 3 No. 4 Allen Park Cabrini finished a season sweep of Dearborn Divine Child with a 13-4 win – Southgate News-Herald

8. Track & Field: The Felch North Dickinson girls and Norway boys won championships at North Dickinson’s invitational – Escanaba Daily Press

9. Boys Lacrosse: Lake Orion won a key matchup over Clarkston 11-7 – Oakland Press

10. Girls Soccer: West Bloomfield scored late to earn a 2-1 win over Oxford – Oakland Press