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: 4/22/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 22, 2021

Two of the state’s annual lacrosse powers began another season series Wednesday, and golf joined the headliners list in a big way with league and county competitions.

1. Boys Lacrosse: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice downed Detroit Catholic Central 8-1 in their first meeting of the season – Oakland Press

2. Boys Golf: Flint Powers Catholic shot a 334 to win the Genesee County championship – Flint Journal

3. Girls Soccer: The game’s lone goal scored with 12 seconds to play gave New Baltimore Anchor Bay a 1-0 win over Utica Ford – Macomb Daily

4. Boys Golf: Traverse City West shot a 314 to win the first Big North Conference event – Cadillac News

5. Girls Soccer: Ludington outshot Muskegon Western Michigan Christian 22-1 in a 1-0 win – Local Sports Journal

6. Baseball: Division 3 No. 15 Traverse City St. Francis handed Kingsley its first defeat, 13-7 – Up North Live

7. Girls Soccer: Brownstown Woodhaven remained undefeated in league play with a 2-0 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald

8. Girls Soccer: Parma Western opened league play with a 2-0 shutout of Jackson Northwest – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

9. Baseball: Division 2 No. 10 Bay City John Glenn remained undefeated with a sweep of Saginaw Nouvel – Bay City Times

10. Softball: Traverse City St. Francis swept Kingsley 8-4 and 12-7 – Traverse City Record-Eagle