Today in the MHSAA: 12/10/18
December 10, 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.
This weekend was filled with record-setting scoring on the basketball court, milestone points and titanic early-season victories as some of the state’s best met in hoops, wrestling and hockey.
1. Wrestling: No. 3 Brighton downed No. 2 Davison 34-23 in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class A champion Saginaw Heritage held on for a 45-43 win over Southfield Arts & Technology at the Arbor Prep Invitational – Saginaw News
3. Girls Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart won big over Coleman as Scout Nelson scored her 1,000th career point – MI Sports Now
4. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 9 Tecumseh downed No. 10 New Boston Huron in the final to win the Brooklyn Columbia Central Team Tournament title – Adrian Daily Telegram
5. Hockey: Division 1 No. 4 Salem followed its Thursday win over Division 2 No. 7 Howell with a 4-0 victory over Division 3 No. 11 Livonia Churchill – Observer & Eccentric
6. Girls Basketball: Comstock’s Daisy Ansel broke her school’s 27-year-old scoring record with 45 points in a big win over Buchanan – Kalamazoo Gazette
7. Bowling: Quincy’s boys entered bracket play as the eighth seed and downed the first on the way to winning the Cascades Clash Baker Tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Girls Basketball: Taylor Folkema tied her school’s record with 39 points in Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s big win over Muskegon Catholic Central – Local Sports Journal
9. Wrestling: Seven individual champions led Petoskey to the team title at the Owosso Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
10. Wrestling: Ishpeming Westwood won its Super Duals finishing 5-0 on the day – Marquette Mining Journal
Also of note …
Cross Country: Longtime Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart coach Mark Zitzelsberger announced his retirement; he led the Irish to six MHSAA titles including the girls team to the last four in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Wrestling: Lake City earned its first invitational team title as a program, claiming first at Manton – Cadillac News
Girls Basketball: Shepherd edged Birch Run 41-40, but Panthers junior Sarah Miller reached 1,000 points for her career – Saginaw News
Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Bryce Hallman scored a school-record 44 points as Howard City Tri-County won its first game in nearly two calendar years, over White Cloud – Greenville Daily News
Michigan Fall Previews (update 9/3/13)
August 26, 2013
Seasons have begun but we're still adding to our mighty list of links to statewide media team and league preview.
This update contains some from five sports, but mostly football from the Battle Creek, Port Huron, Livingston County and Traverse City areas.
See a preview for any fall sport that's been published by Michigan media that we missed? Send the link to Geoff Kimmerly at [email protected].
Football
Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek Central - Battle Creek St. Philip - Marshall - Battle Creek Pennfield - Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference East - Kalamazoo Valley Association - Southern Central Athletic Association - Big 8 Conference - Bronson/Tekonsha
Bay City Times: North Star League - West Branch Ogemaw Heights - Bay City John Glenn/Pinconning/Standish-Sterling/Tawas - Jack Pine Conference
Detroit Free Press: Detroit Catholic High School League - Oakland Activities Association - Downriver League - Michigan Independent Activities Conference - Macomb Area Conference - Huron League
Detroit News: Detroit Public School League - Detroit Catholic High School League - Macomb Area Conference - Kensington Lakes Activities Association - Oakland Activities Association - Western Wayne Athletic Conference - Downriver League - Huron League - Michigan Metro Athletic Conference - Michigan Independent Athletic Conference - Charter School Conference
Flint Journal: Flint Metro League - Saginaw Valley League South - Genesee Area Conference Red - Genesee Area Conference Blue - Kensington Lakes Activities Association West
Gaylord Herald Times: Sky Valley South - Big North Conference
Grand Rapids Press: O-K Red - O-K White - O-K Blue - O-K Gold - O-K Black - O-K Green - O-K Bronze - O-K Silver
High School Sports Scene: Saginaw, Lansing and Grand Rapids areas
Holland Sentinel: Holland Christian - Hamilton
Ionia Sentinel-Standard: Ionia - Portland St. Patrick - Lake Odessa Lakewood
Kalamazoo Gazette: Wolverine Conference - Kalamazoo Valley Association - Southwestern Athletic Conference - St. Joseph Valley League - Southern Central Athletic Association
Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan area
Livingston County Daily Argus & Press: Howell - Brighton - Hartland - Pinckney - Novi - Milford - Fowlerville - Kensington Lakes Activities Association West -
Marquette Mining Journal: Negaunee - Ishpeming - Marquette - Gwinn - Munising - Ishpeming Westwood
MLive Detroit: Macomb Area Conference - Oakland Activities Association - Detroit Catholic High School League
MLive Lansing: Lansing area
Oakland Press: Kensington Lakes Activities Association - Oakland Activities Association White - Oakland County schools in MIAC/MAC/Flint Metro/independent
Port Huron Times Herald: Port Huron Northern - St. Clair - Port Huron - Marysville - Marine City - Armada
Saginaw News: Saginaw Valley League North - Tri-Valley Conference Central - TVC West - TVC East - Greater Thumb Conference West - Saginaw Nouvel/Kingston/Akron-Fairgrove/Coleman/Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart
Traverse City Record-Eagle: Big North Conference - Northwest Conference - Ski Valley Conference - Lake Michigan Conference - Traverse City Christian - Traverse City Central - Traverse City St. Francis - Traverse City West
Boys Cross Country
Adrian Daily Telegram: Adrian and Lenawee County areas
Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas
Port Huron Times Herald: Eastern Thumb area
Girls Cross Country
Adrian Daily Telegram: Adrian and Lenawee County areas
Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area
Escanaba Daily Press: Manistique
Port Huron Times Herald: Eastern Thumb area
Girls Golf
Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area
Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas
Monroe Evening News: Monroe area
Muskegon Chronicle: Muskegon area
Boys Soccer
Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area
Bay City Times: Bay City area - Bay City John Glenn
Escanaba Daily Press: Big Bay de Noc
Gaylord Herald Times: Gaylord
Midland Daily News: Midland area
Monroe Evening News: Monroe area
Muskegon Chronicle: Muskegon area
Petoskey News: Petoskey
Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron and Thumb areas
Girls Swimming and Diving
Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area
Monroe Evening News: Monroe area
Port Huron Times Herald: Eastern Thumb area
Boys Tennis
Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas
Petoskey News: Petoskey
Girls Tennis
Escanaba Daily Press: Gladstone
Iron Mountain Daily News: Kingsford - Iron River West Iron County
Volleyball
Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area
Bay City Times: Bay City area
Escanaba Daily Press: Rock Mid Peninsula
Gaylord Herald Times: Gaylord - Gaylord St. Mary - Johannesburg-Lewiston
Hillsdale.net: Hillsdale
Holland Sentinel: Holland and Zeeland areas
Houghton Daily Mining Gazette: Houghton - Calumet - Baraga
Iron Mountain Daily News: Kingsford
Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas
Port Huron Times Herald: Port Huron and Thumb areas