Today in the MHSAA: 12/10/19

December 10, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Boys basketball season opened Monday across the state and produced a number of highlights – topped by a meeting between teams that finished last season at the Breslin Center.

1. Boys Basketball: In the night’s most power-packed opener, returning Division 2 runner-up River Rouge downed reigning Division 1 champion Ypsilanti Lincoln 63-53 – Detroit News

2. Boys Basketball: Joseph Kimmerer broke Hale’s school scoring record that had stood since 1992 in leading his team to a 67-57 win over Rogers City – Alpena News

3. Boys Basketball: Brady Hunter scored his 1,000th career point as Gaylord St. Mary got past Lake Leelanau St. Mary 78-71 – Gaylord Herald Times

4. Girls Basketball: Howell went on the road and handed Midland Dow its first loss, 57-46 – Midland Daily News

5. Hockey: Portage Central won a high-scoring rematch for the “Canoe” downing Portage Northern 9-5 – WWMT

6. Girls Basketball: Bay City John Glenn won a matchup of annually-strong area programs, 50-39 over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

7. Girls Basketball: Gwinn took Bark River-Harris to a second overtime before emerging with a 61-58 win – The Upbeat

8. Boys Basketball: Pellston’s Blake Cassidy had one of the highest-scoring opening nights with 37 points in his team’s 74-46 win over Mackinaw City – Petoskey News-Review

9. Girls Basketball: Morrice edged Lansing Christian 45-44 in overtime thanks in part to five Olivia Riley 3-pointers – Owosso Argus-Press

10. Boys Basketball: Midland Bullock Creek had 20 steals to lock down Gladwin in a season opener 56-26 – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

Boys Swimming & Diving: From Saturday, Ann Arbor Pioneer – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – was first and LPD2 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview second at the 74th Cereal Bowl Relays – We Love Ann Arbor

Today in the MHSAA: 9/30/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 30, 2026

1. BOYS SOCCER Rochester Adams clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association White championship with a 5-2 win over Birmingham Groves – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 8 Portage Central carded a 156 to win the final Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference jamboree – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. GIRLS GOLF Rochester Adams – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 311 to set the pace at the latest OAA Red/White event – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 4 Ann Arbor Skyline downed No. 2 Pioneer 3-2 – Ann Arbor News

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Allen Park Inter-City Baptist hung on for a 1-0 win over No. 8 Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Kyla Kuiper had 31 assists and served 17 points during the third set of Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland East’s sweep of Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 7 Chelsea won its invitational with eight first-place finishes and a diving school record – Ann Arbor News

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Romeo held off multiple comeback attempts to get past Macomb Dakota in five sets – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Traverse City West kept pace in the Big North Conference with a sweep of Gaylord – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Mason finished a season sweep of Williamston – WLNS