Today in the MHSAA: 12/11/15
December 11, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A number of nail-biting girls basketball finishes topped Thursday’s statewide sports action, and we ran across some gymnastics, bowling and swimming and diving coverage as well.
Girls Basketball
Cassopolis came back for a 37-29 win over New Buffalo with a big fourth quarter while playing with their thoughts on coach Nat Pittman, who reportedly suffered a heart attack Wednesday – Niles Daily Star
Shannon Bates nailed a 3-pointer with five seconds to play as Bay City All Saints edged Standish-Sterling 34-31 – Bay City Times
Sydney Stine’s free throw with 9.2 seconds to play gave Montague a 38-37 win over Hart – Muskegon Chronicle
Birch Run broke away from Millington 56-50 on 30 points and 13 rebounds by Savanah Gibson, who has averaged 25 points and 17 rebounds over her last two games – Saginaw News
Traverse City Central beat Traverse City West for the first time in nearly two calendar years, coming back from an early deficit with an 18-0 run en route to a 49-38 victory – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Niles Brandywine made 12 3-pointers to down rival Buchanan 67-47 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Boys Basketball
Dexter scored only one point during the first quarter and trailed South Lyon by 14, but came back for a 56-52 win – Ann Arbor News
Bellevue scored with 21 seconds left in regulation to send its game with North Adams-Jerome to overtime, then emerged as the winner after three extra periods – Hillsdale Daily News
Bowling
Statewide power Battle Creek Pennfield won all-city titles with boys and girls victories over the teams from Battle Creek Lakeview – Battle Creek Enquirer
Gymnastics
In the first gymnastics headline we’ve seen this season (many teams begin competition in January), Tecumseh earned a victory over Adrian with the top two all-around finishers – Adrian Daily Telegram
Boys Swimming & Diving
Spring Lake defeated neighbor Grand Haven for only the second time ever, 96-90, and also beat Muskegon Mona Shores 149-34 – Grand Haven Tribune
Today in the MHSAA: 10/13/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 13, 2026
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fennville swept South Haven to create a shared title between the two in the Southwestern Athletic Conference Black – Fennville’s first league title in the sport since 2001 – Holland Sentinel
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 13 Hudsonville Unity Christian clinched the Ottawa-Kent Conference Black championship with a 1-0 win over No. 5 Holland – Holland Sentinel
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 4 Fruitport claimed the O-K Silver Tournament championship with a 3-0 win over Division 3 No. 4 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian – MuskegonSports.com
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Traverse City West earned coach Matt Griesinger his 200th win with a shutout of Sault Ste. Marie – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow defeated Division 2 No. 4 Frankenmuth, Division 3 No. 1 Saginaw Valley Lutheran and Bay City Central – Midland Daily News
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian edged Grand Haven 2-1 – Local Sports Journal
7. BOYS SOCCER Goodrich downed Genesee Christian 4-0 on its Senior Night – WJRT
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Farwell held on to get past Shepherd in five sets – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. BOYS SOCCER Adrian finished its regular season with a 2-1 win over Brooklyn Columbia Central – Adrian Daily Telegram