Today in the MHSAA: 12/11/17
December 11, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Girls Basketball: Howell ended Ypsilanti Arbor Prep’s 26-game regular-season winning streak, downing the reigning Class B runner-up 51-41 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Cheer: Brownstown Woodhaven and Gibraltar Carlson won Competitive Cheer Coaches Association of Michigan Scholarship Meets on Saturday, Carlson ahead of reigning Division 2 champ Allen Park – Southgate News Herald
3. Hockey: Division 3 top-ranked Hancock came back from a two-goal deficit to get past Division 2 No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice 6-4 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
4. Hockey: Division 1 No. 10 Rochester United held on after seeing a two-goal lead dissolve, downing Division 3 No. 7 Houghton 4-3 in overtime; Houghton had tied Brother Rice on Friday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 7 Novi opened with a dominating finish at the Fenton Relays, finishing ahead of the host Tigers and Lake Orion among the top three – Observer & Eccentric
6. Boys Basketball: Reigning Interstate 8 Athletic Conference champion Marshall edged last season’s runner-up Coldwater 51-46 – Battle Creek Enquirer
7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 3 Plymouth got up four goals and held on for a 4-3 win over Division 3 No. 6 Livonia Churchill – Observer & Eccentric
8. Boys Swimming & Diving: LP Division 1 No. 6 Grand Rapids Forest Hills United added to last year’s perfect regular-season run with a 177-138 opening win over East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press
9. Boys Basketball: Romeo Weems had a triple double to lead reigning Class B champion New Haven past Warren DeLaSalle at Calihan Hall – Macomb Daily
10. Cheer: Addison set a program record in Round 3 in winning the Homer Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram
Today in the MHSAA: 9/3/15
September 3, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Exciting soccer finishes, plus news from volleyball, girls golf and cross country top today’s headlines from media across the state.
Cross Country
The biggest school at the Battle Creek All-City Invitational swept the team titles, with Lakeview’s boys and girls both winning; the top racers from the smallest school, Battle Creek St. Philip’s Ava Strenge and Jack Greenman, won the individual titles – Battle Creek Enquirer
Girls Golf
Same players, new coach, and Muskegon Mona Shores is back among the elite with a win in the Ottawa-Kent Black on Wednesday after finishing second in the first league jamboree – Muskegon Chronicle
Boys Soccer
Portage Central won a battle of undefeated teams from the Kalamazoo area, downing Mattawan 1-0 with a second-half goal – Kalamazoo Gazette
Ludington scored three goals over a 10-minute second-half span to win a high-scoring 5-3 matchup with Whitehall – Ludington Daily News
Saginaw Heritage freshman keeper Joseph Horwath became a wall over the final two minutes as the Hawks edged Valley Lutheran 3-2 – Saginaw News
Volleyball
Camden-Frontier came back from two sets down to beat Hillsdale Academy, claiming the deciding game 15-13 – Hillsdale Daily News
New Baltimore Anchor Bay improved to 12-1-2 this fall under first-year coach Brittany McGinnis, a former standout at Fraser, by beating her alma mater and two others – Macomb Daily
Good reads
Most of the competitors at Frankenmuth’s Patriot Cup girls golf tournament were toddlers or only a little older on Sept. 11, 2001, so the Eagles will host 21 teams in remembrance of the victims of attacks and those who continue to serve – Saginaw News
Charlevoix dedicated its recently purchased football scoreboard Friday to late coach Don Carey, who led multiple teams at the school over nearly three decades – Charlevoix Courier