Today in the MHSAA: 12/11/19
December 11, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Hartland girls basketball team continued its champion-toppling season start Tuesday, and a West Bloomfield freshman enjoyed an impressive debut as hoops dominated statewide action.
1. Girls Basketball: Hartland followed up last week’s win over reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian with a 37-26 victory over reigning Division 1 title winner Saginaw Heritage – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Boys Basketball: Freshman Ryan Hurst debuted with 28 points to lead West Bloomfield past Southfield Christian 88-66 – Oakland Press
3. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – swept all four divisions of the Dan Pangborn Invitational – Midland Daily News
4. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor opened on a 14-0 run on the way to defeating Dowagiac 73-59 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. Girls Basketball: Nicole Kamin sank the game-winner as Escanaba came back to defeat Negaunee 50-48 – Escanaba Daily Press
6. Boys Basketball: Ty Horky scored 42 points with eight 3-pointers in Manchester’s 70-57 win over Clinton – Jackson Citizen Patriot
7. Boys Basketball: Canton defeated Ann Arbor Pioneer 75-69 in a matchup of annual powers – Observer & Eccentric
8. Girls Basketball: Brazyll Watkins’ last-second basket gave Battle Creek Lakeview a 45-44 win over Coldwater – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. Boys Basketball: Schoolcraft edged Hopkins 58-56 in overtime – Kalamazoo Gazette
10. Girls Basketball: Montague came back from a 22-8 halftime deficit to get past Spring Lake 51-48 – Local Sports Journal
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Stockbridge won 62-59, but Ida’s Taylor Wegener did go over 1,000 career points – Monroe News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/26/18
April 26, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
1. Softball: Gabi Salo struck out 19 batters in Division 2 No. 3 Escanaba’s 4-0 perfect game win over Division 4 honorable mention Rapid River – Escanaba Daily Press
2. Girls Soccer: Division 1 top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central defeated Division 2 No. 7 Lowell 2-0, running its shutout streak to eight straight games – FOX 17
3. Girls Tennis: Traverse City Central, No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, downed Cadillac as Trojans No. 1 singles player Autumn Roberts won her 100th match – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Baseball: Division 1 No. 12 Sterling Heights Stevenson won its second game this week over No. 9 Grosse Pointe South, handing the 10-2 Blue Devils an 8-3 defeat – Detroit News
5. Softball: Division 1 honorable mention Allen Park junior Sydni Uhlenberg fired a five-inning perfect game against Wyandotte Roosevelt – Southgate News Herald
6. Girls Lacrosse: Spring Lake won a fourth straight one-goal meeting over Grand Haven, 6-5 – Grand Haven Tribune
7. Girls Soccer: Sarah Ismail netted both goals as Midland Dow edged Saginaw Heritage 2-1 – Midland Daily News
8. Girls Soccer: Rachel Nesburg scored three goals as Charlevoix got past Kingsley – Petoskey News-Review
9. Track & Field: Quincy’s boys and girls teams remained undefeated in Big 8 Conference competition with sweeps of Reading and Concord – Coldwater Daily Reporter
10. Baseball: Division 3 No. 3 Bronson and Fremont played one game Wednesday but scored enough runs for a few, with the Vikings winning 15-11 – Coldwater Daily Reporter