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: 6/1/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 1, 2021

1. Track & Field: Clare won its fourth-straight boys and third-straight girls Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association team championships, pacing the fields in Division 3; both teams were ranked No. 1  entering the meet – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. Track & Field: Hillsdale Academy swept MITCA Division 4 team championships; the girls entered ranked No. 1 and the boys No. 2  Hillsdale Daily News

3. Track & Field: Detroit Renaissance's girls won their fourth-straight Public School League championship meet, while the Renaissance boys ran their title streak to two – Detroit News

4. Baseball: Montague and Division 3 No. 8 North Muskegon shared the West Michigan Conference title after a marathon doubleheader that stretched more than six hours – Muskegon Chronicle

5. Track & Field: Lake Orion’s girls won their first Oakland County championship, and the Novi boys won their first since 2014 – Oakland Press Girls | Boys

6. Track & Field: Rockford swept the Division 1 MITCA team titles; Rockford’s girls were No. 1 and the boys were ranked No. 3. In Division 2, the top-ranked Freeland girls and Frankenmuth boys were victorious – Athletic.net Division 1 | Division 2

7. Baseball: Pinconning swept Harrison to win the Jack Pine Conference title in its first season in the league – Bay City Times

8. Girls Soccer: No. 16 Pinckney downed Chelsea 3-0 in a Division 2 District matchup – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. Girls Soccer: Gibraltar Carlson and No. 11 New Boston Huron emerged victorious from their Division 2 District games – Southgate News-Herald

10. Softball: Traverse City West downed Division 3 No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis 5-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle