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: 10/7/20

October 7, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Girls Golf Regionals continued across the Lower Peninsula on Tuesday, joined by boys soccer league championship deciders and volleyball showdowns likely to determine eventual title winners.

1. Girls Golf: No. 4 Grand Blanc, No. 6 Brighton and No. 7 Hartland qualified from a strong Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional at Lapeer Country Club – Flint Journal

2. Girls Golf: Remus Chippewa Hills won its first Regional championship, edging runner-up Shepherd in LPD4 – Big Rapids News

3. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Morley Stanwood avenged an earlier 3-2 loss to Kent City with a 3-2 win to create a tie for first in the Central State Activities Association Silver – Big Rapids News

4. Girls Golf: No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood was first, Goodrich second and No. 2 Macomb Lutheran North third at the LPD3 Regional at Heather Hills – Macomb Daily

5. Girls Golf: Petoskey, Mount Pleasant and Midland Dow qualified from an LPD2 Regional at Pohl Cat – Petoskey News-Review

6. Boys Soccer: Muskegon Western Michigan Christian earned a share of the Lakes 8 Conference championship with a 5-2 win over Muskegon Orchard View – Local Sports Journal

7. Volleyball: Dexter maintained its lead in the Southeastern Conference White with a sweep of former co-leader Chelsea – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 6 Holland Christian edged LPD2 honorable mention Holland 102-80 – Holland Sentinel

9. Girls Golf: Rockford, No. 5 Traverse City West and Traverse City Central advanced from the LPD1 Regional at Sunnybrook – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. Boys Soccer: A 3-3 draw between Division 1 No. 7 (MPR) Mattawan and Division 2 No. 12 Richland Gull Lake created a three-team tie with Division 2 No. 15 St. Joseph for first heading into the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament – WWMT