Today in the MHSAA: 12/1/17
December 1, 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: Bloomfield Hills Marian started big and held off the Waterford Kettering comeback for a 52-38 win – Oakland Press
2. Hockey: Undefeated Kingsford handed Painesdale-Jeffers its first loss, 7-5, as the Flivvers ran up their scoring this season to 25 goals over three games – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
3. Girls Basketball: DeBraya Edwards came up big in the fourth quarter as Roseville moved to 2-0 with a 35-33 comeback win over Center Line – Detroit News
4. Girls Basketball: Brethren’s Mariah Pringle continued a big opening week with 24 points in a 39-34 win over Pentwater – Manistee News Advocate
5. Girls Basketball: Pickford moved to 2-0 with a 44-37 win over Posen thanks to 28 points from Taylor Opolka – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
6. Girls Basketball: L’Anse turned an early 10-9 advantage into a 66-22 win over Lake Linden-Hubbell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
7. Girls Basketball: Charlevoix has increasing aspirations this season and improved to 2-0 with a 51-19 win over Cheboygan – Petoskey News-Review
8. Girls Basketball: After trailing 4-3 at the end of the first quarter, Ewen-Trout Creek found its scoring to down Baraga 44-31 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
9. Girls Basketball: Evart made a halftime lead stand up in a 45-41 win over Fife Lake Forest Area – Cadillac News
10. Girls Basketball: Manistee downed Frankfort 57-45 to finish a perfect first week – Manistee News Advocate
Today in the MHSAA: 5/18/17
May 18, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The most impressive performance of a busy Wednesday statewide likely came from the Detroit Catholic Central boys golf team, which won a loaded Oakland County tournament with a number few teams approach.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Baseball
Fraser earned a third straight Macomb Area Conference Gold title with a 24-13 win over Warren Woods-Tower – Macomb Daily
Division 1 No. 7 Canton downed No. 11 Brighton 7-5 to claim the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Observer & Eccentric
Golf
Shepherd celebrated the Tri-Valley Conference Central title, its first league championship since 2004 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central shot a 284 to win the Oakland County championship by 18 strokes ahead of No. 2 Clarkston – Oakland Press
McBain Northern Michigan Christian clinched the inaugural Missaukee Cup with a first place ahead of Lake City and McBain in a Wednesday match – Cadillac News
Girls Soccer
Mattawan downed Division 2 No. 5 Richland Gull Lake 1-0 to win its first Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference tournament championship – Kalamazoo Gazette
Division 2 No. 17 Marshall clinched a third straight Interstate Eight Conference regular-season title with a 2-0 win over Battle Creek Harper Creek – Battle Creek Enquirer
Softball
Division 1 No. 6 Howell continued an incredible run with a 15-0 win over honorable mention Canton to earn the Kensington Lakes Activities Association overall championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Freshman Grace Lehto threw a no-hitter as Division 2 honorable mention Eaton Rapids edged Webberville 1-0 in a Lansing-area Softball Classic semifinal – Lansing State Journal
Bay City John Glenn swept Midland Dow, coming back from a 10-1 deficit to win the first game 13-11 – Bay City Times
Division 4 honorable mention Morenci handed Clinton its first Tri-County Conference sweep since joining the league in 2007 – Adrian Daily Telegram
First-place Allen Park, an honorable mention in Division 1, stayed ahead of second-place and Division 2 honorable mention Trenton in the Downriver League with a 3-2 win thanks to a walk-off hit by Kelsi Littleton – Southgate News-Herald
Track & Field
Traverse City Central’s boys downed Traverse City West by 64 points – they are tied for the No. 7 spot in the Lower Peninsula Division 1 rankings – Traverse City Record-Eagle
From Tuesday, the Deckerville girls and Peck and Kingston boys won North Central Thumb League championships – Huron Daily Tribune