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: 5/10/17

May 10, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Top teams statewide faced off in local matchups in soccer and softball Tuesday, and check our “Good Read” at the bottom of this report for the story behind the voice that will be missed both in Battle Creek and by Michigan's wrestling community as a whole.

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

Standish-Sterling’s Sean O’Keefe won both games of a doubleheader against Freeland, the first in relief and the second game with a shutout – Bay City Times

Boys Golf

Escanaba shined with a 319 to win the Kiwanis Invitational at Northern Michigan University – Marquette Mining Gazette

Manistee Catholic Central clinched the West Michigan D League title – Manistee News Advocate

From Monday, Tecumseh edged Adrian and Clinton both by a stroke to win the Lenawee County championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

Boys Lacrosse

Division 2 No. 10 Midland downed Bay City Western 21-2 to clinch a fifth straight Saginaw Valley League title – Midland Daily News

From Monday, Division 1 No. 9 South Lyon finished an unbeaten run in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Kensington Conference with an 8-6 win over Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric

Girls Soccer

Kenna White scored twice to lead Division 1 No. 10 Plymouth past No. 2 Canton in a Kensington Lakes Activities Association South clash – Observer & Eccentric

Division 2 No. 18 Detroit Country Day held off multiple rushes by Troy Athens to secure a 3-2 win – Oakland Press

Softball

Hadlie Hinojosa and Taylor Nichols combined for five home runs and 17 RBI in Parma Western’s sweep of Jackson Lumen Christi – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Division 2 No. 4 Vicksburg and unranked Edwardsburg split a key doubleheader, Edwardsburg winning the first game 8-6 and Vicksburg the second 12-5 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Oxford shut down Lake Orion 9-1 in a matchup of Division 1 honorable mentions thanks to 15 strikeouts by Kaitlyn Bean; Lake Orion was up 8-5 in the second game when it was suspended because of darkness – Oakland Press

Girls Tennis

Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 5 Holland Christian won six of eight flights to claim the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green tournament championship – Holland Sentinel

Saline downed Ann Arbor Huron for the first time in eight years, 5-3 – Saline Post

Good Read

The Battle Creek and statewide wrestling communities are mourning the death of longtime Battle Creek Central coach Jeff McGinnis, who died Monday and was the longtime national anthem voice at the MHSAA Team Wrestling Finals – Battle Creek Enquirer