Today in the MHSAA: 1/21/20
January 21, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Major matchups at basketball events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory made for a highlight-filled weekend and Monday across Michigan, and girls basketball, wrestling, competitive cheer, hockey and boys swimming & diving also contributed headliners as teams braved the mid-January weather.
1. Boys Basketball: Division 3 Flint Beecher downed Division 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 70-61 in a matchup of MHSAA championship contenders – State Champs Sports Network
2. Girls Basketball: Howell handed Brighton its first loss, 43-41, with Maeve St. John connecting on two last-minute free throws – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 7 Hart defeated No. 6 Leroy Pine River 40-20 in the championship match of the Fallen Bucks Memorial Tournament – Cadillac News
4. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Christian remained undefeated with a 66-64 win over Wyoming, which also was unbeaten entering the contest – WOOD TV
5. Girls Basketball: Reeya Patel’s basket with 2.5 seconds to play pushed Ann Arbor Huron past previously-undefeated Temperance Bedford 53-51 – State Champs Sports Network
6. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – locked up its 18th-straight Tri-Cities championship, nearly doubling up the field – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King got past Detroit Douglass 55-46 in a matchup of two more Finals hopefuls – Detroit Free Press
8. Boys Basketball: Emoni Bates led Ypsilanti Lincoln on a 13-2 run to close a 75-68 win over Detroit Edison – Detroit News
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged a late December loss to rival Forest Hills Northern/Eastern, winning this time 3-1 – FOX 17
10. Cheer: Stevensville Lakeshore won the Division 2 and overall championships at the Coloma Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Although Niles fell to St. Joseph 59-54, Alycia Patterson went over 1,000 career points – Niles Daily Star
Boys Basketball: Reese Hazelton scored his 1,000th career point on a game-winner to lead Maple City Glen Lake past Saginaw Heritage 51-49 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Girls Basketball: Elise Besonen also went over 1,000 career points in leading Ewen-Trout Creek past Ontonagon – The Upbeat
Today in the MHSAA: 4/20/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 20, 2023
1. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s extended its record winning streak by taking the first game against No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, but the second was suspended with the score tied – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS SOCCER Mattawan continued its impressive April with a 2-1 win over Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central – Kalamazoo Gazette
3. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 2 Evart swept No. 9 Traverse City St. Francis thanks in part to Ally Theunick’s hitting – Big Rapids Pioneer
4. SOFTBALL Aubrey Hensley became Temperance Bedford’s all-time home runs leader with her 19th in a win over Adrian – Monroe News
5. SOFTBALL A pair of Hamilton pitchers combined to no-hit Coopersville during the opener of a doubleheader matchup of Division 2 honorable mentions – Holland Sentinel
6. BOYS GOLF Pentwater shot a 339 to win the Shelby Invitational – Ludington Daily News
7. GIRLS SOCCER Nora Proos scored all four goals in St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lakes’ 4-3 win over St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
8. SOFTBALL Midland earned a split with Davison with an eighth-inning walk-off single in the second game – Midland Daily News
9. BASEBALL Mackinaw City edged Pickford 12-11 on a walk-off double – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
10. BOYS GOLF Quincy edged Jonesville by two strokes to win the first Big 8 Conference jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter