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: 10/18/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 18, 2022

1. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Bloomfield Hills Roeper upset No. 2 Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in a shootout in a Division 4 District Semifinal – Oakland Press

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Centreville finished a perfect run through the Southwest 10 Conference with a sweep of Bangor – Sturgis Journal

3. BOYS SOCCER Liam Smith scored all three goals as Muskegon Reeths-Puffer defeated No. 13 Ludington in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Local Sports Journal

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 12 Grand Haven advanced in Division 1 with a 1-0 win over Grandville – Grand Haven Tribune

5. BOYS SOCCER Zeeland East edged rival West in a shootout in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel

6. BOYS SOCCER Gibraltar Carlson also advanced in Division 2 with a 2-0 win over New Boston Huron – Monroe News

7. BOYS SOCCER Alma will move on to a Division 3 District Final thanks to a 3-1 win over Big Rapids – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

8. BOYS SOCCER Clinton Township Chippewa Valley moved on in Division 1 with a win over a league champion, 4-2 over Utica Ford – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS SOCCER Hart shut out Montague in Division 3 to advance – MuskegonSports.com

10. BOYS SOCCER Marysville downed St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 4-1 in Division 2 – Port Huron Times Herald