Today In The MHSAA: 12/1/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 1, 2021
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grace Bradford went over 1,000 career points in leading Maple City Glen Lake past Traverse City St. Francis 59-40 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lauren Walker nearly had a triple-double as Essexville Garber opened with a 50-49 win over Saginaw Nouvel – Bay City Times
3. HOCKEY Traverse City Central stopped Petoskey’s rally short in a 5-3 win – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe Jefferson won once last season, and now has won once already this winter, 48-41 over Petersburg Summerfield – Monroe News
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Battle Creek Lakeview won an opener that was close throughout, edging Marshall 36-33 – Battle Creek Enquirer
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Zeeland West started fast and held on for a 49-37 win over Hudsonville Unity Christian – Holland Sentinel
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Greenville held off multiple Central Montcalm comebacks in a 49-47 victory – Greenville Daily News
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kent City opened with a 41-30 road win at Muskegon – Local Sports Journal
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow also opened up with a road victory, 60-50 over Howell – Midland Daily News
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Felch North Dickenson had multiple players post double-doubles in a 52-46 opening win over Kingsford – Iron Mountain Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 12/10/18
December 10, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
This weekend was filled with record-setting scoring on the basketball court, milestone points and titanic early-season victories as some of the state’s best met in hoops, wrestling and hockey.
1. Wrestling: No. 3 Brighton downed No. 2 Davison 34-23 in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class A champion Saginaw Heritage held on for a 45-43 win over Southfield Arts & Technology at the Arbor Prep Invitational – Saginaw News
3. Girls Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart won big over Coleman as Scout Nelson scored her 1,000th career point – MI Sports Now
4. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 9 Tecumseh downed No. 10 New Boston Huron in the final to win the Brooklyn Columbia Central Team Tournament title – Adrian Daily Telegram
5. Hockey: Division 1 No. 4 Salem followed its Thursday win over Division 2 No. 7 Howell with a 4-0 victory over Division 3 No. 11 Livonia Churchill – Observer & Eccentric
6. Girls Basketball: Comstock’s Daisy Ansel broke her school’s 27-year-old scoring record with 45 points in a big win over Buchanan – Kalamazoo Gazette
7. Bowling: Quincy’s boys entered bracket play as the eighth seed and downed the first on the way to winning the Cascades Clash Baker Tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Girls Basketball: Taylor Folkema tied her school’s record with 39 points in Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s big win over Muskegon Catholic Central – Local Sports Journal
9. Wrestling: Seven individual champions led Petoskey to the team title at the Owosso Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
10. Wrestling: Ishpeming Westwood won its Super Duals finishing 5-0 on the day – Marquette Mining Journal
Also of note …
Cross Country: Longtime Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart coach Mark Zitzelsberger announced his retirement; he led the Irish to six MHSAA titles including the girls team to the last four in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Wrestling: Lake City earned its first invitational team title as a program, claiming first at Manton – Cadillac News
Girls Basketball: Shepherd edged Birch Run 41-40, but Panthers junior Sarah Miller reached 1,000 points for her career – Saginaw News
Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Bryce Hallman scored a school-record 44 points as Howard City Tri-County won its first game in nearly two calendar years, over White Cloud – Greenville Daily News