Today in the MHSAA: 12/14/15
December 14, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Close finishes highlighted the first Friday of boys basketball season, as those results led a weekend of impressive performances across the state in a variety of sports.
Boys Basketball
Class C Flint Beecher outlasted Class A Detroit East English 72-69 at the Horatio Williams Foundation Tip-Off Classic – Flint Journal
Reigning champion Lansing Everett opened its season with a 55-48 win over Grand Ledge in a matchup of the top two teams from the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue in 2014-15 – Lansing State Journal
Trishton Jackson scored to send the game to overtime and then added the game-winner in the extra period as West Bloomfield edged Southfield Christian 77-76 at the Oakland County Invitational – Mlive-Detroit
Ludington opened up Lakes 8 Conference play with a 54-42 win over reigning champion Muskegon Catholic Central – Ludington Daily News
Marquette rode the hot hand of Troy Sergey, who scored 22 points in a 68-60 win over Traverse City West on Saturday at the Petoskey Invitational – Marquette Mining Journal
From Thursday, St. Ignace football star Gage Kreski is pretty good at basketball too; he had 38 points, 13 rebounds and nine steals in a 75-48 win over Rudyard – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Girls Basketball
Muskegon Mona Shores standout Jordan Walker, also a member of the MHSAA Student Advisory Council, had 26 points, nine rebounds, six assists and four steals in a 68-42 win over Dearborn Heights Robichaud – Muskegon Chronicle
Girls Bowling
Paw Paw came back from a 10-0 deficit after the Baker games to edge Portage Northern 16-14 thanks in part to a 311 series by Grace Sylvester – Kalamazoo Gazette
Ice Hockey
Reid Pietila scored all five goals as Houghton defeated Utica Eisenhower 5-1 on Friday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Wrestling
St. Johns, No. 2 in Division 2, finished 5-0 at the Jackson Area Wrestling Showdown with wins over Division 1 No. 9 Temperance Bedford and Division 4 No. 5 Manchester – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Every Hartland wrestler placed among the top five at his weight as the Division 1 top-ranked Eagles won their invitational – Livingston Daily
Today In The MHSAA: 5/11/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 11, 2022
1. GIRLS SOCCER Oxford defeated Clarkston 4-1 to clinch the Oakland Activities Association White championship, its first league title since 1996 – Oakland Press
2. BOYS LACROSSE Grand Ledge came back from a halftime deficit to defeat Division 2 No. 10 Okemos 9-8 in a Capital Area Activities Conference Tournament semifinal – Lansing State Journal
3. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 8 Freeland and No. 6 Essexville Garber remain tied atop the Tri-Valley Conference 8 after splitting a doubleheader – Midland Daily News
4. GIRLS SOCCER Novi scored the game’s lone goal in its matchup with Division 1 No. 5 Salem – Detroit News
5. GIRLS SOCCER Saline scored the lone goal in its matchup with Division 1 No. 13 Ann Arbor Skyline – Ann Arbor News
6. BASEBALL Hudsonville Unity Christian played a big fourth inning into a 3-0 shutout of Division 2 No. 4 Grand Rapids West Catholic – FOX 17
7. GIRLS SOCCER Pinckney won a matchup of Southeastern Conference White leaders, 2-1 over Chelsea – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. TRACK & FIELD Erie Mason’s Jackson Ansel ran the 800 in 1:57.20 to break a school record set in 1984 – Monroe News
9. GIRLS SOCCER Traverse City West earned a key boost in the Big North Conference standings with a 1-0 win over Cadillac – Up North Live
10. BASEBALL Bay City John Glenn swept Frankenmuth 2-0 and 10-0 in league play – Bay City Times