Today in the MHSAA: 12/14/17
December 14, 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: Harper Woods Chandler Park won a major matchup, handing Flint Hamady its first loss 67-39 – Flint Journal
2. Girls Basketball: Alex Hunter went over 1,000 points for her career in leading Gaylord St. Mary past Central Lake 62-38 – Gaylord Herald Times
3. Hockey: Rivals Traverse City Central and West met and Central won 4-2, but together they brought awareness for cancer research with their “Hockey Fights Cancer Game” – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Wrestling: Grandville doubled up Grand Haven 44-22 in the Ottawa-Kent Conference – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Wrestling: White Pigeon swept Three Oaks River Valley (59-24) and Buchanan (48-30) – Sturgis Journal
6. Boys Basketball: Bad Axe bounced back from its first loss of the season Monday to get past Ubly 62-53 – Huron Daily Tribune
7. Girls Basketball: St. Ignace improved to 3-0 with a big win over Pickford – MI Sports Now
8. Girls Basketball: Six players scored at least six points as Sault Ste. Marie got past Alpena – Alpena News
9. Girls Tennis: Escanaba coach Dennis Lueneburg, who led his team to an MHSAA Finals title in 2011, has stepped down – Escanaba Daily Press
10. Football: In its latest “Legends” installment, State Champs! featured MHSAA winningest football coach John Herrington of Farmington Hills Harrison – State Champs!
Today in the MHSAA: 2/17/20
February 17, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first MHSAA winter champions were crowned Saturday – congrats to Marquette on a girls and boys swimming & diving sweep. Find coverage of those meets also on Second Half, and check out this list of others who made the biggest headlines.
1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Renaissance claimed its first Detroit Public School League overall title since 2011 with an 81-55 win over Detroit Cass Tech – State Champs Sports Network
2. Boys Basketball: Cass Tech won its third PSL title over the last four seasons with a 66-41 victory over Douglass – State Champs Sports Network
3. Gymnastics: Howell won its first Kensington Lakes Activities Association title in this sport – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Wresting: Division 4 No. 2 New Lothrop celebrated nine District champions among 14 total Regional qualifiers – Owosso Argus-Press
5. Hockey: Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central won a matchup of top-ranked teams, shutting out Division 2’s Livonia Stevenson 4-0 – Observer & Eccentric
6. Hockey: Utica Eisenhower clinched a share of the Macomb Area Conference Red title with a 6-3 win over Division 1 No. 5 Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily
7. Bowling: The Division 3 top-ranked Flat Rock girls and Monroe boys won Monroe County championships – Monroe News
8. Boys Basketball: Wyoming handed Grand Rapids Christian its first loss, 62-61, to move into a first-place tie in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold – FOX 17
9. Boys Basketball: Ann Arbor Skyline ended Ann Arbor Huron’s perfect run with a 53-40 victory – We Love Ann Arbor
10. Boys Swimming & Diving: Monroe’s Gavin Redden and Howell’s Hunter Gubeno won multiple championships at the prestigious MISCA Meet – MISCA Online
Also of note …
Hockey: St. Clair Shores Unified repeated as MAC White champion with a 6-5 win over Port Huron United – Macomb Daily
Bowling: Traverse City West’s girls and Cadillac’s Division 2 No. 3 boys locked up Great Northwest High School Bowling Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle