Today in the MHSAA: 12/16/16

December 16, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Looking for a neat feel-good story today? Check out how a Rogers City man filled in the missing words on a 78-year-old trophy in the school’s display case, a great find from our daily grazing of statewide preps coverage.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Boys Basketball

Frankenmuth rebounded from a loss to Bridgeport with a 48-47 win over rival Millington led by Mario Whitley’s 28 points and 18 rebounds – Saginaw News

Hancock remained undefeated with a 41-37 win over rival Houghton – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Girls Basketball

A close game at halftime turned into a 44-26 St. Clair win over Almont – Clinton Township Voice

Hockey

Traverse City West scored first and most in a 5-2 win over rival Traverse City Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Wrestling

Clare went 1-1 with a win over Saginaw Nouvel and loss to Freeland, as Hart Smalley earned his 100th win – Saginaw News

Good Reads

A 1939 trophy at Rogers City didn't list a champion and led to a resident’s quest to find out more about the only team in school history to finish a boys basketball regular season undefeated – and have the final words added to the award – Alpena News

“Battle of the Fans VI” kicked off this week, and the northern Lower Peninsula has had its share of contenders including reigning champion Traverse City West and Petoskey – which will be applying again according to this report on the benefits of a strong student section – Petoskey News Review

Today In The MHSAA: 5/14/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 14, 2021

1. Track & Field: Oak Park won girls and boys Oakland Activities Association Blue/Gold championships, the girls outright and the boys sharing with Farmington – Oakland Press

2. Boys Lacrosse: Division 2 No. 7 Okemos downed Division 1 No. 8 Haslett 8-6 to clinch the Capital Area Activities Conference championship – Lansing State Journal

3. Girls Tennis: Traverse City Central won the Big North Conference Tournament, earning a shared league title with dual-season champ West – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Track & Field: Zeeland East’s girls – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – wrapped up the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship – Holland Sentinel

5. Baseball: Division 1 No. 13 Livonia Stevenson split with No. 20 Franklin, clinching the Kensington Lakes Activities Association East title with a win in the first game – Observer & Eccentric

6. Track & Field: The Corunna and Fenton boys and Corunna and Flushing girls won Flint Metro League championships – WJRT

7. Softball: Undefeated and Division 3 top-ranked Millington swept Division 2 honorable mention Frankenmuth 1-0 and 3-2 – Mid-Michigan Now

8. Girls Soccer: Traverse City Central ended a 13-game losing streak to Division 1 No. 10 West with a 2-1 win – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Softball: Division 1 honorable mentions South Lyon and Walled Lake Northern split to hold onto their shared lead in the Lakes Valley Conference – Oakland Press

10. Softball: Fowlerville freshman Tori Briggs hit two homers in each game of a doubleheader sweep of Lansing Catholic – Livingston Daily Press & Argus