Today in the MHSAA: 12/16/19
December 16, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Early-season showcases this weekend in ice hockey and girls basketball gave us a few ideas of how some of the best stack up as the start of the holiday invitational schedule nears.
1. Hockey: Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice ended No. 3 Hartland’s 14-game winning streak going back to last season, 4-2 at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
2. Girls Basketball: Detroit Renaissance capitalized on 28 turnovers in getting past East Kentwood 49-47 at the Best of Michigan Classic – State Champs Sports Network
3. Girls Basketball: Reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian earned a big win against a much bigger opponent, 61-40 over Kalamazoo Central also at Best of Michigan – State Champs Sports Network
4. Hockey: No. 2 Livonia Stevenson earned a 2-1 win over No. 4 Trenton at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
5. Hockey: Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central surged to a 7-0 win over No. 5 Brighton at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
6. Hockey: Division 1 No. 2 Salem extended its winning streak to five with a 3-2 win over No. 4 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s at the MIHL/KLAA Showcase – Observer & Eccentric
7. Gymnastics: Escanaba edged Marquette by slightly more than two points to win the Elks Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 2 Gaylord dominated at the Romeo Invitational with wins by at least 21 points over all four opponents – Gaylord Herald Times
9. Wrestling: Petoskey won individual titles at eight weights on the way to the team championship at the Owosso Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
10. Girls Bowling: Midland Bullock Creek swept St. Louis and Saginaw Valley Lutheran to run its Tri-Valley Conference match winning streak to 30 – Midland Daily News
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Although his team fell to North Muskegon 63-51, Mason County Central’s Jeffery Carrier went over 1,000 career points – Ludington Daily News
Boys Basketball: Fife Lake Forest Area’s Chase Ingersoll also went over 1,000 points with 19 in an 84-58 win over Big Rapids Crossroads – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Today in the MHSAA: 5/19/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 19, 2021
Softball: Division 4 top-ranked Holton swept Hesperia to clinch the Central State Activities Association Silver championship, its sixth-straight league title – Local Sports Journal
2. Baseball: Frankenmuth clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference East championship with a split against Division 2 No. 2 Bay City John Glenn – WJRT
3. Track & Field: Macomb Dakota continued its spring surge sweeping Macomb Area Conference Red girls and boys championship meets; Dakota’s girls are ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and the boys are No. 7 – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
4. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 11 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged an earlier loss to No. 2 Forest Hills Northern in the Ottawa-Kent Conference White semifinals – Grand Rapids Press
5. Softball: Breckenridge swept Vestaburg to secure a share of the Mid-State Activities Conference championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 5 Haslett downed Division 3 No. 4 Lansing Catholic 4-1 to earn a spot in the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship game – Lansing State Journal
7. Boys Golf: Norway continued its strong spring with a 320 to win the Negaunee Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
8. Baseball: Hunter Kanouse struck out 14 of 18 hitters faced in a perfect game win for LeRoy Pine River over McBain – Big Rapids News
9. Girls Tennis: North Muskegon – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – improved to 16-5-1 with wins over Niles Brandywine and No. 10 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Local Sports Journal
10. Baseball: Coldwater improved to 19-5 with a sweep of Division 3 No. 15 Jackson Lumen Christi – Coldwater Daily Reporter