Today in the MHSAA: 12/18/15

December 18, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Holiday break is nearly upon us, but heroics of December, these few included, are setting up what should be an interesting January and February for a number of teams all over the state.

Girls Basketball

Detroit Renaissance might be the best in Detroit this winter – and a contender in Class A – after handing a rare city loss to Detroit Martin Luther King, 68-65 – Detroit News

Muskegon’s Mardrekia Cook drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Big Reds a 55-52 win over Muskegon Oakridge – Muskegon Chronicle

Boys Basketball

Shawn Pardee is again starring for Millington this season – and missed his school record by only a point Thursday with 55 in an 83-77 double overtime win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News

Frankfort and Traverse City St. Francis traded baskets over the final 20 seconds, with St. Francis getting the last in a 69-68 victory – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Andrew Terry’s fifth 3-pointer of the game gave Warren Lincoln a 61-60 final lead with 4.9 seconds to play against Center Line – Macomb Daily

Girls Swimming & Diving

Gladstone, runner-up at last season’s Upper Peninsula Final, edged Kingsford by three points in a tri-meet; Kingsford was sixth last season – Iron Mountain Daily

Track & Field

Longtime Kingsford athletic director and 2001 MHSAA Bush Award winner Don Edens, Jr., died Tuesday at the age of 70. Edens also was a longtime manager of the U.P. Track & Field Finals – WLUC

Today in the MHSAA: 1/31/17

January 31, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A pair of girls basketball teams claimed league championships Monday as some of the state’s top ski teams also took big strides in one of the strongest conferences for that sport.

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. 

Girls Basketball

Bay City All Saints clinched a third straight Michigan Summit League title with a 58-38 win over Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy as Shannon Bates set the school’s scoring record – Bay City Times

Baraga edged Chassell 44-42 in a matchup of top Upper Peninsula small-school teams – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette 

Jordan Kraemer became Norway’s all-time leading scorer as the undefeated Knights downed Stephenson – Iron Mountain Daily News 

Waterford Our Lady edged Madison Heights Bishop Foley 40-34 to clinch the Detroit Catholic League A-North title – Oakland Press 

Skiing

The Petoskey boys and Traverse City West girls won Traverse City Invitational titles, which also earned them first places in Big North Conference competition – Petoskey News-Review