Today in the MHSAA: 12/19/17

December 19, 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. Hockey: Division 2 No. 8 Midland Dow pulled within a goal of the lead after falling behind by five, but unranked Saginaw Heritage prevailed with a 6-5 victory – Midland Daily News

2. Girls Basketball: Tiffany Senerius went over 1,000 points for her career as Waterford Our Lady got past West Bloomfield 53-44 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Autumn Carpenter’s shot as time expired gave Union City a 29-28 win over Climax-Scotts – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. Boys Basketball: Ewen-Trout Creek downed Wakefield-Marenisco 47-39 in a matchup of unbeaten teams – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

5. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor Dream Academy opened its season with a win, handing St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic its first loss 54-52 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. Boys Basketball: Frankenmuth got past Saginaw Heritage 63-51, led by all-stater Mario Whitley – WNEM

7. Girls Basketball: Calumet’s defense locked down Ontonagon during the final quarter to come away with a 52-38 win – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. Girls Basketball: Engadine bounced back from a slow start to get past Rudyard 50-35 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

9. Football: You won’t find Mike Centala’s name in the record book with high school coaches who have won over the years, but he was plenty successful during 40 as a middle school coach in the Monroe Jefferson districtMonroe Evening News

10. Football: The Central Lake/Ellsworth co-op won the 8-player Division 1 championship last month, and reunited to celebrate the accomplishment before the respective basketball squads faced off – WPBN

Also of note:

Wrestling: Division 2 No. 3 Gaylord won the 21-team Marquette Challenge, finishing ahead of runner-up Sparta and Division 4 No. 2 New Lothrop – Gaylord Herald Times

Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/19

September 19, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Close finishes on the golf course and soccer pitch top today’s list and gave ranked teams extra reason to celebrate Wednesday.

1. Girls Golf: South Lyon – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – shot a 344 to finish ahead of LPD1 No. 6 Rochester Adams by a stroke and win the Oakland County Division 1 championship – C&G Newspapers

2. Boys Soccer: No. 8 Adrian Lenawee Christian won a matchup of ranked Division 4 teams 3-2 over No. 4 Kalamazoo Hackett – Adrian Daily Telegram

3. Boys Soccer: Unranked Saginaw Valley Lutheran downed Division 3 No. 13 Hemlock 4-1 – Saginaw News

4. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 7 Ann Arbor Pioneer shot a 170 to remain undefeated with a quad match win – We Love Ann Arbor

5. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 2 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept its “Teal Attack” match with Carleton Airport – Monroe Evening News

6. Boys Soccer: Macomb Dakota moved to 7-0 with a 4-1 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson – Macomb Daily

7. Volleyball: Portage Central won a close match with rival Portage Northern in four sets – JoeInsider.com

8. Volleyball: Holton came back after dropping the first two sets to defeat Lakeview in five – Local Sports Journal

9. Boys Soccer: A last-minute goal pushed Vicksburg past Otsego 3-2 – WWMT

10. Volleyball: Traverse City Central swept Petoskey in league play – Traverse City Record-Eagle