Today in the MHSAA: 12/19/19
December 19, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Early-season meetings in wrestling and girls basketball Wednesday may have foreshadowed significant rematches to come, and a multi-sport star from White Pigeon became her school’s all-time leading hoops scorer.
1. Wrestling: In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Semifinal, No. 2 Davison avenged with a 38-29 win over No. 3 Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Basketball: Grass Lake got past Michigan Center 51-46 in a matchup of Cascades Conference and statewide Division 3 powers – Jackson Citizen Patriot
3. Girls Basketball: Claycee West broke her coach Brooke McClure’s school record for career points in White Pigeon’s 48-30 win over Bangor – Sturgis Journal
4. Hockey: Division 1 No. 3 Saginaw Heritage scored the final three goals to get past Davison 4-1 – WJRT
5. Hockey: Division 2 No. 7 Plymouth came back during the third period to get past No. 8 Howell 7-6 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. Girls Basketball: Menominee staked its claim among the Upper Peninsula’s best teams with a 52-47 win over Ishpeming Westwood – The Upbeat
7. Hockey: Traverse City Central remained undefeated with a 6-3 win over rival TC West – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Hockey: Mattawan came back from two goals down to get past Kalamazoo Eagles 4-3 in overtime and remain unbeaten – JoeInsider.com
9. Hockey: Allen Park came back from two goals down to get past Wyandotte Roosevelt 4-2 – Southgate News-Herald
10. Hockey: Gaylord earned an important 2-0 win over Traverse Bay Reps – Gaylord Herald Times
Also of note …
Unified Sports: Newly-created basketball teams from rivals Midland and Dow will face off this evening between girls and boys varsity games at Midland High – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/21/17
April 21, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Some impressive action from the western and northern parts of our state highlighted Thursday’s headliners in baseball, girls soccer and track & field.
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
Baseball
Kalamazoo Christian took a 7-1 win from Division 4 No. 1 Kalamazoo Hackett before Hackett came back to win the second game 7-2 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Girls Soccer
Cadillac fought back from an early one-goal deficit to down Traverse City West 4-1 in a Big North Conference opener – Cadillac News
Harbor Springs keeper Izzy Gracy made saves on four of five shots she faced in a shootout to help her team to a 2-1 win over Charlevoix – Petoskey News-Review
Track & Field
Benzonia Benzie Central’s Manon Lutzke bested a 12-year-old school record in the shot put to help her team to a Northwest Conference quad win – Traverse City Record-Eagle
From Wednesday, Ishpeming’s boys and Munising’s girls took top honors at the third and final Superior Dome Invitational of this season at Northern Michigan University – Marquette Mining Journal