Today in the MHSAA: 1/22/20

January 22, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tuesday was milestone day as four more of the state’s top girls basketball players went over 1,000 points for their careers, headlining an evening that also saw a number of upsets in multiple sports.

1. Girls Basketball: Ellie Droste joined Pewamo-Westphalia teammate Hannah Spitzley in going over 1,000 career points this season, reaching the milestone in a big win over Bath – Lansing State Journal

2. Girls Basketball: AJ Ediger went over 1,000 career points with 21 in Hamilton’s 41-29 win over Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel

3. Girls Basketball: Joanna Larsen went over 1,000 career points with 19 in Centreville’s 66-26 win over Mendon – Sturgis Journal

4. Girls Basketball: Gabi Saxman scored 29 points in Schoolcraft’s 57-30 win over Constantine to go over 1,000 for her career – JoeInsider.com

5. Boys Basketball: Thomas Kurowski tied a school record with 43 points, including four big ones over the final seconds, to lead Sturgis past Battle Creek Central 62-58 – Sturgis Journal

6. Boys Swimming & Diving: Pinckney – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – got past LPD1 No. 10 Brighton for the first time in a long time, 96-90 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Girls Basketball: Kent City dealt the first loss this season to Morley Stanwood, 75-33, thanks in part to 16 3-pointers – Muskegon Chronicle

8. Boys Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary defeated previously-unbeaten Pellston 59-54 to move up in the Ski Valley Conference – Gaylord Herald Times

9. Girls Basketball: Richland Gull Lake handed Three Rivers its first loss, 73-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. Girls Basketball: Ubly moved into first place alone in the Greater Thumb Conference East with a 31-17 win over Sandusky – Huron Daily Tribune

Also of note …

Football: Recently retired pro Zach Line will take over Oxford from longtime coach Bud Rowley, who retired after this past season – State Champs Sports Network

Today in the MHSAA: 4/23/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 23, 2026

1. BOYS LACROSSE Walled Lake United defeated South Lyon Unified 9-2, handing the latter just its second Lakes Valley Conference loss in 60 games – Oakland Press

2. TRACK & FIELD Frankfort high jumper Kade MacDonald and the Buckley girls 800 relay set school records in Northwest Conference competition – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS SOCCER Midland Dow downed Division 1 No. 14 Midland 2-1 as Aubree Bills scored both Chargers goals over five minutes – Midland Daily News

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 5 Brownstown Woodhaven rallied for a 5-2 win over Trenton – Southgate News-Herald

5. BOYS GOLF Freeland won the Tri-Valley Conference Red jamboree at Bay Valley with a 317, led by Tristan Pohl’s 72 – Saginaw News

6. SOFTBALL Allison Ulanowski didn’t allow a hit over eight innings and two games in Howell’s sweep of Novi – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 16 Romeo improved to 12-3 with a big win over Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily

8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 7 Lansing Catholic swept DeWitt with a pair of shutouts – Lansing State Journal

9. TRACK & FIELD The Niles Brandywine girls and Dowagiac boys were victorious in Lakeland Conference competition – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

10. BASEBALL Norway swept Eben Junction Superior Central – My UP Now