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: 10/7/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 7, 2025

1. GIRLS GOLF Avery Manning won a fourth Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional individual title as her No. 2-ranked Dexter team also was victorious – Ann Arbor News

2. GIRLS GOLF No. 2 Montague edged No. 6 Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian by a stroke to win their Division 4 Regional – Local Sports Journal

3. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Heights Crestwood downed Division 2 No. 9 Melvindale 3-1 to earn a share of the Western Wayne Athletic Conference championship – Southgate News-Herald

4. GIRLS GOLF No. 9 Elk Rapids carded a 364 to win its LPD4 Regional by 29 strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS SOCCER Warren Mott downed Clawson and got an assist from New Haven to secure the Macomb Area Conference Gold title outright – Macomb Daily

6. BOYS TENNIS Bay City Western ended Essexville Garber’s three-year reign at the Bay County Championship – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS GOLF Owosso edged Alpena by a stroke to win their LPD2 Regional – Petoskey News-Review

8. BOYS SOCCER Asher Clark reached 50 goals for the season in Bay City John Glenn’s 5-3 win over Mount Pleasant – Bay City Times

9. BOYS SOCCER Tecumseh scored during the final minutes to get past Division 3 honorable mention Brooklyn Columbia Central 2-1 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 10 Hancock continued its successful run with a four-set win over L’Anse – Upper Michigan’s Source