Today in the MHSAA: 12/4/18

December 4, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Girls basketball season tipped off Monday and today’s list is dominated by hoops, led by a last-second game-winning shot in the northern Lower Peninsula.

1. Boys Basketball: Skyler Spangler’s buzzer beating-shot gave Central Lake a 58-56 win over Ellsworth – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Basketball: Dajanee Cox scored 27 points as Detroit Henry Ford opened with a 52-42 win over Detroit Public Safety – Detroit News

3. Girls Basketball: Flint Carman-Ainsworth began a season carrying high expectations with a 67-19 win over Lapeer – WJRT

4. Girls Basketball: Lake City won the first girls game in its new gym, 68-28 over Harrison – MI Sports Now

5. Boys Basketball: Midland Dow avenged last season’s loss to Beaverton with a 71-49 win – Midland Daily News

6. Hockey: Escanaba came back from an early two-goal deficit to get past Negaunee 6-5 – Escanaba Daily Press

7. Girls Basketball: Kingsford opened with an impressive 56-45 win over Ishpeming – The Upbeat

8. Girls Basketball: After leading by a point at halftime, Reading built a 22-0 run on the way to a 69-43 win over Camden-Frontier – Hillsdale Daily News

9. Boys Basketball: Lincoln Alcona made 8 of 12 free throws in the fourth quarter to pull past AuGres-Sims 62-56 – Alpena News

10. Boys Basketball: Kinde-North Huron rode a 23-2 third-quarter run to pull away from Owendale-Gagetown – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 9/13/18

September 13, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Girls Golf: Bloomfield Hills, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, won the Oakland County Tournament for the second straight season, this time ahead of runner-up and No. 5-ranked Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

2. Cross Country: Spring Lake swept the first Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue jamboree of this fall; both Spring Lake teams are ranked No. 3 in LPD2, and boys runner-up Sparta is ranked No. 2 while girls runner-up Allendale is No. 5 – Grand Haven Tribune

3. Boys Tennis: LPD2 No. 5 Detroit U-D Jesuit edged No. 6 Midland Dow to win the Midweek Classic Quad – Midland Daily News

4. Volleyball: Division 1 honorable mention Portage Central came back after dropping the first set to edge rival Portage Northern in five – JoeInsider.com

5. Volleyball: Petoskey held off a Traverse City Central comeback to win 3-2 and improve to 16-2 – Petoskey News-Review

6. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Cadillac battled back from a two-set deficit to get past Alpena in five – Cadillac News

7. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 7 Beaverton improved to 25-1-2 with a sweep of Harrison – MI Sports Now

8. Girls Golf: Ludington edged Manistee by two strokes to win the Lakes 8 Conference jamboree on its home course – Ludington Daily News

9. Volleyball: After navigating a tough nonleague schedule, St. Louis opened Tri-Valley Conference West play with a 3-1 win over Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

10. Boys Soccer: Kallen Wildfong scored four goals in Buckley’s 6-2 win over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle