Today in the MHSAA: 1/24/20
January 24, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A hockey league champion celebrated Thursday, while girls and boys basketball conference races continued to shift with upsets and buzzer beaters.
1. Hockey: Division 2 No. 7 Lake Orion locked up the Oakland Activities Association Red title with an 8-0 win over M-1 United – Oakland Press
2. Girls Basketball: New Lothrop edged Durand 59-54 in overtime thanks to Brooke Wenzlick’s school-record 42 points – Flint Journal
3. Boys Basketball: Parker’s Neu’s late basket helped Traverse City West hand Cadillac its first loss, 47-46 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Boys Basketball: Pickford broke a seven-game winning streak for Rudyard, 62-50 – MI Sports Now
5. Girls Basketball: Caro improved to 10-1 overall and moved into first alone in the Greater Thumb Conference West with a 46-37 win over Reese – Bay City Times
6. Girls Basketball: Adrian Lenawee Christian held off Dexter 51-43 – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. Girls Basketball: Ravenna knocked Montague out of a first-place tie in the West Michigan Conference with a 42-40 win – Muskegon Chronicle
8. Boys Basketball: Jemari Mack’s last-second putback was the final difference in Macomb L’Anse Creuse North’s 56-54 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson – Macomb Daily
9. Girls Basketball: Clarkston held on for a 46-42 win over Royal Oak – Oakland Press
10. Bowling: Midland’s boys came back from a 10-0 deficit to get past Grand Blanc 20-10 – Midland Daily News
Also of note …
Hockey: From Wednesday, Riverview downed Grosse Ile 3-2 in overtime to clinch the Huron League championship – Southgate News-Herald
Today in the MHSAA: 9/27/18
September 27, 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: A freshman led Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 3 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer to its third straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal
2. Girls Golf: LPD3 top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic shot a 346 to claim the Saginaw Valley League tournament and overall league title – Midland Daily News
3. Volleyball: Gladwin created a three-way tie for first in the Jack Pine Conference with a 2-1 win over co-leader and Division 3 No. 9 Houghton Lake – Midland Daily News
4. Volleyball: Allen Park took a 15-13 fifth set from Trenton in a matchup of first-place teams in the Downriver League – Southgate News-Herald
5. Boys soccer: Oscoda downed Lincoln Alcona 2-0 to move into a first-place tie with the Tigers in the North Star League – Alpena News
6. Girls Golf: St. Joseph added a sixth straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference overall championship to the seventh-straight division title won last week – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
7. Volleyball: Coldwater upset Division 2 honorable mention Parma Western 3-1 in a key Interstate 8 Athletic Conference match – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Volleyball: St. Louis swept rival Ithaca to remain perfect in league play and take back the “flag” traveling trophy – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Boys Soccer: Richard Wilson scored five goals in Roscommon’s win over Cheboygan – MI Sports Now
10. Boys Soccer: Allen Park opened the second half of Downriver League play with a 3-2 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald