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: 9/24/15
September 24, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Michigan’s athletes are in midseason form as we head into the final weekend of September, and some of Wednesday’s performances in cross country and golf are proof they’re hitting stride.
Cross Country
St. Joseph sophomore Anna Fischer, one of the top freshmen at last season’s MHSAA Finals, edged Portage Northern freshman Peyton Witt to win Wednesday’s Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West race – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills senior Madison Goen continued her streak of winning every race she’s run this season, going 18 minutes flat as Kenowa edged Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 27-28 – Grand Rapids Press
Girls Golf
Macomb Lutheran North, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, broke its school record for the second time this week, shooting 330 to win the Macomb County Golf Invitational; sophomore Serena Nguyen was the medalist at 77 – Macomb Daily
Boys Soccer
Midland edged Bay City Western 2-1 in Saginaw Valley League North play despite the 25th goal this season for the Warriors Ty Fulco – Bay City Times
Ortonville Brandon, No. 20 in Division 2, edged Flint Metro League foe Fenton 1-0 after a shootout; Brandon also beat Clio in a shootout Monday – Oakland Press
Petoskey’s 4-0 win over Elk Rapids was its sixth shutout in seven games and fourth straight; the Northmen are No. 14 in Division 2 – Petoskey News
Boys Tennis
Port Huron Northern, No. 8 in LP Division 1, downed St. Clair 6-2 to claim the MAC Red championship outright, its first league title since 2011 – Port Huron Times-Herald
Volleyball
Class C top-ranked Bronson downed Class D No. 5 Mendon in three sets in a matchup of two of southwest Michigan’s top teams – Sturgis Journal
Kent City, an honorable mention in Class C, downed No. 10 Morley-Stanwood in four sets to move into first place alone in the Central State Activities Association Silver – Big Rapids News