Today In The MHSAA: 1/25/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 25, 2022

1. HOCKEY Jacob Czaja’s three goals led Utica Eisenhower to a 5-1 win over Utica/Ford Unified – Macomb Daily

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Coloma delivered Division 3 No. 10 Watervliet’s first defeat of the season, 40-33 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain created a three-way tie for first in the Highland Conference with a 58-44 win over Division 4 No. 18 McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Cadillac News

4. SKIING The Traverse City West boys and Central girls won Big North Conference competitions – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 5 Jonesville turned up the defense during the second half to pull away from Concord 42-27 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Elk Rapids scored the winning basket during the final seconds of a 41-39 win over Petoskey – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS BASKETBALL A 20-0 second-half run pushed Petoskey past Marquette 65-58 – Petoskey News-Review

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western held off Cadillac 33-32 for a solid road win – Bay City Times

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Montague broke Fremont’s five-game winning streak with a 61-49 victory – CatchMark Sports

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Garden City opened and closed well in a 61-45 win over Dearborn Heights Annapolis – Detroit News

Today In The MHSAA: 5/19/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 19, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 6 Richland Gull Lake defeated Division 1 No. 6 Portage Central 2-1 in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championship game – WWMT

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Midland Dow got past Grand Blanc 1-0 to clinch the Saginaw Valley League title – Midland Daily News

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 5 Plainwell finished an outright title run in the Wolverine Conference with a 3-1 victory over Division 3 No. 14 Otsego – FOX 17

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 10 South Lyon East earned its first Lakes Valley Conference Tournament championship with a 2-0 victory over Walled Lake Central – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 13 Trenton finished an outright Downriver League title run with a 3-1 win over Brownstown Woodhaven – Southgate News-Herald

6. SOFTBALL/BASEBALL Fowlerville’s Tori Briggs tied an MHSAA record with four triples in a game against Lansing Eastern, and Brighton Charyl Stockwell pitcher Aidan Liedeke just missed making the record book with 20 strikeouts over eight innings in a win over Whitmore Lake – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. SOFTBALL Division 4 honorable mention Rogers City split with honorable mention Indian River Inland Lakes, delivering coach Karl Grambau his 500th career victory – MI Sports Now

8. GIRLS SOCCER Hamilton advanced in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue Tournament with a 2-1 win over Fruitport – Holland Sentinel

9. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 11 Big Rapids moved on to the Central State Activities Association Tournament title game with a big win over Fremont – Big Rapids Pioneer

10. SOFTBALL Cheboygan can clinch the Straits Area Conference title outright Friday after sweeping St. Ignace – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL Williamston coach Tom Lewis has stepped down after leading the Hornets to this season’s Division 2 championship – Lansing State Journal