Today in the MHSAA: 12/6/17
December 6, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Girls Basketball: East Lansing’s Aazh Nye hit the game-winning shot against DeWitt in last year’s Class A District Final, and did so again Tuesday as the Trojans sank the Panthers 52-51 in a matchup of highly-touted squads – Lansing State Journal
2. Boys Basketball: Following up a major football matchup just a month ago, Canton upset Belleville on the basketball court 65-61 – Observer & Eccentric
3. Girls Basketball: Bay City Western won another matchup of two of the state’s most highly-regarded with a steal and free throws at the end to down Freeland 59-57 – Bay City Times
4. Boys Basketball: Mancelona broke a 43-game losing streak stretching back to the end of 2014-15 with a 50-43 win over East Jordan – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Boys Basketball: After a winless 2016-17, Fruitport also opened with a victory, 54-28 over Holton – Grand Haven Tribune
6. Girls Basketball: Sandusky downed Unionville-Sebewaing 53-26, delivering coach Al DeMott his 700th career victory – Huron Daily Tribune
7. Boys Basketball: Reigning Class A champion Clarkston opened with a 65-55 win over Wayne Memorial, another anticipated contender this winter – Detroit News
8. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor opened the season on an 18-0 run on the way to defeating Dowagiac 77-43 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. Boys Basketball: Battling a lingering foot injury, Johnny Shields gave Howell a necessary boost in its 74-68 overtime win over Linden – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. Girls Basketball: Pittsford down Hillsdale Academy, but the real story was how the two communities worked together to support someone who surely will remain a friend of both programs – Hillsdale Daily News
Today In The MHSAA: 3/12/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 12, 2021
More league champions in boys swimming & diving and girls and boys basketball top today’s list of Thursday’s headliners.
1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Detroit Martin Luther King earned the Detroit Public School League championship, edging two-time reigning champ Cass Tech by three points – Scholar & Athlete
2. Girls Basketball: Cadillac downed Traverse City Central 47-30 to run its Big North Conference championship streak to three – Cadillac News
3. Boys Basketball: Iron Mountain clinched both the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference and Mid-Peninsula Conference titles with a 72-45 win over Ishpeming Westwood – Iron Mountain Daily News
4. Girls Basketball: Reese clinched a share of the Greater Thumb Conference West title with a 48-21 win over Cass City, and Beaverton claimed a share of the Jack Pine Conference title with a 45-35 win over four-time reigning champ Sanford Meridian – Bay City Times
5. Girls Basketball: St. Clair Shores Lakeview and Grosse Pointe North clinched titles in the Macomb Area Conference Blue and Red, respectively – Macomb Daily
6. Girls Basketball: Clawson defeated Madison Heights Lamphere 45-30 to lock up a second-straight MAC Silver title – Oakland Press
7. Girls Basketball: Megan Crow went over 1,000 career points as Gladstone downed Manistique 59-36 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor ended Schoolcraft’s state-best 33-game winning streak with a 68-49 victory – FOX 17
9. Boys Basketball: The Oakland Activities Association Red title remains up for grabs after North Farmington’s 39-35 win over Ferndale – MLive-Detroit
10. Boys Basketball: Grand Haven kept its league hopes alive with a 35-31 win over Rockford – Grand Haven Tribune