Today in the MHSAA: 12/7/15

December 7, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The first week of girls basketball season and second full week of ice hockey season came to an end with key matchups between teams that should be among contenders over the next few months.

Girls Basketball

Bay City John Glenn turned a three-point halftime advantage into a 53-44 win over Southfield-Lathrup, a favorite in Class A this winter – Bay City Times

Haslett graduated most of the team that carried it to a Class B runner-up finish last season, but surged to 2-0 with a 64-27 win over Okemos – Lansing State Journal

Lansing Waverly got 37 points from a frontcourt featuring two players 6-foot or taller in a 50-27 win over East Lansing – Lansing State Journal

Freshman Kate McArthur made eight 3-pointers in her first varsity game to lead Warren Cousino past Sterling Heights 58-38 – Macomb Daily

Detroit Country Day trailed by as many as 16 during the second half against Midland Dow, but came back to win 68-64 – Oakland Press

Bark River-Harris made quick work of Upper Peninsula power Crystal Falls Forest Park, 51-25, in the former's season opener – Escanaba Daily Press

Ice Hockey

Painesdale-Jeffers improved to 5-1 on this young season with a 3-0 shutout of Kingsford – Iron Mountain Daily News

Rockford, ranked No. 8 in Division 1, scored the final four goals in a 5-1 win over No. 7 East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press

Boys Swimming and Diving

Ann Arbor Pioneer won the annual Cereal Bowl Relays at Battle Creek Central, putting up 391 points to win the 69-year-old event – Battle Creek Enquirer

Good Read

Anyone who has watched the Flint Beecher boys basketball program return to elite under coach Mike Williams would have a hard time not rooting for the Bucs and their passionate leader  who, unbeknownst to most, also has battled against complications caused by multiple sclerosis – Flint Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 20, 2025

1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner finished a career Finals championship sweep and Marquette, Painesdale Jeffers and Crystal Falls Forest Park won team titles at the Upper Peninsula Boys Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY L’Anse claimed its first team championship and Marquette and Rudyard also won titles at the Upper Peninsula Girls Cross Country Finals – MHSAA.com

3. GIRLS GOLF Northville, Dexter, Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian won Lower Peninsula Finals – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS TENNIS Troy passed three-time reigning champion Bloomfield Hills to win the Lower Peninsula Division 1 championship – MHSAA.com

5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING West Bloomfield’s Elizabeth Eichbrecht and Holland Christian’s Camryn Siegers won multiple individual races, and Zeeland won a pair of relays to highlight performances at the annual MISCA meet – MISCA

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Romeo edged reigning Division 1 champion Rochester Adams 1-0 in a District Final – Macomb Daily

7. CROSS COUNTRY The Shepherd, Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis and LPD4 No. 6 Grand Traverse Academy girls and Alpena, LPD3 No. 7 Central Montcalm and LPD4 No. 4 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart boys won at the Northern Michigan Meet of Champions – Athletic.net

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores swept Fruitport to win a fourth-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title – Local Sports Journal

9. CROSS COUNTRY The Frankenmuth girls and Saginaw Heritage boys won Saginaw County titles – Saginaw News

10. CROSS COUNTRY Utica Ford locked up the Macomb Area Conference White boys championship, while three teams shared the girls title – Macomb Daily