Today in the MHSAA: 1/27/17

January 27, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A scoring milestone reached in girls basketball and a longtime record broken in the pool topped a night full of highlights statewide Thursday.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Girls Basketball

Tawas junior Morgan Kaniszewski reached the 1,000-point career milestone with 42 in her team’s 64-46 win over Oscoda – Bay City Times

For the first time since 2006, Sault Ste. Marie has swept St. Ignace, claiming the second matchup 49-44 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Farmington Hills Mercy avenged its lone Detroit Catholic League Central loss this season, getting past Dearborn Divine Child 46-31 – C&G News

Detroit Mumford edged Detroit Renaissance 58-52 to claim the Detroit Public School League West Division 1 title – Detroit News

Boys Swimming & Diving

Lower Peninsula Division 3 honorable mention St. Clair cleared Marysville by 16 points to win the ForSports Blue Water Swim Classic – Port Huron Times Herald

Drew Panzl broke a Brighton breaststroke record that had stood since 1991 with a 59.26 in a win over Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

LPD3 No. 4 Holland Christian defeated No. 8 Grand Rapids Christian 104-73 in the first “Legacy Trophy” meet in honor of late swimmer Riley Hoeksema – Holland Sentinel

Wrestling

Division 1 No. 4 Macomb Dakota got past No. 10 New Baltimore Anchor Bay in a Macomb Area Conference Red matchup – Macomb Daily

Today in the MHSAA: 4/9/19

April 9, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Many in Michigan returned from Spring Break on Monday, and teams jumped straight into competition with five sports making our first daily achievers list of this season.

1. Girls Tennis: Petoskey won five flight championships en route to earning the Up North Invite team title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Softball: Kalkaska coach Rik Ponstein earned his 700th career win during his team’s sweep of Roscommon – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Boys Lacrosse: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard edged rival Greenhills 7-6 in overtime – We Love Ann Arbor

4. Baseball: Division 1 No. 6 Lake Orion downed Division 3 No. 16 Madison Heights Bishop Foley for its first win – Oakland Press

5. Baseball: Division 3 No. 12 Michigan Center swept Jonesville in a rematch of last season’s Regional Final – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

6. Baseball: Division 2 No. 6 Saginaw Swan Valley took a pair of impressive wins over Mount Pleasant – Saginaw News

7. Softball: Gladwin earned a pair of one-run wins over Midland Dow – Midland Daily News

8. Baseball: Division 1 No. 16 Plymouth won big over Northville in a matchup of Kensington Lakes Activities Association contenders – Observer & Eccentric

9. Softball: Division 1 No. 8 Canton improved to 2-0 with a 6-1 win over Novi – State Champs Sports Network

10. Girls Soccer: Taylor Noble had a first-half hat trick as Boyne City downed Kalkaska – MI Sports Now

Also of note …

Baseball: From Friday, Fowlerville downed Division 2 top-ranked Detroit Country Day 2-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Softball: From Friday, No. 4 Howell avenged a Wednesday loss with a big win over No. 2 Hartland to finish their first rematch from last season’s Division 1 Semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Baseball: From Friday, Division 1 No. 3 Grandville made a trip east and left with a 13-6 win over Division 2 No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – State Champs Sports Network

Baseball: From April 3, Division 1 No. 8 Detroit Catholic Central swept top-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice – Observer & Eccentric