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: 3/17/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 17, 2021
Major matchups of league leaders Tuesday were capped off by conference title celebrations as the final week of the basketball regular season, along with the first week of the hockey postseason, rolled on.
1. Girls Basketball: Standish-Sterling clinched the Tri-Valley Conference 10 title by handing Saginaw Nouvel its first loss, 40-37 – Bay City Times
2. Girls Basketball: Kent City clinched its eighth straight league title, downing Morley Stanwood 68-36 in the Central State Activities Association Silver – WOOD TV
3. Boys Basketball: Battle Creek Pennfield clinched its first league title since 2003, downing Coldwater 44-41 in a matchup of leaders in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference – Battle Creek Enquirer
4. Girls Basketball: Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s 49-34 win over Ludington created a shared championship for those two in the Lakes 8 Conference – Local Sports Journal
5. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow clinched the Saginaw Valley League championship with a 61-34 win over Grand Blanc – WJRT
6. Boys Basketball: Rockford claimed the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title outright with a 55-48 win over Holland West Ottawa – Grand Rapids Press
7. Girls Basketball: Byron Center Zion Christian clinched the Alliance League title outright with a 52-21 win over Kentwood Grand River Prep – FOX 17
8. Boys Basketball: Monroe Jefferson’s Jason Alston became the second player in school history to go over 1,000 career points during an 85-75 win over Ann Arbor Central Academy – Monroe News
9. Hockey: No. 7 Traverse Bay Reps advanced in Division 1 Regional hockey with a 3-1 win over Grand Haven – MI Sports Now
10. Boys Basketball: Okemos came back from 14 down after three quarters to defeat DeWitt 60-57 in overtime of a Capital Area Activities Conference Blue semifinal – WLNS
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: From Monday, Jenna Dove became the first Vestaburg player to go over 1,000 career points, scoring 19 against Carson City Crystal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun