Today in the MHSAA: 12/7/18

December 7, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

The basketball weekend got its start Thursday with a number of games across the state, but make sure to also check out a video look back at a memorable event from the last day of the MHSAA fall season.

1. Girls Basketball: Alpena came back from a 14-point halftime deficit to down Gaylord 48-45 – Alpena News

2. Girls Basketball: Bay City Western earned new coach Brian Merritt his first win, 45-41 over Midland – Bay City Times

3. Boys Basketball: Sanford Meridian improved to 4-0 with a 58-27 win over league rival Beaverton – Saginaw News

4. Girls Basketball: Mackinaw City earned its 10th straight win over rival Pellston, 59-29 – Petoskey News-Review

5. Boys Basketball: McBain won a matchup of annual northern contenders 67-48 over Boyne City – Cadillac News

6. Girls Basketball: North Muskegon outlasted Shelby 46-40 in overtime – Local Sports Journal

7. Girls Basketball: Muskegon Oakridge ran its league winning streak to 79 with a 44-24 victory over Montague – Muskegon Chronicle

8. Girls Basketball: Harbor Beach earned a solid victory over Unionville-Sebewaing, 37-23 – Huron Daily Tribune

9. Girls Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake opened its season with a 47-29 win over Elk Rapids – WPBN

10. Girls Basketball: Walled Lake Northern earned a 47-30 win over North Farmington – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Football: This season’s 11-Player Finals weekend at Ford Field for the first time included an exhibition played by four Special Olympics Unified flag football teams – and Special Olympics Michigan produced a wonderful recap celebrating the day.

Today in the MHSAA: 4/7/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 7, 2025

1. TRACK & FIELD Hillsdale Academy’s Grayson Rorick was among standouts at the Jack Beilfuss Early Season Invitational – Hillsdale Daily News

2. GIRLS SOCCER Hartland shut out Okemos 2-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. GIRLS SOCCER Lakeview downed McBain Northern Michigan Christian 5-1 to win the latter’s Comet Cup – Cadillac News

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western swept Division 4 No. 3 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart and Walled Lake Northern in a Saturday doubleheader – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS LACROSSE Rochester scored first, but Stoney Creek scored the next six goals on the way to a 16-6 victory – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS SOCCER Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse scored both goals during the first half of a 2-0 win over Richmond – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS SOCCER Brooke Grant had three goals and an assist in Jackson Northwest’s 8-1 win over Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 5 Traverse City St. Francis opened with a sweep of Kingsley, 9-3 and 7-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BASEBALL Freeland also opened with a sweep, downing Alpena 7-1 and 4-0 – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS SOCCER Dearborn Heights Crestwood downed Detroit Western 7-3 – Dearborn Press & Guide