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: 4/21/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 21, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Gabi Novak will be the first entry in the MHSAA record book for career goalkeeper saves after surpassing 530 in a 6-1 win over Coloma – Kalamazoo Gazette

2. BASEBALL Essexville Garber downed Division 2 No. 7 Bay City John Glenn 9-2 to secure the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

3. TRACK & FIELD Quincy’s girls swept Homer and Bronson with thrower Sophia Snellenberger breaking a 22-year-old school record in the discus – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. BASEBALL Clinton swept Division 3 No. 4 Blissfield, 2-1 in nine innings and then 5-1 in five – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 3 Macomb Dakota won a 13-8 slugfest with honorable mention Walled Lake Northern, with the second game suspended after 15 more runs were scored over the first three innings – Macomb Daily

6. BOYS GOLF Traverse City Central won a fifth-score tie-breaker to edge West at the Cadillac Invitational – Cadillac News

7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 16 Traverse City Central swept Division 3 No. 15 Traverse City St. Francis 6-4 and 11-1 – MI Sports Now

8. SOFTBALL Unity Nelson struck out 14 in a five-inning no-hit opener as Division 4 No. 4 Ottawa Lake Whiteford shut out Adrian Madison – Monroe News

9. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 19 Muskegon Oakridge’s sweep of Fremont including a 2-0 opening win and a 13-11 victory in the second game as Oakridge came back from eight runs down – MuskegonSports.com

10. BASEBALL Gavin DeVooght’s one-hitter in the opener highlighted Walled Lake Central’s sweep of Walled Lake Western – Spinal Column