Today in the MHSAA: 1/31/20
January 31, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A trio of girls basketball headliners lead off our list of Thursday’s high achievers across the state, which also included coverage from boys basketball, boys swimming & diving and hockey.
1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Cass Tech handed the first loss this season to Detroit Martin Luther King 68-43, clinching the Detroit Public School League East championship with the win – Detroit News
2. Girls Basketball: Camden-Frontier handed Pittsford its first loss of the season, 54-34 – Hillsdale Daily News
3. Girls Basketball: Pinconning’s Lauren Laures set program records for points in a game and career during a 74-40 win over Farwell – Bay City Times
4. Boys Basketball: Joe Liedel scored a school-record 54 points to lead Erie Mason past Onsted 70-67 in double overtime – Monroe News
5. Boys Swimming & Diving: No. 4 Holland West Ottawa won a matchup of Lower Peninsula Division 1 foes, 186-116 over Rockford – Holland Sentinel
6. Boys Basketball: Andre Floyd’s basket during the closing seconds pushed Southfield Arts & Technology past Farmington 66-65 – C&G Newspapers
7. Boys Basketball: Thanks also to Erie Mason’s win, Blissfield moved into a three-way tie for first in the Lenawee County Athletic Association with a 76-52 victory over Ida – Adrian Daily Telegram
8. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD2 honorable mention Gibraltar Carlson celebrated nine event winners on the way to defeating Allen Park 111-74 – Southgate News-Herald
9. Hockey: Ben Hepp scored four goals, including two short-handed, to key Oxford/Avondale’s win over Bishop Foley United – Oakland Press
10. Boys Basketball: Ravenna moved to 11-0 with a 60-42 win over Montague – Local Sports Journal
Also of note …
Wrestling: The second Michigan Wrestling Association Girls State Championships will be wrestled Sunday, with nearly double the field of the first year’s event – Adrian Daily Telegram
Boys Basketball: From Wednesday, Chase Ingersoll scored 31 points and broke the school’s career scoring record during Fife Lake Forest Area’s 79-67 win over Buckley – MI Sports Now
Boys Basketball: Bullock Creek’s Brant O’Keefe will be recognized Saturday for saving his father’s life with CPR this past fall – Saginaw News
Today in the MHSAA: 1/17/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 17, 2025
1. BOYS BASKETBALL KJ Torbert reached 1,000 career points and East Lansing downed Okemos 78-67 in double overtime – Lansing State Journal
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jordyn Egger reached 1,000 career points in Mount Pleasant’s big win over Bay City Central – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Daniel Jacobson also celebrated 1,000 career points with 24 in Gaylord St. Mary’s 53-29 win over Onaway – Petoskey News-Review
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Birmingham Groves is first in the Oakland Activities Association Red thanks to a 66-62 win over Clarkston – Detroit News
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grass Lake sits alone in first in the Cascades Conference East after a 49-39 victory over Leslie – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. HOCKEY Wyandotte Roosevelt downed Gibraltar Carlson 3-1 in part thanks to goalie Evan Kelly’s 47 saves – Southgate News-Herald
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Mt. Morris remained undefeated in Mid-Michigan Activities Conference play after a 44-27 win over New Lothrop – WJRT
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Halen McLaughlin drained 38 points in Sanford Meridian’s 68-41 victory over Beaverton – Midland Daily News
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Drake Koepke scored the game-winner in Bellaire’s 50-49 win over Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Clarkston Everest Collegiate broke away from a halftime tie to down Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 50-32 – Oakland Press