Today in the MHSAA: 1/4/17

January 4, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Basketball season started back up in force Tuesday, but pay special attention to a story out of St. Louis, where four heroes were saluted after reviving a high school athlete last month.

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.

Good Read/Watch

St. Louis’ Maverick Giles collapsed Dec. 9 while getting ready for basketball practice. His coach, along with the assistant fire chief and then two local police officers, revived him performing CPR and then using an AED – WEYI/WSMH | WNEM | WJRT 

Boys Basketball

Clarkston won a matchup of undefeated Class A contenders, 60-47 over Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Flint Journal

Pewamo-Westphalia remained undefeated with a 63-45 win over Fulton, a Class D semifinalist last season – Lansing State Journal

Gabe Meriwether scored the 1,000th point of his career in leading Bellaire to a 58-31 win over Mancelona – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Damon Martz scored 17 points during the fourth quarter and overtime to lead Pentwater past Walkerville 57-51 – Ludington Daily News

McBain topped Cadillac 61-50 in a matchup of northern Lower Peninsula teams that have made recent trips to MHSAA Semifinals – Cadillac News

Girls Basketball

Emily Judd’s putback with four seconds to play gave Bay City All Saints a 28-26 win over Peck – Bay City Times

Grand Haven rode a 21-3 start to a 42-33 win over Muskegon Reeths-Puffer – Muskegon Chronicle

St. Ignace handed Charlevoix its first loss in a matchup of strong Class C teams, 80-41 – Petoskey News Review

Jonesville handed Homer the latter’s first loss this season, 45-27 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Hartland handed Holly its first loss as well, 43-23 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Hockey

Marquette held on for a 2-1 win over Kingsford after the Flivvers got on the board midway through the third period – Marquette Mining Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 1/29/18

January 29, 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.

Today's Top 10 

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 9 Midland Dow won its 16th straight Tri-Cities championship, with LPD2 honorable mention Saginaw Heritage second – Midland Daily News

2. Hockey: Division 2 No. 3 Hartland edged top-ranked Livonia Stevenson 6-5 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 10 Niles came in first at the Greater Berrien County Invitational for the fifth time in six seasons, and No. 7 Stevensville Lakeshore was runner-up – Niles Daily Star

4. Girls Basketball: St. Clair clinched the Macomb Area Conference Silver championship, its first league title since 2007, with a 63-50 win over second-place St. Clair Shores South Lake – Port Huron Times Herald

5. Wrestling: Division 4 top-ranked Hudson had a meet-high five champions at the Lenawee County All-Star Tournament – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Hockey: Gaylord won a 12th game in a season for the first time since 2008-09 by defeating Traverse City Central for the first time since 2006-07, 3-1 – Petoskey News-Review

7. Girls Basketball: Clarkston’s Kayla Luchenbach scored her 1,000th point in leading the Wolves past Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 40-20 – Oakland Press

8. Skiing: Harbor Springs swept the Grayling Invitational, with Clare’s boys and Charlevoix’s girls posting runner-up finishes – Petoskey News-Review

9. Bowling: The Riverview boys and Flat Rock girls won the Bowl for Burns, Riverview downing Brownstown Woodhaven in the final and Flat Rock defeating Wyandotte Roosevelt – Southgate News Herald

10. Wrestling: Monroe Jefferson won the Observerland Tournament with four champions and three runners-up – Observer & Eccentric