Today in the MHSAA: 1/9/19
January 9, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Basketball returned from the holidays in full force Tuesday, highlighted by impressive victories on the girls side and historic accomplishments from a pair of boys teams.
1. Girls Basketball: Southfield Arts & Technology continued to build its case as a Division 1 contender with a 65-54 win over reigning Class B champ Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press
2. Girls Basketball: Iron River West Iron County handed Negaunee its first defeat, 53-42 – The Upbeat
3. Boys Basketball: Quincy downed Reading 55-46 to move to 9-0 as William Dunn scored 30 points in becoming the third player in school history to score 1,000 over a career – Coldwater Daily Reporter
4. Boys Basketball: Bay City Central downed Saginaw Arthur Hill 69-63, its first win over Arthur Hill since 1992 – Bay City Times
5. Girls Basketball: Elise Stuck scored 44 points as Charlevoix held off Gaylord 58-48 – Gaylord Herald Times
6. Hockey: Phillip Rios had 22 saves as Hancock shut out Division 2 No. 14 Kingsford 2-0 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
7. Boys Basketball: Hudsonville Unity Christian handed Holland Christian its first loss of this season, 63-42 – FOX 17
8. Boys Basketball: Detroit U-D Jesuit continued to rise in the Detroit Catholic League Central with a 69-62 win over Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – Detroit News
9. Boys Basketball: Marshawn Kneeland scored at the buzzer to push Wyoming Godwin Heights past Hopkins 50-48 – FOX 17
10. Girls Basketball: Brea Pruitt made two free throws with seven seconds to play to carry Saginaw Arts & Sciences past Saginaw High 55-54 – Saginaw News
Today in the MHSAA: 9/26/17
September 26, 2017
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. Girls Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 top-ranked Saline shot a 301, a record for the Southeastern Conference tournament and its second lowest ever, to win its division and the overall league title – Saline Post
2. Girls Golf: After four straight last-place finishes in its former league, Pinckney clinched the Southeastern Conference White division championship in its first year – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Boys Soccer: Ann Arbor Skyline is ranked No. 1 in Division 1 and Pioneer is unranked, but they were even Monday in a 0-0 draw – Detroit News
4. Girls Golf: Spring Lake, No. 8 in LPD2, shot a 165 to finish 10 strokes ahead of runner-up Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian (No. 3 in LPD4) in Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue jamboree play – Grand Haven Tribune
5. Boys Soccer: Unranked Holland Christian avenged an earlier loss to Division 2 No. 8 Holland with a 3-1 win – Holland Sentinel
6. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs shot a school record 330 to win the Cheboygan Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 8 Detroit Catholic Central avenged an earlier 1-0 loss to Birmingham Brother Rice with a 5-2 win in the rematch – Oakland Press
8. Boys Tennis: Bay City Western improved from third in 2016 to win the Bay County Championship ahead of runner-up Essexville Garber – Bay City Times
9. Boys Soccer: Brett Dyer scored six goals for Northport in its 7-3 win over Benzonia Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. Volleyball: Niles Brandywine went 3-1 with wins over St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran, Bridgman and Paw Paw to win Bridgman’s Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium