Today in the MHSAA: 2/11/20
February 11, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first MHSAA Tournament events of this winter season played out on the slopes Monday, while a number of girls basketball teams also made headlines.
1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Renaissance and Detroit Cass Tech earned berths in the Detroit Public School League Tournament championship game – Detroit News
2. Skiing: The Petoskey girls and boys swept Division 2 Regional titles – Petoskey News-Review Girls | Boys
3. Skiing: East Grand Rapids also swept Division 2 Regional championships – Cadillac News
4. Girls Basketball: Oscoda clinched the North Star League Big Dipper title with a 41-34 win over Alcona – WBKB
5. Girls Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake handed Cadillac its first loss this season, 43-37 – Up North Live
6. Girls Basketball: East Lansing won a matchup of Division 1 contenders, 50-41 over Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Flint Journal
7. Girls Basketball: Fowler handed Byron its first loss of the season, 54-47 – Flint Journal
8. Boys Basketball: Ishpeming came back from an early 18-point deficit to get past Bark River-Harris 67-56 – Marquette Mining Journal
9. Boys Basketball: Hanover-Horton got past Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 79-49 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
10. Girls Basketball: Lake City held off Evart 30-20 – Big Rapids News
Also of note …
Wrestling: From Saturday, Sanford Meridian closed out its run to the overall Jack Pine Conference championship – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 6/4/18
June 4, 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 report does not include coverage of Track & Field and Girls Tennis Finals; Second Half covered all 18 of those meets.
1. Softball: Honorable mention Clinton Township Chippewa Valley got past reigning Division 1 champion and current No. 4 Macomb Dakota to finish a District title run – Macomb Daily
2. Softball: Custer Mason County Eastern downed Pentwater and then Onekama in Division 4 to claim an incredible 33rd consecutive District championship in this sport – Ludington Daily News
3. Boys Golf: No. 4 Gaylord and Brendon Gouin swept Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional titles as the Blue Devils prevailed ahead of top-ranked Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Gaylord Herald Times
4. Baseball: Grosse Pointe South swept Grosse Pointe North and then No. 2 University Liggett to claim a Division 1 District title – Detroit News
5. Boys Lacrosse: No. 2 Hartland downed No. 5 Brighton 19-7 in a Division 1 Quarterfinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. Boys Lacrosse: Reigning 13-time Division 1 champion Birmingham Brother Rice hung on through a 9-8 Quarterfinal win over Northville – Observer & Eccentric
7. Baseball: Brighton avenged two regular-season losses to No. 4 Howell with a 3-0 Division 1 District win that broke the Highlanders’ six-year streak of titles – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. Baseball: Armada upset No. 3 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 1-0 in Division 2 to win its first District title since 2005 – Macomb Daily
9. Baseball: No. 9 Brownstown Woodhaven got past Temperance Bedford 8-4 in Division 1 to claim its first District title in baseball – Southgate News Herald
10. Girls Soccer: Waterford Mott downed Walled Lake Central in Division 1 to claim its first District title in girls soccer – Oakland Press