Today in the MHSAA: 2/1/16

February 1, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Incredible numbers in girls basketball and boys swimming and a matchup of undefeated rivals led the weekend’s headlines across Michigan. 

Girls Basketball

Southfield-Lathrup doubled up Southfield in the final regular-season matchup between the rivals – the schools are scheduled to merge next year – Oakland Press

Grand Rapids South Christian made 11 3-pointers to stay undefeated and hand the first loss this season to Grand Rapids Catholic Central, 70-50 – Grand Rapids Press 

Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick continues to climb the MHSAA career scoring list and moved past St. Joseph’s Kim Knuth for seventh place with 39 against Niles to give her 2,460 points – St. Joseph Herald Palladium

Competitive Cheer

Portage Central, Plainwell, host Otsego and Delton Kellogg won division titles at the Bulldog Invitational with Plainwell putting up the top score overall – Kalamazoo Gazette 

Boys Swimming & Diving

Midland Dow won its 14th Tri-Cities Swim Invitational title, and Nehemiah Mork broke multiple meet records including one set in 1982 – Saginaw News 

Wrestling

Six of the 14 champions at the Lenawee County All-Star Tournament came from Hudson – Adrian Daily Telegram

Battle Creek Lakeview won the Bill Evans Memorial Invitational ahead of a field that included Division 4 No. 7 Bronson – Battle Creek Enquirer

Macomb teams dominated the Macomb-Oakland County Challenge, led by undefeated Richmond – Macomb Daily

Unranked Niles won its fourth straight Greater Berrien County Invitational ahead of a field that included Division 2 No. 10 Stevensville Lakeshore – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Good Reads

Fans of all schools will be rooting for Howell coach Ken Richards, who remains the school’s freshman boys basketball coach after being given a 50-50 chance of surviving cancer this past football season – Livingston Daily

Mount Pleasant is mourning the death of longtime coach Jim Powell, who guided more than 4,000 athletes during a 60-year career – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Today in the MHSAA: 4/20/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 20, 2023

1. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s extended its record winning streak by taking the first game against No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, but the second was suspended with the score tied – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS SOCCER Mattawan continued its impressive April with a 2-1 win over Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 2 Evart swept No. 9 Traverse City St. Francis thanks in part to Ally Theunick’s hitting – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. SOFTBALL Aubrey Hensley became Temperance Bedford’s all-time home runs leader with her 19th in a win over Adrian – Monroe News

5. SOFTBALL A pair of Hamilton pitchers combined to no-hit Coopersville during the opener of a doubleheader matchup of Division 2 honorable mentions – Holland Sentinel

6. BOYS GOLF Pentwater shot a 339 to win the Shelby Invitational – Ludington Daily News

7. GIRLS SOCCER Nora Proos scored all four goals in St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lakes’ 4-3 win over St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. SOFTBALL Midland earned a split with Davison with an eighth-inning walk-off single in the second game – Midland Daily News

9. BASEBALL Mackinaw City edged Pickford 12-11 on a walk-off double – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. BOYS GOLF Quincy edged Jonesville by two strokes to win the first Big 8 Conference jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter