Today in the MHSAA: 2/12/18

February 12, 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. Hockey: Division 3 No. 4 Houghton scored all four of its goals in the third period to come back from a 3-0 deficit and defeat top-ranked Hancock 4-3 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

2. Boys Basketball: Detroit Edison Public School Academy’s 59-51 win over reigning champion Detroit Cass Tech was the most notable of Detroit Public School League tournament games over the weekend – Detroit News

3. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow avenged a 12-point December loss to rival Midland with a 52-33 rematch win – Midland Daily News

4. Girls basketball: Schoolcraft moved to 17-0 and clinched the Southwestern Athletic Conference Valley title with a 57-39 win over Kalamazoo Hackett – JoeInsider.com

5. Girls Basketball: Posen clinched the North Star League Little Dipper title with a 47-33 win over Whittemore-Prescott – Alpena News

6. Hockey: Traverse City West downed Alpena 1-0 to claim the Big North Conference championship outright – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Wrestling: No. 6 Hartland advanced all 14 of its wrestlers from Saturday’s Division 1 Individual District – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. Wrestling: Top-ranked Hudson also sent 14 wrestlers on to Regionals in Division 4 action – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Boys Bowling: Gaylord earned a share of the Northern Michigan Bowling Conference championship with wins over Sault Ste. Marie and St. Ignace – Gaylord Herald Times

10. Hockey: Division 2 No. 6 Saline twice came back from one-goal deficits to tie No. 2 Plymouth 2-2 – Saline Post

Today in the MHSAA: 5/11/18

May 11, 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.

1. Girls Tennis: Midland Dow, the top-ranked team in Lower Peninsula Division 1, swept every flight to claim a 21st straight Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Dow

2. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 15 Plymouth dealt No. 3 Brighton its first loss of the season, 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Baseball: Division 1 No. 3 Rockford came back from being swept by No. 6 Grandville on Tuesday to win their third game against each other this week and pull within a game of the Bulldogs’ league lead – FOX 17

4. Girls Tennis: LPD2 No. 7 Traverse City Central locked up its seventh straight Big North Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Baseball: Unranked Saginaw Heritage won the opener 1-0, but Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western won the second game 3-0 in a matchup of Saginaw Valley League contenders – Bay City Times

6. Softball: Ubly swept Harbor Beach to earn a share of the Greater Thumb Conference East title – Huron Daily Tribune

7. Baseball: Tucker Zacharda’s walk-off sacrifice fly earned Holton an 8-7 win over White Cloud and coach Jim Giddings his 300th career victory – Local Sports Journal

8. Track & Field: Rapid River’s boys won their 41st annual home invitational by two points, while Felch North Dickinson repeated as the girls champion – Escanaba Daily Press

9. Golf: The Escanaba girls and Gladstone boys claimed Escanaba Invitational titles, the Braves shooting a 311 and Paxton Johnson finishing as girls medalist at 77 – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Football: Former Grand Ledge standout and Homer coach Joe Brya has been hired to take over Eaton Rapids – Lansing State Journal

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Frankfort coach Reggie Manville will not return next season after leading the team to a 129-41 record over the last seven – MI Sports Now

Baseball: Ada Forest Hills Eastern coach Ian Hearn was honored Thursday for winning his 500th career game a week ago – Grand Rapids Press