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: 9/24/15

September 24, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Michigan’s athletes are in midseason form as we head into the final weekend of September, and some of Wednesday’s performances in cross country and golf are proof they’re hitting stride.

Cross Country

St. Joseph sophomore Anna Fischer, one of the top freshmen at last season’s MHSAA Finals, edged Portage Northern freshman Peyton Witt to win Wednesday’s Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West race – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills senior Madison Goen continued her streak of winning every race she’s run this season, going 18 minutes flat as Kenowa edged Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 27-28 – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Golf

Macomb Lutheran North, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, broke its school record for the second time this week, shooting 330 to win the Macomb County Golf Invitational; sophomore Serena Nguyen was the medalist at 77 – Macomb Daily

Boys Soccer

Midland edged Bay City Western 2-1 in Saginaw Valley League North play despite the 25th goal this season for the Warriors Ty Fulco – Bay City Times

Ortonville Brandon, No. 20 in Division 2, edged Flint Metro League foe Fenton 1-0 after a shootout; Brandon also beat Clio in a shootout Monday – Oakland Press

Petoskey’s 4-0 win over Elk Rapids was its sixth shutout in seven games and fourth straight; the Northmen are No. 14 in Division 2 – Petoskey News

Boys Tennis

Port Huron Northern, No. 8 in LP Division 1, downed St. Clair 6-2 to claim the MAC Red championship outright, its first league title since 2011 – Port Huron Times-Herald

Volleyball

Class C top-ranked Bronson downed Class D No. 5 Mendon in three sets in a matchup of two of southwest Michigan’s top teams – Sturgis Journal

Kent City, an honorable mention in Class C, downed No. 10 Morley-Stanwood in four sets to move into first place alone in the Central State Activities Association Silver – Big Rapids News