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: 9/3/20

September 3, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Some of the best statewide met in local competition Wednesday with cross country and golf headlining a full day of headline-grabbing results.

1. Cross Country: Romeo’s boys defeated reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion Brighton, and Brighton’s girls won on a tie-breaker in a race between two more top-10 finishers from the 2019 Finals – Livingston Daily

2. Girls Golf: Olivia Hemmila fired a school-record round to lead Troy Athens to the Oakland County Division 2 championship – Oakland Press

3. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 4 Grand Blanc finished first at the Saginaw Valley League 9-hole tournament, topping a field featuring multiple team and individual statewide contenders – WJRT

4. Boys Tennis: Battle Creek Lakeview won its fifth-straight All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

5. Volleyball: Charlevoix moved to 9-0 this fall with wins over Kingsley, McBain and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Petoskey News-Review

6. Girls Golf: LPD3 No. 3 Big Rapids shot a 363 to finish first, with LPD4 No. 7 Remus Chippewa Hills second, at the latest Central State Activities Association jamboree – Big Rapids News

7. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis was first and No. 10 Ludington second in a quad with Elk Rapids and Harbor Springs – Ludington Daily News

8. Boys Tennis: LPD3 No. 8 Holland Christian edged rival Holland 5-3 – Holland Sentinel

9. Boys Soccer: Ogemaw Heights handed Alpena the latter’s first defeat, 1-0 – Alpena News

10. Cross Country: The Midland Dow girls and Midland High boys won quads that also included Sanford Meridian and Bullock Creek – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

Softball: Longtime coach Tom Kaechele, who led his team to the 2018 Division 1 title and a runner-up finish in 2015, has retired after 19 seasons – Grand Rapids Press