Today in the MHSAA: 2/16/16

February 16, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A relatively quiet night in statewide hoops still produced a handful of stunning highlights to go with the retirement of one of Michigan’s most respected football coaches.

Girls Basketball

Reigning Class C champion Calumet clinched its first West Peninsula Athletic Conference title with a 46-42 win over Houghton, last season’s league champion – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Boys Basketball

Sanford Meridian needed all of six overtimes to get past Unionville-Sebewaing, 76-74 – Midland Daily News

Football

Longtime Mendon coach John Schwartz announced his retirement after attaining a 274-48 record over 27 seasons and leading the Hornets to 25 playoff appearances and 10 MHSAA championships – Sturgis Journal

Good Read

Gibraltar Carlson senior Jacob Thomas didn’t want to miss out on anything his senior year – so this winter, he’s pulling off the rare double-up of playing basketball and hockey – Monroe Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/3/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 3, 2025

1. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – claimed its 20th-straight Saginaw Valley League Tournament victory with a sweep of all flights – Midland Daily News

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Portage Central claimed a fourth-straight title in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament with a 1-0 win over Division 2 No. 6 St. Joseph – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 15 DeWitt won the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup with a 3-1 victory over No. 11 Mason – Lansing State Journal

4. GIRLS GOLF LPD1 No. 4 Byron Center and Muskegon Reeths-Puffer’s Sophia McCollum were champions at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 5 Flint Powers Catholic downed Grand Blanc 2-1 to win the SVL Gold Cup – WNEM

6. VOLLEYBALL Marysville swept Utica in a key Macomb Area Conference White match – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS GOLF Petoskey was first and Harbor Springs second at the Traverse City Central Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. VOLLEYBALL Bear Lake stayed in first place in the West Michigan D League with wins over Baldwin and Mason County Eastern – Manistee News Advocate

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD2 No. 4 Midland Dow earned wins over Saginaw Heritage and Flint Powers Catholic, the latter 96-82 – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS SOCCCER Alpena earned a 1-0 Senior Night win over Cadillac – Alpena News