Today in the MHSAA: 2/16/18
February 16, 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. Girls Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart clinched its third straight Mid-State Activities Conference title with a 61-14 win over Blanchard Montabella on a night during which it celebrated 50 years of girls basketball – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
2. Boys Basketball: Sault Ste. Marie senior Brandon Paul went over 1,000 career points as his team downed St. Ignace 49-18 to claim the Straits Area Conference title – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
3. Girls Basketball: St. Ignace downed Newberry 68-15 to clinch the Straits Area Conference title as coach Dorene Ingalls earned her 400th victory over 19 seasons – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
4. Boys Basketball: Novi Franklin Road Christian clinched the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Red title thanks to a last-second tip-in by Christian Banks for a 45-44 win over Allen Park Inter-City Baptist – Observer & Eccentric
5. Girls Basketball: Hillman claimed a fourth-straight North Star League Big Dipper championship with a 51-38 win over Rogers City – Alpena News
6. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class C runner-up Pewamo-Westphalia finished a regular-season sweep of rival Laingsburg 44-20 to claim the Central Michigan Athletic Conference title – Lansing State Journal
7. Boys Basketball: Petoskey clinched an outright Big North Conference title with an 86-60 win over Traverse City Central, combined with Traverse City West’s win over Cadillac – Petoskey News-Review
8. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Houghton downed Division 2 No. 7 Marquette 2-1 to give 19-year coach Corey Markham his 300th win – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
9. Girls Basketball: Flushing downed Ortonville Brandon 71-16 to claim a share of the Flint Metro League title – Flint Journal
10. Girls Basketball: Posen’s Cami LaTulip went over 1,000 career points during a 50-18 win over Fairview – Alpena News
Also of note …
Volleyball: Holland Christian hired former Calvin College assistant coach and assistant athletic director Laura Bindon to take over its volleyball program – Holland Sentinel
Today in the MHSAA: 9/10/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 10, 2025
1. GIRLS GOLF Freeland – No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and Holly’s Savannah Peters were winners at the Saginaw Heritage Invitational – Saginaw News
2. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 3 Brighton girls and top-ranked Northville boys won races that also included Salem’s teams – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood scored late to get past No. 11 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 3-2 – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Northville handed Division 1 honorable mention Livonia Stevenson its first loss, 1-0 – Hometown Life
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 No. 6 Utica Eisenhower held off Romeo in four sets – Macomb Daily
6. VOLLEYBALL Hart swept Shelby as Alayna Schiller reached 1,000 career digs – Local Sports Journal
7. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central ran its winning streak over Traverse City West to 11 but the teams played a five-set match for the first time since 2019 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. VOLLEYBALL Marquette and Negaunee also went to a fifth set, with the Sentinels emerging victorious – Upper Michigan’s Source
9. CROSS COUNTRY Pinckney’s girls and boys were first among teams from the White division at the first Southeastern Conference jamboree – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. VOLLEYBALL Midland Dow opened Saginaw Valley League play with a four-set win over Heritage – Midland Daily News