Today in the MHSAA: 2/2/18
February 2, 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: Olivia Dameron’s basket with 4.5 seconds to play gave Macomb Dakota a 53-51 win over Port Huron Northern and the Macomb Area Conference Red championship – Port Huron Times Herald
2. Wrestling: St. Louis clinched its sixth straight Tri-Valley Conference West title with a 63-12 win over Hemlock – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. Girls Basketball: Ida clinched a share of the Lenawee County Athletic Association championship with a 62-19 win over Dundee – Monroe Evening News
4. Girls Basketball: Sophia Wiard went over 1,000 career points as Muskegon Oakridge won its 75th straight West Michigan Conference game, 61-43 over Shelby – Local Sports Journal
5. Girls Basketball: Southfield Arts & Technology created a tie atop the Oakland Activities Association Red with a 47-36 win over previous lone leader Clarkston – Oakland Press
6. Girls Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake’s Savannah Peplinski went over 1,000 career points in her team’s 74-43 win over Suttons Bay – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. Girls Basketball: Bellevue handed Athens its first loss this season, 40-38 – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 3 top-ranked Holland West Ottawa got past honorable mention Hudsonville 183-123 – Holland Sentinel
9. Girls Basketball: Pittsford ran its overall winning streak to 69 and regular-season winning streak to 100 with a 72-25 win over Litchfield – Hillsdale Daily News
10. Hanover-Horton: Longtime basketball scorekeeper and school and league historian Larry Dailey thankfully is back to work – only three weeks after having a tumor removed from his brain – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Today In The MHSAA: 3/17/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 17, 2021
Major matchups of league leaders Tuesday were capped off by conference title celebrations as the final week of the basketball regular season, along with the first week of the hockey postseason, rolled on.
1. Girls Basketball: Standish-Sterling clinched the Tri-Valley Conference 10 title by handing Saginaw Nouvel its first loss, 40-37 – Bay City Times
2. Girls Basketball: Kent City clinched its eighth straight league title, downing Morley Stanwood 68-36 in the Central State Activities Association Silver – WOOD TV
3. Boys Basketball: Battle Creek Pennfield clinched its first league title since 2003, downing Coldwater 44-41 in a matchup of leaders in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference – Battle Creek Enquirer
4. Girls Basketball: Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s 49-34 win over Ludington created a shared championship for those two in the Lakes 8 Conference – Local Sports Journal
5. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow clinched the Saginaw Valley League championship with a 61-34 win over Grand Blanc – WJRT
6. Boys Basketball: Rockford claimed the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title outright with a 55-48 win over Holland West Ottawa – Grand Rapids Press
7. Girls Basketball: Byron Center Zion Christian clinched the Alliance League title outright with a 52-21 win over Kentwood Grand River Prep – FOX 17
8. Boys Basketball: Monroe Jefferson’s Jason Alston became the second player in school history to go over 1,000 career points during an 85-75 win over Ann Arbor Central Academy – Monroe News
9. Hockey: No. 7 Traverse Bay Reps advanced in Division 1 Regional hockey with a 3-1 win over Grand Haven – MI Sports Now
10. Boys Basketball: Okemos came back from 14 down after three quarters to defeat DeWitt 60-57 in overtime of a Capital Area Activities Conference Blue semifinal – WLNS
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: From Monday, Jenna Dove became the first Vestaburg player to go over 1,000 career points, scoring 19 against Carson City Crystal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun