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: 9/29/20
September 29, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Lower Peninsula girls golf postseason begins next week, and Monday saw contenders continue to thrive as they build toward championship challenges. Finalists for the state's elite volleyball award also were announced.
1. Girls Golf: Bloomfield Hills Marian – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – shot a 304 to win the Detroit Catholic League championship tournament – Oakland Press
2. Girls Golf: LPD2 No. 9 Okemos shot 332 and LPD4 No. 2 Montague 352 to take the top two places at the East Lansing Invitational – Local Sports Journal
3. Boys Soccer: Elk Rapids ran its shutout streak to seven games in defeating Charlevoix 8-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Volleyball: Division 4 top-ranked Mendon came back after losing the first set to defeat Constantine in four – JoeInsider.com
5. Volleyball: Pentwater swept Big Rapids Crossroads to move to 5-0 this fall – Ludington Daily News
6. Girls Golf: Zeeland East’s Bailey Bravata was medalist and LPD2 No. 6 Muskegon Mona Shores the team winner at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Holland Sentinel
7. Volleyball: Marquette moved to 8-1 overall with a sweep of Gladstone – WLUC
8. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 9 Saginaw Valley Lutheran swept Midland Bullock Creek, handing the Lancers their first league loss – Midland Daily News
9. Boys Soccer: Clinton came back to defeat Onsted 3-2 – Adrian Daily Telegram
10. Volleyball: Portage Central swept Kalamazoo Central – WWMT
Also of note …
Volleyball: The Michigan Interscholastic Volleyball Coaches Association announced its Miss Volleyball Award finalists – MIVCA