Today in the MHSAA: 2/22/17

February 22, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The basketball season continues to speed to a momentous conclusion, but today make sure to get to the bottom of this report for a couple of stories about athletes working through tragedy that you don’t want to miss.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Boys Basketball

Big Rapids finished an outright Central State Activities Association Gold title with a 60-35 win over Reed City – Big Rapids News

New Haven advanced in the Macomb Area Conference Blue-Gold Tournament with a win over Warren Woods Tower and thanks to 40 points by Eric Williams, Jr. – Macomb Daily

Walled Lake Western edged rival Walled Lake Northern 63-62 to move on in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament – Oakland Press

Detroit U-D Jesuit just got past Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 51-49 to advance to the Detroit Catholic League A-B Final – Detroit News

Dollar Bay’s Devin Schmitz needed four points to reach 1,000 for his career, but scored 43 in a 66-57 win over Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Parma Western fell into a tie for first place in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference after a 54-53 loss to Battle Creek Harper Creek – Battle Creek Enquirer

Blake Dunn became Saugatuck’s all-time leading scorer with 1,489 points, adding 19 in a win over Lawton – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Basketball

Brethren’s Taytum Myers became her school’s first 1,000-point scorer during a win over Lake Leelanau St. Mary – Manistee News Advocate

Frankenmuth clinched its 12th-straight Tri-Valley Conference East title with a 47-27 win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News

Dearborn Heights Robichaud standout Kamaria McDaniel scored 39 points, but Flint Hamady emerged with a 75-67 win – Flint Journal

From Monday, Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian got past Ellsworth 50-49 to secure its first Northern Lakes Conference title since 2007 – Petoskey News-Review

Good Reads

Similar tragedies have struck the Traverse City Bay Reps hockey program over the last three years, as multiple players have experienced the death of a parent. But the team has stuck together, on the rink and in working through those sadnesses – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Gaylord St. Mary’s golfer Noah Kole was hospitalized recently after losing feeling in his legs, and the Gaylord Herald Times wished him well this week (and the good news is he’s now recovering and should be ready for this spring) – Gaylord Herald Times

Today in the MHSAA: 4/29/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 29, 2026

1. BASEBALL Logan Slimko threw North Muskegon’s first perfect game ever, striking out 18 during a 2-0 victory over Hart – Local Sports Journal

2. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 8 Essexville Garber handed No. 5 Frankenmuth its first league loss in two years during a doubleheader split – Bay City Times

3. GIRLS SOCCER Kennedie Crow scored five goals, including her 100th, in Eaton Rapids’ 6-0 win over Lansing Catholic – WLNS

4. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 5 Evart remains undefeated after a sweep of Division 4 No. 5 Beal City – MI Sports Now

5. BOYS GOLF Big Rapids won the second Central State Activities Association event, adding to its victory in the first – Big Rapids News

6. SOFTBALL Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse edged St. Clair Shores Lake Shore 1-0 – Macomb Daily

7. TRACK & FIELD The Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker girls and Cass City boys were champions at the Ubly Invitational – Huron Daily Tribune

8. BOYS GOLF Leland carded a 172 to win a 9-hole event at Crystal Mountain – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BASEBALL Nic Haas had a walk-off hit to send Division 2 No. 12 Freeland past Bay City John Glenn 7-6, and the Falcons then finished the sweep – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Rochester Adams got off to a fast start in a 3-0 win over Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press