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: 6/4/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 4, 2026
1. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Catholic Central downed Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 13-7 in a Division 1 Semifinal – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS/BOYS LACROSSE Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central’s boys advanced in Division 2 with a 14-13 win over East Grand Rapids, and Detroit Country Day downed Forest Hills Northern 10-7; Rockford’s girls defeated Hartland 9-4 in a Division 1 Semifinal – WOOD TV
3. GIRLS LACROSSE East Grand Rapids advanced to the Division 2 Final with a 20-6 win over Haslett/Williamston; the Pioneers will face Detroit Country Day, which defeated Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 23-3 – WILX
4. BOYS LACROSSE Hudsonville advanced to the Division 1 championship game with an 11-3 win over Grand Ledge – WLNS
5. GIRLS LACROSSE South Lyon United will return to the Division 1 Final after a 23-8 win over Bloomfield Hills – State Champs!
6. BASEBALL Traverse City Central upset No. 5 Bay City Western 8-4 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Bay City Times
7. BASEBALL No. 4 Rochester Adams advanced in Division 1 with a 3-2 10-inning win over No. 2 Romeo – Oakland Press
8. BASEBALL No. 5 Fulton downed Byron Center Zion Christian 10-2 in Division 4 for its first Regional win since 2005 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. BASEBALL Top-ranked Traverse City St. Francis downed No. 19 Harbor Springs 11-3 in Division 3 and Mio edged No. 19 Gaylord St. Mary in Division 4 – Up North Live
10. BASEBALL Frankenmuth edged Flint Powers Catholic 4-3 and No. 10 Saginaw Swan Valley shut out Bay City John Glenn 2-0 in Division 2 – WNEM