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: 9/13/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 13, 2023

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Northville boys – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged No. 2 Brighton by a point and No. 4 Canton by seven, while Brighton’s top-ranked girls swept their side of the meet against No. 4 Northville and Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 8 Lake City opened Highland Conference play with a four-set win over honorable mention Beal City – Cadillac News

3. VOLLEYBALL Rochester Adams twice came back to defeat Division 2 No. 6 Detroit Country Day in five sets – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 East Kentwood came back from two goals down to get past Grand Haven 3-2 – FOX17

5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 No. 9 Leslie girls and Olivet boys won Blackhawk Invitational titles – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net

6. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba won the first two sets and came back after losing the next two to defeat Negaunee in five – Escanaba Daily Press

7. VOLLEYBALL Addison remains undefeated after a four-set victory over Hanover-Horton – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Oxford made its opening two-goal lead stand in a 4-2 victory over Troy – Oakland Press

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Zeeland followed Jenna Meyer to a 108-65 win over Holland – Holland Sentinel

10. BOYS SOCCER Max Lasser scored three goals in North Muskegon’s 4-1 win over Muskegon Oakridge – Local Sports Journal