Today in the MHSAA: 2/23/16

February 23, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A pair of unexpected basketball results, including one in a league tournament semifinal, topped headlines from Monday’s statewide action.

Boys Basketball

Livonia Churchill advanced to the to the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Kensington final by handing Northville its first loss this season, 51-48 – Detroit News

Bellaire locked up a fifth straight Ski Valley Conference title and 12th since 2000 with a 42-28 win over Indian River Inland Lakes – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Girls Basketball

Mattawan dealt only the second loss of this season to Stevensville Lakeshore, 49-44, after trailing by two heading into the final quarter – Kalamazoo Gazette

Fenton won a matchup of top Flint-area teams, handing Goodrich only its third loss, 52-43 – Flint Journal

Ice Hockey

Troy downed Ann Arbor Huron 7-3, but Huron goalie Ethan St. Pierre made an incredible 51 saves – Ann Arbor News

Good Read

Jason Petras was a hero of Farmington hockey’s run to the 2014 Division 3 title, and now a senior he remains inspired by the memory of his mom Kim, who died three years ago Feb. 4 – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 10/11/19

October 11, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA Lower Peninsula Boys Tennis Finals fields began to take shape with the first Regionals for that sport played Thursday, while the LP Girls Golf Finals fields are set after the last of those Regional tournaments finished up.

1. Boys Tennis: Top-ranked Ann Arbor Greenhills swept every flight to win its Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional, with No. 3 Detroit Country Day finishing runner-up in seven flights – We Love Ann Arbor

2. Boys Tennis: LPD3 No. 10 Petoskey won every flight on the way to an 11th straight Regional team championship – Petoskey News-Review

3. Girls Golf: Unranked Troy edged runner-up and No. 6 Rochester Adams by two strokes to win their LPD1 Regional – Oakland Press

4. Boys Tennis: Gibraltar Carlson outpaced runner-up Allen Park by a point to win its fifth straight Regional title, in LPD2 – Southgate News-Herald

5. Boys Tennis: St. Joseph claimed its 22nd Regional title over the last 24 seasons, in LPD3 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 8 Grand Blanc shot a 329 to edge LPD3 No. 1 Flint Powers Catholic by two strokes and win the Saginaw Valley League Tournament – Midland Daily News

7. Boys Soccer: Alpena won its first MHSAA Tournament game in at least nine years, 5-0 over Mount Pleasant in Division 2 – Alpena News

8. Volleyball: No. 6 Clarkston got past honorable mention Lake Orion in a key Oakland Activities Association Red matchup – Oakland Press

9. Cross County: Saugatuck’s girls and boys teams swept the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship meet titles; the girls are ranked No. 14 in LPD3 and the boys are ranked No. 3 – Holland Sentinel

10. Girls Swimming & Diving: No. 7 Ann Arbor Skyline outpaced No. 10 Huron 114-72 in a matchup of two of the three ranked Ann Arbor schools in LPD1 – We Love Ann Arbor