Today in the MHSAA: 2/23/18

February 23, 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: Wayne Memorial won a matchup of top Class A teams statewide, downing Howell 50-46 to claim the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association overall championship – Observer & Eccentric

2. Girls Basketball: Traverse City St. Francis clinched a share of its eighth straight Lake Michigan Conference title with a 56-47 win over Charlevoix, which entered tied for first – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Girls Basketball: Petoskey finished an outright Big North Conference championship with a 40-32 win over Cadillac – Petoskey News-Review

4. Boys Skiing: Reigning Division 2 champion Petoskey finished another perfect run through the Big North Conference – Petoskey News-Review

5. Girls Basketball: Clarkston and Birmingham Groves clinched shares of Oakland Activities Association Red and White titles, respectively – Oakland Press

6. Girls Basketball: Royal Oak earned the other share of the OAA White championship with a win over West Bloomfield – Oakland Press

7. Girls Basketball: Bear Lake downed Walkerville to claim a share of the West Michigan D League championship – Manistee News Advocate

8. Boys Basketball: Detroit Henry Ford Academy standout Trevion Williams went over 1,000 career points with 12 in a 51-48 win over Ecorse – Detroit Free Press

9. Girls Basketball: Morenci’s Daelyn Merillat joined teammate Mady Schmitz as the only players in program history to score 1,000 points with 25 in a win over Britton Deerfield – Adrian Daily Telegram

10. Hockey: Division 2 No. 7 Marquette closed the regular season with a 3-2 comeback win over Division 3 No. 2 Calumet – Marquette Mining Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 5/22/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 22, 2023

1. TRACK & FIELD The Ann Arbor Pioneer girls and Saline boys won power-packed Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regionals – Ann Arbor News Girls | Boys

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood edged Division 4 top-ranked Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett for the Detroit Catholic League Cardinal championship, while Division 2 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian defeated Division 3 No. 8 Warren Regina for the Bishop title – Oakland Press Cardinal | Bishop

3. TRACK & FIELD Brighton Charyl Stockwell’s boys team won its school’s first Regional championship in any sport, doing so in LPD3 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. TRACK & FIELD The Romeo girls and Clinton Township Chippewa Valley boys won star-studded LPD1 Regionals – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

5. TRACK & FIELD The Grand Rapids Christian girls and No. 7 Ada Forest Hills Eastern boys were champions in LPD2 at Sparta – FOX 17

6. TRACK & FIELD The Brighton boys and Grand Ledge girls also were champions at LPD1 Regionals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. SOFTBALL/BASEBALL The Negaunee softball team and Houghton baseball team won Western Peninsula Athletic Conference Tournament championships – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette Softball | Baseball

8. BASEBALL Grass Lake edged Hanover-Horton 2-1 to clinch the Cascades Conference Tournament championship – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

9. TRACK & FIELD Marquette swept UPD1 Regional championships on the team’s home track, the girls by a point ahead of Sault Ste. Marie – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. BOYS GOLF LPD3 top-ranked Grand Rapids Catholic Central shot a two-day 625 to win the Katke Classic – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

SOFTBALL Wayland’s Cheri Ritz went over 1,000 career coaching wins last week – Grand Rapids Press