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: 9/10/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 10, 2021

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 4 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic got past No. 10 Madison Heights Bishop Foley 2-1 with a last-minute game-winner – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Hartland came back from two goals down to tie Division 1 top-ranked Northville 2-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. VOLLEYBALL After splitting the first two sets, Grand Blanc won the next two to hand Saginaw Heritage its first defeat – Flint Journal

4. VOLLEYBALL Flushing downed Fenton in four sets in a match that should eventually figure into the league title race – Mid-Michigan Now

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 Ludington gave up its first goal of the season, but remained undefeated with a 5-1 win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Ludington Daily News

6. BOYS TENNIS Midland Dow downed rival Midland 7-1 – Midland Daily News

7. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 10 McBain opened league play with sweeps of Houghton Lake and Beal City – Cadillac News

8. BOYS SOCCER Charlevoix defeated Grayling 2-0 in the annual “Noah’s Ark” game – Petoskey News-Review

9. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING The Traverse City Tritons co-op earned the individual first places in all but one event in a win over Gaylord – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 4 Calumet earned a sweep of Iron Mountain in league play – Iron Mountain Daily News

Also of note …

MHSAA Longtime and now-retired assistant director Nate Hampton always has refused to take credit for the work he’s done in athletics over a half century – but the many he impacted are more than glad to step in and tell the story – Detroit Free Press