Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/16
February 26, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday was a big night statewide for girls basketball and this morning nearly as significant with the announcement of this season's Miss Basketball finalists.
Girls Basketball
The Detroit Free Press and Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan introduced this season’s Miss Basketball finalists: Bay City John Glenn’s Cassidy Boensch, Muskegon’s Mardrekia Cook, Detroit Renaissance’s Siyeh Frazier, Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick and Goodrich’s Alexis Sevillian – Detroit Free Press
In an Operation Friendship matchup of Detroit Public School League and Catholic League champions, Detroit Martin Luther King downed Bloomfield Hills Marian 66-47 – Oakland Press
Bark River-Harris tied its best record ever with one of its best wins of the season, downing rival Crystal Falls Forest Park – Escanaba Daily Press
Croswell-Lexington clinched its fourth straight Blue Water Athletic Conference title with a 51-42 win over Imlay City – Port Huron Times Herald
From Tuesday, Calumet finished its first 20-0 regular season with a win over Lake Linden-Hubbell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Ice Hockey
Gaylord’s Gage Andrews scored the game-winner 39 seconds into overtime to lead his team past rival Petoskey, 3-2 – Gaylord Herald Times
Today in the MHSAA: 12/1/16
December 1, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
As fans of competition, we can give thanks for early-season matchups of top-ranked teams like we saw in hockey Wednesday. But check out our “Good Reads” today for a wider perspective of why else we should be grateful.
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.
Girls Basketball
Michigan Center survived a Jonesville comeback to win its season opener 43-40 in overtime – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Class D power Athens got off to the right start with a 32-20 win over Battle Creek St. Philip – Battle Creek Enquirer
Mackinaw City pulled out an overtime win over rival Pellston, 36-33 – Petoskey News Review
From Tuesday, Canton downed Bloomfield Hills Marian 43-40 in an early-season meeting of regular contenders in Class A – Observer & Eccentric
Hockey
Hartland – ranked No. 1 in Division 2 – came back from a two-goal deficit to beat Division 1 top-ranked Brighton 3-2 in overtime – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Cadillac led 4-0 but had to hold on for a 5-4 win over Cheboygan – Cadillac News
On his team’s 56th shot of the night, Mario Steffin netted the game-winner as Wyandotte Roosevelt downed Southgate Anderson 4-3 in overtime – Southgate News Herald
Good Reads
We missed this one a few days ago, but the Port Huron Times Herald provided some awesome perspective by printing what many of its most notable local sports figures – coaches, high school stars and champions past – were thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend – Port Huron Times Herald
We’ve been following the story of longtime northern Michigan and current Traverse City St. Francis basketball coach Keith Haske (Second Half, 3/3/16), who has been fighting cancer but finished up a round of chemotherapy this week – Traverse City Record-Eagle