Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/20

February 26, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of remaining girls basketball league championships were decided Tuesday, while the Hockey Regional Tournament sped ahead with February winding down.

1. Girls Basketball: Kingsley and Maple City Glen Lake settled on a shared Northwest Conference title with their wins in league finales – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Basketball: Ithaca clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference West title with a 41-39 win over Ithaca – Saginaw News

3. Boys Basketball: Petersburg Summerfield clinched the Tri-County Conference title with a 47-26 win over Adrian Madison, and Dundee’s Dallas Bolster went over 1,000 career points in his team’s 72-36 win over Morenci – Monroe News

4. Girls Basketball: Dexter secured a share of the Southeastern Conference White title with a 65-36 win over Pinckney, while Chelsea claimed the other share with a 64-48 win over Tecumseh – Chelsea Sun Times News

5. Boys Basketball: Coldwater clinched a share of the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title with a 56-44 win over Battle Creek Harper Creek – Coldwater Daily Reporter

6. Boys Basketball: Waterford Mott clinched a share of the Lakes Valley Conference title with a 76-37 win over South Lyon East – Oakland Press

7. Girls Basketball: Posen earned a share of the North Star League Little Dipper championship with a 74-19 win over Atlanta – Alpena News

8. Girls Basketball: Centreville locked up the Southwest 10 Conference title with a 48-29 win over Mendon – Sturgis Journal

9. Hockey: No. 3 Trenton got past Ann Arbor Skyline 3-1 in a first-round Division 2 Regional game – Southgate News-Herald

10. Hockey: Freshman Brady Breit’s two goals helped No. 10 Byron Center to a 4-0 Division 1 win over Jenison – FOX 17

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Jeffery Carrier set the Mason County Central career scoring record during a 53-41 loss to Muskegon Oakridge – Local Sports Journal

Girls Basketball: Grass Lake edged reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian 62-57 in double overtime – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Today in the MHSAA: 10/17/17

October 17, 2017

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. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 18 Novi scored the game’s lone goal to upset No. 9 Northville in a District opener – Observer & Eccentric

2. Boys Soccer: Manistee scored the winning goal on a penalty kick in overtime to upset No. 15 Whitehall 2-1 in a Division 3 first-round game – Manistee News-Advocate

3. Boys Soccer: Pontiac won its first District game in program history, downing Armada 3-2 in Division 2 – Oakland Press

4. Boys Soccer: DeWitt took East Lansing to overtime before the Trojans emerged with a 2-1 win in a Division 2 opener – Lansing State Journal

5. Boys Soccer: No. 12 Plymouth also survived a close Division 1 opener, clipping Salem 1-0 – Observer & Eccentric

6. Volleyball: Unranked Lapeer was the big winner of its tri-match, downing Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary and also Class B No. 9 Freeland in five sets – Saginaw News

7. Boys Soccer: Howell broke a tie with Pinckney late to emerge with a 2-1 win in Division 1 after playing the Pirates in overtime two of the last three seasons – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. Football: Coming off Farmington Hills Harrison coach John Herrington tying the MHSAA record for football wins (and since breaking it) held by Birmingham Brother Rice’s Al Fracassa, the Observer & Eccentric interviewed the legends together – Observer & Eccentric

9. Multi-Sport Athletes: Grand Haven athletic director Scott Robertson wrote a guest column for his local paper explaining the benefits of the multi-sport experience, citing a recent star at his school known well by fans statewide – Grand Haven Tribune

10. Mascots: We know our school’s mascot, but do we know why that mascot was chosen? The Tri-County Times dives into the backstories of four schools’ mascots in its area – Tri-County Times