Today in the MHSAA: 2/27/18

February 27, 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. Boys Skiing: Petoskey tied an MHSAA boys skiing record with its eighth straight Finals championship, in Division 2, and Marquette won its sixth straight in Division 1 – Second Half

2. Girls Skiing: Marquette claimed its third straight Division 1 title, while Houghton-Hancock made it an Upper Peninsula sweep with a comeback win in Division 2 – Second Half

3. Girls Basketball: Bethany Baldwin went over 2,000 career points with 41 total in Watersmeet’s 64-46 win over Bessemer in a Class D District opener – Ironwood Daily Globe

4. Girls Basketball: Port Huron upset rival Port Huron Northern 52-49 in overtime to kick off their Class A District – Port Huron Times Herald

5. Girls Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake downed Traverse City St. Francis 52-47 in Class C in a matchup of teams that entered a combined 35-5 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Girls Basketball: Detroit Catholic League Central co-champ Farmington Hills Mercy hung on for a 51-48 Class A win over Birmingham Groves, the co-champ of the Oakland Activities Association White – Oakland Press

7. Hockey: Byron Center took Holland West Ottawa to double overtime before West Ottawa emerged with a 3-2 win in a Division 1 Pre-Regional – Holland Sentinel

8. Girls Basketball: Alycia Patterson’s last second shot got Niles past Buchanan 44-42 in a Class B opener – South Bend Tribune

9. Hockey: Division 1 No. 6 Utica Eisenhower opened its Pre-Regional with a 5-0 win over previously-ranked Rochester United – Macomb Daily

10. Girls Basketball: Big Rapids opened with a 50-28 win over Alma in Class B to set up another matchup with rival Stanton Central Montcalm – Big Rapids News

Also of note ...

Girls Basketball: Wayne Memorial's Camree' Clegg, East Lansing's Jaida Hampton, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep's Lasha Petree and Detroit Country Day's Kaela Webb are candidates for this season's Miss Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 10/14/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 14, 2024

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Romeo girls – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – won their ninth-straight Macomb County championship, this time earning the top seven individual places, and Utica swept boys team and individual titles – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Jenison’s Sophia Umstead, Holland Christian’s Camryn Siegers and Ann Arbor Skyline’s Adrienne Schadler were multi-event champions at the annual MISCA meet – MISCA

3. BOYS TENNIS Unranked East Grand Rapids was the champion at the LPD3 Regional at Holland, with No. 5 Grand Rapids South Christian second – Holland Sentinel

4. CROSS COUNTRY Okemos swept the Greater Lansing Invitational team championships; Okemos’ girls are No. 11 in LPD1 – Lansing State Journal

5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD4 No. 2 Harbor Springs girls and LPD3 No. 7 Charlevoix boys won Northern Shores Conference championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Trenton girls and Allen Park boys were Downriver Invitational champions – Southgate News-Herald

7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 honorable mention Onsted girls and Adrian boys were Lenawee County champions – Adrian Daily Telegram

8. CROSS COUNTRY Muskegon Western Michigan Christian swept championships at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association races; the WMC girls are No. 11 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 13 – Grand Haven Tribune

9. CROSS COUNTRY Bay City Western swept Bay County titles, the girls with their 12th-straight championship and the boys with their sixth consecutive – Bay City Times

10. BOYS TENNIS No. 4 Petoskey earned the LPD3 Regional title at Big Rapids, just ahead of the No. 6 Cardinals – Big Rapids Pioneer