Today in the MHSAA: 2/3/16

February 3, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Records fell in three sports and a notable winning streak was broken on a night filled with classic finishes and a matchup of arguably the two best girls basketball players in Michigan.

Girls Basketball

In a battle of teams led by the likely Miss Basketball Award favorites this winter, Muskegon and Mardrekia Cook (26 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists) downed Kysre Gondrezick and Benton Harbor (49 points) 76-54 – Muskegon Chronicle

Undefeated Stevensville Lakeshore needed double overtime to stay perfect on the season as it survived Richland Gull Lake, 61-59 – Kalamazoo Gazette

In a rematch of last season’s Class B Final, reigning champion Detroit Country Day downed now-Class A Haslett 69-56 – Lansing State Journal

Farmington Hills Mercy won a low-scoring contest with rival Bloomfield Hills Marian, 32-25, to take control of the Detroit Catholic League Central – Oakland Press

Johannesburg-Lewiston just got past Gaylord St. Mary, 61-59 in double overtime, in their annual Rivals Rally game – Petoskey News

Boys Basketball

Ivan Warren scored 44 points – with 36 coming on 3-pointers – to lead Flint Southwestern to a 77-59 win over Detroit Country Day – Flint Journal

Warren DeLaSalle’s Kevin McKay became his school’s all-time career leading scorer putting up 29 in a 56-42 win over Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – Oakland Press

Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central ended Milan’s 61-game Huron League winning streak with a 62-44 victory – Monroe Evening News

Ypsilanti Community’s Corey Allen drilled 45 points as the Grizzlies edged Ann Arbor Huron 77-74 in overtime in a matchup of top Class A teams – Detroit Free Press

Holly’s Kyle Woodruff scored his 1,000th career point in his team’s 79-42 win over Flint Kearsley – Flint Journal

Boys Swimming & Diving

Zeeland diver Josh Zylstra set his home pool and school record with a score of 323.7 to win the event and help his team to a 115-68 victory over Byron Center – Holland Sentinel

Wrestling

Sturgis’ Luke Carver earned his 150th career win during the Trojans’ match victory over Coldwater; Sturgis also beat Battle Creek Harper Creek – Sturgis Journal

Good Read

After an outstanding junior season at Traverse City Central in 2014-15, Andrew Froese took an opportunity to continue at the junior level in South Dakota. But after three games this fall, he came back to Michigan and is instead finishing a memorable high school career with his classmates – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 1/27/20

January 28, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Rankings are sure to be shuffling in girls basketball and boys swimming & diving after some significant matchups and perhaps unexpected finishes during another busy January weekend.

1. Girls Basketball: Brighton handed Division 1 top-ranked Hartland its first loss, 41-33 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Boys Swimming & Diving: No. 4 Holland West Ottawa defeated No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central in a matchup of top teams in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Holland Sentinel

3. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 2 Richmond defeated Holly and Division 1 No. 9 Clarkston to win its Beast from the East duals – Macomb Daily

4. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 8 Midland Dow earned wins over LPD1 No. 8 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and LPD2 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview; Lakeview also defeated FHC – Midland Daily News

5. Wrestling: Escanaba finished first and Marquette second at the Upper Peninsula Championships – Marquette Mining Journal

6. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD3 No. 9 Trenton won the Downriver Classic with six individual victories – Southgate News-Herald

7. Competitive Cheer: Sturgis scored a season-high 724.57 to win the Delton Kellogg Invitational – Sturgis Journal

8. Wrestling: Ada Forest Hills Eastern edged Constantine to win the 26th Shawn Cockrell Memorial Invitational at Quincy – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Boys Basketball: Grand Blanc earned an 80-73 win over Kalamazoo Central in a matchup of statewide Division 1 powers – NBC 25

10. Competitive Cheer: Wyandotte Roosevelt won the Division 1 and overall championships at its invitational – Southgate News-Herald