Today in the MHSAA: 2/5/19
February 5, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Winter Mondays tend to be pretty low-key, but a pair of league champions and one of the state’s top scorers provided plenty of buzz to kick off this week.
1. Boys Basketball: Zach Goodline reached 2,000 career points in leading Coloma past Martin 78-48 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
2. Boys Basketball: Sterling Heights Stevenson earned a share of the Macomb Area Conference Red championship with a 54-45 win over co-leader Roseville on the final night of league play – Macomb Daily
3. Competitive Cheer: Hudson clinched the Lenawee County Athletic Association championship with a win at the final league jamboree – Adrian Daily Telegram
4. Boys Basketball: Cadillac downed Lake Michigan Conference leader Traverse City St. Francis 58-47 in nonleague play – WPBN
5. Girls Basketball: Richland Gull Lake outscored Portage Central 3-2 in overtime for a 45-44 win – JoeInsider.com
6. Boys Basketball: Jordan Benson’s last-second 3-pointer gave Adrian Madison a 58-56 win over Britton Deerfield in a matchup of Tri-County Conference contenders – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. Girls Basketball: Bay City Western earned an impressive 42-24 win over Bay City John Glenn – Bay City Times
8. Boys Basketball: North Muskegon held off Ludington 54-47 to improve to 13-1 – Local Sports Journal
9. Girls Basketball: Gobles improved to 11-0, holding on for a 49-44 win over Saugatuck – WWMT
10. Boys Basketball: Otsego scored the game’s first 16 points and improved to 15-0 with a big win over Allegan – WOODTV
Also of note …
Wrestling: From Saturday, New Boston Huron clinched a second straight outright Huron League championship – Southgate News-Herald
Today in the MHSAA: 6/10/19
June 10, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Baseball, softball and girls soccer teams earned trips to the final week of the season this past weekend, with baseball teams clinching spots in the MHSAA Semifinals with first-ever Super Regional championships.
1. Baseball: No. 2 Portage Northern earned a Division 1 Super Regional title with a nine-inning win over No. 18 Grand Ledge followed by a 7-3 victory over top-ranked Brownstown Woodhaven – JoeInsider.com
2. Softball: Top-ranked and reigning champion Escanaba will return to the final week thanks to a 1-0 nine-inning win over No. 5 Muskegon Oakridge in Division 2 – Muskegon Chronicle
3. Girls Soccer: No. 9 Marshall got past No. 4 Richland Gull Lake in a shootout, taking penalty kicks 6-5 for a 2-1 win – JoeInsider.com
4. Softball: No. 4 Rogers City shut out No. 3 Onaway 7-0 to claim its fourth straight Division 4 Regional title – Alpena News
5. Girls Soccer: No. 7 Essexville Garber earned its first Regional title in this sport with a win over Williamston – Bay City Times
6. Softball: No. 6 Warren Regina pushed the winning run across in the eighth inning to down honorable mention Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse 5-4 and clinch a Division 2 Regional title – C&G Newspapers
7. Softball: Hudson defeated Sand Creek 4-1 in Division 4 to claim its first Regional title in this sport – Adrian Daily Telegram
8. Softball: With a pair of shutouts by pitcher Molly Carney, No. 3 Howell got past honorable mention St. Joseph and No. 9 Richland Gull Lake to win a Division 1 Regional – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
9. Softball: Freeland earned its first Regional title since 2005 with wins over Alma and Frankenmuth – Midland Daily News
10. Baseball: Macomb Dakota avenged three regular-season losses to reigning Division 1 champion Grosse Pointe South with an 11-3 win in a Super Regional Final – Macomb Daily