Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/18
February 6, 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 Basketball: Surviving a 19-0 run, Frankfort came back to end McBain’s 59-game winning streak, 53-48 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys Basketball: Genesee Area Conference Blue leader Burton Bentley got past GAC White leader Burton Atherton 50-46 – WNEM
3. Girls Basketball: Armada remained in first place in the Blue Water Area Conference with a 55-33 win over Capac – Macomb Daily
4. Boys Basketball: Cedarville got past Johannesburg-Lewiston 61-45 in a matchup of top teams in Class D and C, respectively – MI Sports Now
5. Boys Basketball: Mattawan reached double-digit wins for the first time since 2008-09 with a 56-50 win over Richland Gull Lake – JoeInsider.com
6. Girls Basketball: Hillman added a 15th straight win to its current streak, 59-26 over Mio – Alpena News
7. Girls Basketball: Chassell also pushed its winning streak to 15 with a 72-25 victory over Republic-Michigamme – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
8. Boys Basketball: Onekama held on late to edge Baldwin 70-65 – Manistee News Advocate
9. Girls Basketball: Rapid River made a buzzer-beater to push its game with Big Bay de Noc to overtime, then prevailed 62-55 – Escanaba Daily Press
10. Girls Basketball: Powers North Central upset Carney-Nadeau 55-41 – Iron Mountain Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 8/20/20
August 21, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
After five months filled with anxiety and uncertainty, high school sports returned to Michigan on Wednesday – and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern's Lilia Henkel gave us all something to immediately cheer about.
1. Girls Golf: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern was the biggest winner on the first day of high school sports since March, winning the Muskegon Mona Shores Invitational while senior Lilia Henkel shot an incredible 60 to finish first individually – FOX 17
2. Girls Golf: St. Joseph shot a first-place 355 and Maya Hunter was medalist with a 75 at the Gull Lake Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. Boys Tennis: Traverse City St. Francis defeated Haslett and Lansing Catholic as senior Charlie Schmude went over 100 career wins – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Girls Golf: Michigan Center shot a school-record 365 to win the Hanover-Horton Invitational by nearly 40 strokes – JTV
5. Girls Golf: Traverse City West’s Anci Dy shot a 69 to lead the Lober Classic’s individual standings after the first round, while Flint Powers Catholic was the first-day team leader at 332 – Up North Live
6. Boys Tennis: Niles Brandywine earned coach David Sidenbender his 100th win with a 5-3 victory over South Haven – Niles Daily Star
7. Girls Golf: Freeland edged Frankenmuth by a stroke to win the opening Tri-Valley Conference jamboree – Saginaw News
8. Boys Tennis: Midland Dow opened 1-0-1 with a win over Grand Blanc and tie of Troy Athens – Midland Daily News
9. Boys Tennis: Bay City Western and Central both finished 2-0-1 to pace an opening quad – Bay City Times
10. Boys tennis: Coldwater earned first-year coach Nathan Waterbury his first win with the program, shutting out Brooklyn Columbia Central – Coldwater Daily Reporter
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Flint Beecher is mourning the death of longtime coach Moses Lacy, who led the program to Class B championships in 1985 and 1987 – ABC 12