Today in the MHSAA: 3/13/18
March 13, 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: Detroit Edison finished a fourth-quarter comeback with a 63-57 Class C Regional Semifinal win over rival Detroit Pershing – Detroit News
2. Boys Basketball: Undefeated Dollar Bay moved on in Class D by holding on against Rapid River, 63-60 – Marquette Mining Journal
3. Boys Basketball: On the other side of that Class D Regional, Carney-Nadeau upset one-loss Ewen-Trout Creek 51-45 – Marquette Mining Journal
4. Boys Basketball: Boyne City, up from Class C this season, eliminated reigning Class B runner-up Ludington 55-44 – Petoskey News-Review
5. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Catholic Central came back from 17 points down to defeat Spring Lake in Class B 63-52 – Grand Rapids Press
6. Boys Basketball: Standish-Sterling downed Tri-Valley Conference Central co-champion Alma 52-49 in a Class B Regional Semifinal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
7. Boys Basketball: Undefeated Cassopolis held on for a 68-64 win over Homer in Class C – South Bend Tribune
8. Boys Basketball: Muskegon eliminated reigning Class A runner-up Grand Rapids Christian 55-46 in a Regional Semifinal – Local Sports Journal
9. Boys Basketball: Novi will play for a Class A Regional title for the second straight season after a 74-55 win over White Lake Lakeland – Observer & Eccentric
10. Boys Basketball: East Lansing took a massive step in Class A with a 70-37 win over annual power Kalamazoo Central – Lansing State Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 9/17/15
September 17, 2015
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Today’s know-your-sports checklist includes catching up on impressive feats by some of the state’s top-ranked girls golf teams and enjoying a pair of inspirational stories about leading soccer scorers.
Girls Golf
Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 4 Lake Orion won the Oakland County Division 1 Tournament for the second straight season, edging No. 6 Novi by one shot and No. 1 Rochester by two – Oakland Press
Three Spring Lake golfers carded three birdies apiece to lead the LP Division 3 No. 1 Lakers to a 53-stroke win in the Lakes 8 jamboree on their home course – Muskegon Chronicle
Boys Soccer
Freeland improved to 11-1 with its first win over Saginaw Swan Valley in three seasons, also handing the Vikings their first loss this fall – Saginaw News
Boys Tennis
Midland Dow, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, fell to No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central at the Midweek Classic, but still won the tournament thanks to No. 6 Detroit U-D Jesuit’s win over FHC – Midland Daily News and Saginaw News
Volleyball
Ionia swept reigning Capital Area Activities Conference White champion Williamston, beating the Hornets for the first time under sixth-year coach Jeanna Kraatz – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Niles emerged as the biggest winner from the SMAC 6-Pack Tournament on its home floor with victories over Battle Creek Lakeview, Battle Creek Central and Richland Gull Lake, all in two games – Niles Daily Star
Bay City John Glenn improved to 9-1 with a win over Tawas, opening North East Michigan Conference play as the reigning champion and with nearly the same lineup as in 2014 – Bay City Times
Good Reads
We’re big fans of athletes who play multiple sports, and Port Huron’s Jon Miller is one of the latest – he’s the soccer team’s leading scorer and the top field goal kicker in school history, plus one of the football team’s leading receivers. A great line from the story: “But if there’s one kid that can take this on, it’s the kid that’s loading his senior year with as many memories as possible.” – Port Huron Times-Herald
Andrew Shippell is Marshall’s leading scorer this season, and after three years of fighting is preparing to celebrate a milestone – the end of his chemotherapy in February – Battle Creek Enquirer