Today in the MHSAA: 3/4/16

March 4, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The boys basketball regular season finished up in most areas of the state Thursday, as the Individual Wrestling Finals got started and the hockey, girls basketball and boys diving postseasons continued on.

Girls Basketball

After falling to rival Bath only a few weeks ago, Laingsburg came back to win the District battle of co-champions from the Central Michigan Athletic Conference, 41-27 – Lansing State Journal

Boys Basketball

Unbeaten Canton secured the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship with a 50-47 overtime win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press

Detroit U-D Jesuit won the Operation Friendship game between champions from the Detroit Catholic League and Public School League, downing East English 92-76 – Detroit News

Traxton Gordon scored the 1,000th point of his Hesperia career despite a loss to North Muskegon – Muskegon Chronicle

Keegan George also went over 1,000 points for his career, although his Spring Lake team fell to Muskegon Catholic Central – Muskegon Chronicle

From Tuesday, Pickford’s Derrick Edington also joined the 1,000 point club in a 68-63 win over Rogers City – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

The Detroit Free Press introduced the five finalists for this season’s Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Mr. Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press

Ice Hockey

Cadillac scored with 20 seconds to play in regulation to edge Mount Pleasant 3-2 in a Division 3 Pre-Regional – Cadillac News

For the fourth time in five seasons, Brighton ended Howell’s season, this time 3-1 in a battle of Division 1 contenders – Livingston Daily

Warren DeLaSalle just survived Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in Division 3, 5-4 after leading 3-0 early – Macomb Daily

Midland advanced in Division 2 with a 4-1 win over Midland Dow after falling to Dow twice during the regular season – Midland Daily News

After falling to Muskegon Reeths-Puffer in the tournament the last three seasons, Mona Shores came out on top with a 6-5 win in Division 2 – Muskegon Chronicle

Wrestling

Hartland’s Sage Castillo improved to 53-0 this season with a pin in his Division 1 first-round match as the MHSAA Individual Finals kicked off at The Palace of Auburn Hills – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 8/23/19

August 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Girls golf dominates our list of Thursday’s top achievers, with Rochester Adams leading the way by continuing an unbeaten start.

1. Girls Golf: Rochester Adams made it 3-for-3 in tournaments won, this time at the Troy Invitational shooting a 338 – Oakland Press

2. Girls Golf: Ann Arbor Skyline cleared the field by 28 strokes with a 366 to win the Monroe Invitational – We Love Ann Arbor

3. Girls Golf: Zeeland West shot a 384 to win the Zeeland East Invitational by 19 strokes – Holland Sentinel

4. Boys Tennis: Traverse City West repeated as champion of the Jim Teal Tournament – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Boys Soccer: Mitchell Hanosh scored five goals to lead Adrian past Clinton 7-4 – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Boys Soccer: Gladwin downed Clare to run its Jack Pine Conference winning streak to 54 – Midland Daily News

7. Cross Country: The Carson City-Crystal boys and Frankenmuth girls won Birch Run Invitational titles – Midland Daily News

8. Girls Golf: Harbor Springs opened Lake Michigan Conference play shooting a first-place 363 – Petoskey News-Review

9. Boys Soccer: Kalamazoo Loy Norrix earned an impressive draw, tying Portage Central 1-1 with a late score – JoeInsider.com

10. Boys Soccer: Petoskey bounced back from an opening loss with a 4-1 win over Bay City John Glenn – Petoskey News-Review