Today in the MHSAA: 3/8/16
March 8, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The upsets were few, but the late-game heroics aplenty Monday during the first night of the MHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament.
Boys Basketball
After falling twice to its rival during the regular season, Traverse City West opened a 13-1 lead and downed Traverse City Central 55-52 in Class A – Traverse City Record-Eagle
South Lyon’s 3-pointer with fewer than two seconds to play gave it a 40-37 win over Brighton in Class A – Livingston Daily
Also in Class A, Bloomfield Hills took over in double overtime to get past Auburn Hills Avondale 65-56 – Oakland Press
Warren Woods-Tower emerged from a close matchup with St. Clair Shores Lake shore, 46-42, dropping Lakeshore’s final record to 17-4 – Macomb Daily
Noah Ingram made 10-pointers and scored 44 points total as Mount Pleasant downed Midland Dow 81-70 in Class A – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
In arguably the biggest matchup of opening night, reigning Class B champion Wyoming Godwin Heights downed Wayland 65-62 in a matchup of teams with a combined record of 34-5 – Grand Rapids Press
Freeland won a crossover of top Class B teams in the Tri-Valley Conference, 45-42 over Bridgeport – Saginaw News
Also in Class B, Marshall survived a last-second basket that forced overtime to get past Battle Creek Pennfield – 89-81 – Battle Creek Enquirer
Trey Newsham made 4 of 4 free-throw attempts during the final 14 seconds and went over 1,000 points for his career in Essexville Garber’s 60-59 Class B win over Bay City John Glenn – Bay City Times
Flint Beecher eliminated rival Flint Hamady in Class C for the 10th straight season, 68-62, in a matchup of teams that were a combined 34-4 – Flint Journal
In a Class C matchup of teams with a combined 32-10 record, Traverse City St. Francis got past Johannesburg-Lewiston 79-65 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Also in Class C, Hartford’s 3-pointer with 11 seconds left pushed the team past Kalamazoo Christian 46-45 in an upset of the formerly 17-2 Comets – Kalamazoo Gazette
Good Read
Last summer, the Kronemeyer family of Holland was forced to mourn the death of 18-year-old daughter Marissa, who had died in a car crash. But community and eventually Holland Calvary basketball have assisted as the family continues to cope – Holland Sentinel
Today In The MHSAA: 4/25/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 25, 2022
1. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 16 Traverse City Central won the Saginaw Heritage Invitational with victories over No. 9 DeWitt and Saginaw Swan Valley – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. TRACK & FIELD Northville repeated as champion at Milford’s Balawajder Classic Coed Relays – Oakland Press
3. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth won its invitational, defeating St. Clair Shores Lakeshore, Montrose and Division 4 No. 1 Unionville-Sebewaing – Saginaw News
4. SOFTBALL Hamilton swept Division 4 honorable mention Kalamazoo Christian, with Madie Jamrog throwing a perfect game in the opener – Holland Sentinel
5. TRACK & FIELD The Howell girls – ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – and Walled Lake Central boys won Howell Invitational championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. GIRLS SOCCER Holland won its invitational with a 4-2 victory over Three Rivers and 1-0 shutout of South Haven – Holland Sentinel
7. BASEBALL Standish-Sterling won the Midland Dow Sunshine Classic defeating Mount Pleasant 8-6 and then Dow 16-15 – Bay City Times
8. TRACK & FIELD The Sault Ste. Marie girls and Charlevoix boys won Inland Lakes Invitational championships – Sault Ste. Marie News | Petoskey News-Review
9. GIRLS SOCCER Adrian Lenawee Christian won its Cougar Cup with shutouts of Adrian and Allen Park Inter-City Baptist – Adrian Daily Telegram
10. SOFTBALL Ravenna tossed two one-hitters and a no-hitter in winning its tournament – Local Sports Journal