Today in the MHSAA: 4/14/16

April 14, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A set of milestone coaching wins and the passing of a legendary basketball coach received the biggest headlines Thursday.

Baseball

Hudsonville coach Dave VanNoord added his 500th career win with his team’s 6-1 victory over Zeeland East – Grand Rapids Press

Pinch-hitter Connor Margosian drove in two runs to give Richmond an 8-7 walk-off win over Marysville – Port Huron Times Herald

From Tuesday, St. Louis won the 300th game of coach Rollie Carman’s career, 9-1 over Harrison – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Girls Lacrosse

Spring Lake opened a 7-3 lead, Grand Haven caught up at 10-10 to force overtime, and Spring Lake then prevailed with one more goal – Grand Haven Tribune

Girls Soccer

Frankenmuth scored with six seconds to play to edge Midland Bullock Creek 2-1 – Midland Daily News

Softball

Jenison gave coach Kari Kossen the 399th and 400th wins of her 17-season career leading the program with a sweep of Grand Rapids Northview – Grand Rapids Press

Dowagiac swept Decatur 10-0 and 10-8 with pitcher Taylor Hulett tossing a no-hitter in the opener – Niles Daily Star

Good Read

The Lansing and statewide basketball communities are mourning one of the winningest coaches in Michigan high school history, Paul Cook, who died Tuesday evening and coached the first two Mr. Basketball winners and also won an MHSAA title with the Lansing Catholic girls – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 12/9/16

December 9, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The continuation of an incredible winning streak and breaking of another in girls basketball highlighted the statewide headlines Thursday.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.

Girls Basketball

Frankenmuth just got past Essexville Garber 36-34 to extend its Tri-Valley Conference East winning streak to 97 – Saginaw News

Millington set a program record for points scored in an 81-40 win over Bridgeport – Saginaw News

Scottville Mason County Central came back from a nine-point deficit heading into the fourth quarter to beat North Muskegon 50-46 – Muskegon Chronicle

Buchanan ended a 14-game losing streak to rival Niles Brandywine with a 32-27 victory – South Bend Tribune

Boys Basketball

Luke Toliver scored nearly half of his 31 points on 3-pointers to lead Paw Paw to a 69-63 win over Vicksburg – Kalamazoo Gazette

Dexter held on through two overtimes to down Brighton 79-74 – Ann Arbor News

L’Anse, which won one game last season – a District Semifinal – evened that total Thursday with a 55-37 victory over Houghton – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Boys Swimming & Diving

After claiming a rare win over Grand Haven last season, Spring Lake made it two straight with a 96-87 victory over the Buccaneers – Grand Haven Tribune