Today in the MHSAA: 4/18/17

April 18, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A longtime baseball coach pulled within one victory Monday of becoming the fourth in Michigan history to win 1,000 games at the high school level.

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.

Baseball

Longtime Saginaw Heritage baseball coach Bob Andrezejewski earned his 999th career win as the Hawks split with Midland – Saginaw News

Livonia Franklin’s Joe Montie had a walk-off hit for the second straight game, this time to beat Salem 5-4 – Observer & Eccentric

Birmingham Groves got past Farmington 3-2 on a walk-off double by John Kowalchuk – Oakland Press

Track & Field

The Lake Linden-Hubbell girls and Bessemer boys won the Superior Central Invitational, held inside Northern Michigan University’s Superior Dome – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 12/21/16

December 21, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The last busy night in Michigan high school sports before Christmas featured some giant basketball battles as contenders in Class A boys and Class A and B girls faced off.

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.

Boys Basketball

Detroit U-D Jesuit, the reigning Class A champion, downing injury-depleted Macomb Dakota 69-61 in a rematch of last season’s Semifinal – Detroit Free Press

Hanover-Horton came back from an early 21-8 deficit to remain undefeated with a 63-62 win over Concord – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

Markell Jackson had 12 points, 15 rebounds and 10 blocks as Muskegon downed Grand Haven 45-37 – Muskegon Chronicle

McBain won a key matchup of Class C powers, 73-62 over Boyne City after trailing by three at the start of the fourth quarter – Cadillac News

Hillman won coach Eric Muszynski his 200th victory, 64-46 over Rudyard – Alpena News

Dundee earned reportedly the 1,000th win in program history, 60-50 over Carlton Airport – Monroe Evening News

Girls Basketball

Detroit Country Day downed Midland Dow 56-46 in a matchup of likely contenders in Class B and A, respectively – MLive-Detroit

Spring Lake’s Reiko Johnson broke her school’s record for career points, but Shelby came away with a 49-47 win – Muskegon Chronicle

Hockey

Unranked Calumet posted a strong statement in Division 3 with a 7-1 win over rival and No. 9-ranked Houghton – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Boys Swimming & Diving

Saline diver Dakota Hurbis broke his school and pool records with a score of 351.9 to lead the Hornets over Adrian – Saline Post