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: 12/13/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 13, 2022

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Mackinaw City downed Ellsworth 71-56, ending the Lancers’ 61-game winning streak in Northern Lakes Conference play – Petoskey News-Review

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Beal City defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart for the first time since 2013-14, 37-30 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Aly Matuza’s pair of late free throws pushed Troy past Farmington 48-47 – Oakland Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Taylor Trillium followed DaMaryon and Keymarryon Fishburn to a 71-57 win over Ann Arbor Greenhills – Detroit News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Lake Leelanau St. Mary continued its dominating start with a 68-34 win over Buckley – Up North Live

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grosse Ile defeated Gibraltar Carlson 64-22 in a matchup of teams that both won 18 games last season – Southgate News-Herald

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western jumped out to a quick lead and held on to get past Reese 38-31 – Midland Daily News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Bradley Richards had 25 points and 20 rebounds as Fruitport Calvary Christian got past Pentwater 77-42 – Local Sports Journal

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Milford improved to 3-0 with a 57-24 win over Livonia Churchill – Hometown Life

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage downed Bay City Western 74-34 – WJRT

Also of note …

CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT Menominee, Gladstone and Kingsford will be joining the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference for football in 2023, with changes to include a halt to the football rivalry between Menominee and Escanaba that dates to 1897 – Escanaba Daily Press