Today in the MHSAA: 4/27/17
April 27, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A pair of Mount Pleasant-area schools summoned memories of two decades ago in setting new standards on the track and in the field Wednesday.
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
Brighton rode the pitching and hitting of Cameron Tullar to a sweep of 2015 Division 1 champ Hartland, 6-0, 3-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Division 1 No. 5 Sterling Heights Stevenson came back from 4-0 down in the fifth inning to finish a sweep of Clinton Township Chippewa Valley and move to 13-2 – Detroit News
Bronson no-hit New Buffalo over 10 innings to take two five-inning victories – Coldwater Daily Reporter
Girls Tennis
Ludington and Division 3 No. 10 Whitehall tied 4-4 in Coastal Conference play – Ludington Daily News
Lansing Christian got past Hillsdale 5-3 in a key match as it plays for a third-straight league title – Hillsdale Daily News
Track & Field
The six-time reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion Marquette girls got past rival and 2016 Finals runner-up Escanaba 67-65 by winning the day’s final race – Escanaba Daily Press
Breckenridge’s boys won the Mid-State Activities Conference jamboree, their first league jamboree win since 1995 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Farwell’s Lillian Albaugh bested her previous best shot put by more than 14 inches to break a school record set in 1993 – and she got within 28 inches of breaking the discus record set that same year – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/16
February 26, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday was a big night statewide for girls basketball and this morning nearly as significant with the announcement of this season's Miss Basketball finalists.
Girls Basketball
The Detroit Free Press and Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan introduced this season’s Miss Basketball finalists: Bay City John Glenn’s Cassidy Boensch, Muskegon’s Mardrekia Cook, Detroit Renaissance’s Siyeh Frazier, Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick and Goodrich’s Alexis Sevillian – Detroit Free Press
In an Operation Friendship matchup of Detroit Public School League and Catholic League champions, Detroit Martin Luther King downed Bloomfield Hills Marian 66-47 – Oakland Press
Bark River-Harris tied its best record ever with one of its best wins of the season, downing rival Crystal Falls Forest Park – Escanaba Daily Press
Croswell-Lexington clinched its fourth straight Blue Water Athletic Conference title with a 51-42 win over Imlay City – Port Huron Times Herald
From Tuesday, Calumet finished its first 20-0 regular season with a win over Lake Linden-Hubbell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Ice Hockey
Gaylord’s Gage Andrews scored the game-winner 39 seconds into overtime to lead his team past rival Petoskey, 3-2 – Gaylord Herald Times