Today In The MHSAA: 4/30/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 30, 2021

1. Boys Golf: Portage Northern shot a 324 to edge Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake by a stroke and win Gull Lake’s invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News

2. Baseball: Indian River Inland Lakes swept Division 4 No. 10 Gaylord St. Mary to remain undefeated in the Ski Valley Conference – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

3. Track & Field: Hart’s girls and boys swept Ludington Invitational championships – Ludington Daily News

4. Baseball: Division 2 No. 7 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep earned coach Jason Gendreau his 300th career win with a 9-8 victory over Monroe Jefferson – Oakland Press

5. Girls Soccer: Elk Rapids handed Charlevoix its first defeat of the season, 4-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Girls Soccer: Adrian Lenawee Christian remained undefeated with an impressive shutout of Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. Girls Tennis: Traverse City West edged rival Central, 5-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Girls Soccer: The Hemgesberg sisters combined for half of Freeland’s goals in an 8-1 win over Saginaw Swan Valley – Saginaw News

9. Girls Soccer: Bay City John Glenn became the second team to score on Essexville Garber, but Garber remained unbeaten with a 7-1 win – Bay City Times

10. Baseball: Bear Lake ran its unbeaten streak to 10 with a sweep of Traverse City Christian – Manistee News Advocate

Today in the MHSAA: 2/28/19

February 28, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Wednesday was filled with upsets galore as we kick off the headlines with a pair of Hockey Regional surprises and move into Boys Basketball Districts and a big night for Byron’s girls hoops team.

1. Hockey: Big Rapids upset its second straight ranked opponent this week, downing No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic 8-4 in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Big Rapids News

2. Hockey: No. 6 Detroit Country Day downed No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 3-1 in another Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Oakland Press

3. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Catholic Central came back from a 15-point deficit to defeat Grand Rapids Christin 71-63 in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press

4. Hockey: Division 3 No. 11 East Grand Rapids scored the game winner with 16 seconds to play in a 5-4 victory over No. 14 Grand Rapids Catholic Central – WOOD TV

5. Boys Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing won a Division 3 District matchup of champions from the Greater Thumb Conference, downing Harbor Beach 70-51 – Huron Daily Tribune

6. Boys Basketball: Saline stunned Ann Arbor Pioneer, 63-52 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Detroit News

7. Boys Basketball: Last place Gaylord upset Big North Conference co-champion Petoskey 49-38 in Division 1 – Gaylord Herald Times

8. Boys Basketball: Canton downed Westland John Glenn 67-61 in a Division 1 matchup showcasing two Mr. Basketball Award finalists – State Champs!

9. Girls Basketball: Byron clinched a share of the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference title, and Maylee Hatt went over 1,000 career points against Durand – Flint Journal

10. Boys Basketball: Schoolcraft avenged its two regular-season losses to Kalamazoo Hackett with a 60-58 win in Division 3 – JoeInsider.com

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison’s Rickea Jackson, Grosse Pointe North’s Julia Ayrault, Saginaw Heritage’s Moira Joiner and Muskegon’s Alyza Winston were named finalists for the Miss Basketball Award – State Champs!

Boys Basketball: Mason Bakker went over 1,000 career points although Zeeland West fell to Hudsonville in Division 1 – Holland Sentinel

Officiating: Dowagiac’s Randy Melvin will retire from officiating after this week and 46 years serving high school sports – Niles Daily Star

Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Pittsford claimed its sixth straight Southern Central Athletic Association East title with a 53-45 win over Camden-Frontier – Hillsdale Daily News