Today in the MHSAA: 5/10/18
May 10, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Track & Field: Birmingham Seaholm swept the team championships at the Oakland Activities Association Blue finals – Oakland Press
2. Boys Golf: White Pigeon, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, secured the Southwest 10 Conference title with a league tournament-winning score of 345 – Three Rivers News
3. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake remained unbeaten by handing Division 1 No. 8 Portage Central its first loss, 3-0 – FOX 17
4. Baseball: Jake Moser’s RBI walk-off double finished a rally that saw Division 4 No. 19 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian come back to beat No. 4 Muskegon Catholic Central 6-5 – Local Sports Journal
5. Baseball: Unranked Plymouth and Division 1 No. 8 Canton split a doubleheader, Canton coming back to win the second game – Observer & Eccentric
6. Baseball: Holland Christian's Chris Mokma threw his second perfect game of the season in the Division 2 No. 6 Maroons' 7-0 win over Grandville Calvin Christian – Holland Sentinel
7. Boys Golf: LP Division 2 No. 6 Gaylord shot a 309 to finished ahead of the runner-up host at the Cadillac Invitational – Cadillac News
8. Track & Field: Coldwater’s boys won a key Interstate 8 Athletic Conference dual, edging Battle Creek Harper Creek by three points; Harper Creek’s girls won their side of the meet – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. Boys Golf: Elk Rapids shot a 349 to win the Boyne Mountain Invitational by six strokes – Petoskey News-Review
10. Softball: Division 4 No. 6 Rogers City moved to 12-2 with a sweep of Hillman, tallying a combined 30 hits over the two games – Alpena News
Also of note …
Officials: Jonesville’s Katie Brown received the MHSAA Legacy Program Scholarship at Saturday’s Officials Awards & Alumni Banquet – Hillsdale Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 1/18/19
January 18, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A basketball weekend filled with major showdowns got rolling Thursday, but our top performance comes from the pool where a pair of powerhouse neighbors faced off.
1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Ann Arbor Pioneer, No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, got past No. 2 Skyline 111-75; Skyline also is the reigning LPD1 champion – We Love Ann Arbor
2. Boys Basketball: Oxford won a matchup of unbeatens, 49-46 over Pontiac to move into first place alone in the Oakland Activities Conference Blue – Oakland Press
3. Girls Basketball: Kingsley moved into first place alone in the Northwest Conference with a 47-39 win over Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Boys Basketball: Pewamo-Westphalia remained undefeated with a 60-56 overtime win over Dansville – Lansing State Journal
5. Girls Basketball: Ottawa Lake Whiteford’s Baylee Baldwin went over 1,000 career points in a victory over Petersburg-Summerfield, and Carleton Airport’s Emily Swiercz tied her school’s record with 33 in a win over Riverview – Monroe News
6. Boys Basketball: First-place Clarkston downed Oak Park 66-52 in a matchup of OAA Red contenders – Oakland Press
7. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 6 Hudsonville held on for a 178-136 win over honorable mention Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune
8. Boys Basketball: First-place Madison Heights Madison finished a Macomb Area Conference Silver sweep of second-place Clinton Township Clintondale, 88-84 in overtime – Macomb Daily
9. Girls Basketball: First-place Detroit East English continued to surge in the Public School League East-Town with a 62-36 win over Pershing – Detroit News
10. Boys Basketball: Posen defeated Hillman for the first time since 2012, 68-51 – WBKB