Today in the MHSAA: 5/15/18

May 15, 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: The Remus Chippewa Hills girls, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, clinched their 16th straight conference championship with a win at the Central State Activities Association Gold meet – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. Track & Field – Zeeland East (No. 1 in LPD2 girls, No. 2 in boys) swept the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green meet championships, both teams followed by neighbor Zeeland West (No. 2 in LPD2 girls, No. 1 in boys) – Holland Sentinel

3. Girls Lacrosse: Division 1 No. 6 Brighton scored the game-winning goal with 13 seconds to play to edge No. 3 Hartland 16-15 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Girls Tennis: LPD1 No. 6 Holland West Ottawa clinched the outright O-K Red title with a league tournament championship ahead of No. 7 Rockford – Holland Sentinel

5. Girls Tennis: LPD2 No. 10 Zeeland East hung on to claim the O-K Green title by edging LPD3 No. 8 Holland Christian by a point at the league tournament – Holland Sentinel

6. Girls Tennis: LPD4 No. 3 Traverse City St. Francis claimed the Lake Michigan Conference tournament, as expected, but East Jordan’s Keegan Malpass won No. 1 singles despite dropping the first set of the final – Petoskey News-Review

7. Track & Field: Manistee Catholic Central’s boys clinched their first West Michigan D League overall title with a second-place finish at the league meet – Manistee News Advocate

8. Boys Lacrosse: Grand Ledge continued its historic run by clinching the Capital Area Activities Conference tournament title with a 9-4 win over Okemos – Lansing State Journal

9. Track & Field: Lake Orion swept Oakland Activities Association titles, the boys winning for the seventh straight season – Oakland Press

10. Softball: Negaunee clinched a share of the Mid-Peninsula Conference title with a sweep of Gwinn – Marquette Mining Journal

Also of note …

Track & Field: Livonia Ladywood’s current runners and alumni met for a final relay as the school prepares to close after this spring – Observer & Eccentric

Today in the MHSAA: 3/15/16

March 15, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Boys basketball teams across the state moved into Regionals on Monday, while the state’s leading girls basketball scorer this season finished her career with Michigan’s most prestigious individual award.

Boys Basketball

Macomb Dakota scored with six seconds left in double overtime to get past Clarkston 68-66 in Class A – Macomb Dakota

Lansing Everett trailed by 12 heading into the fourth quarter against Kalamazoo Central, but scored 30 points in the final period to win in Class A, 56-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Also in Class A, Muskegon won a matchup of arguably the two best teams from the state’s west side, getting past Grand Rapids Christian 64-53 – Muskegon Chronicle

Williamston eliminated reigning Class B champion Wyoming Godwin Heights, 57-55 in overtime – Lansing State Journal

Ithaca set a single-season record with its 22nd win in a 79-60 Class C victory over Millington – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Girls Basketball

Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick made headlines all season with incredible scoring totals, and capped her high school career by winning the Miss Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press