Today in the MHSAA: 5/2/18
May 2, 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. Baseball: Auburn Hills Avondale dealt Division 2 No. 6 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep the latter’s first loss this season, 2-0 – Detroit News
2. Girls Soccer: Freshman Sophia Jeromsky scored the game-tying and winning goals for Division 1 No. 6 Northville in a 3-2 win over Livonia Stevenson – Observer & Eccentric
3. Track & Field: Fowlerville’s boys defeated Williamston for the first time since 2004 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Track & Field: Boyne City swept its girls and boys invitational titles against a field including Upper Peninsula power St. Ignace – Petoskey News-Review
5. Baseball: Cade Peterson hit home runs in both games for Division 4 No. 20 Maple City Glen Lake in a sweep of Bellaire – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. Girls Soccer: Undefeated Boyne City celebrated its first win ever over Charlevoix, 2-1 – Petoskey News-Review
7. Track & Field: Marquette continued to dominate this spring, sweeping the Gladstone Invitational championships – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Track & Field: Bad Axe’s boys and Brown City’s girls won Ubly Invitational titles – Huron Daily Tribune
9. Track & Field: Distance runners led Pinckney’s girls to close wins over Chelsea and Tecumseh – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. Track & Field: The Remus Chippewa Hills girls and Big Rapids boys swept three meets apiece in the Central State Activities Association Gold – Big Rapids News
Today in the MHSAA: 1/7/19
January 7, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
The first weekend of 2019 saw statewide powers meet in gymnastics, wrestling, swimming & diving, hockey and basketball, with the following 10 just a sample of headlining action from across the state.
1. Gymnastics: Reigning MHSAA team champion Farmington United edged host Rockford to win the Rams’ annual Flip Flop Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
2. Wrestling: Reigning Division 1 champ and top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central took first, and 2018 Division 1 runner-up and current No. 2 Brighton was second at the 55th Annual Catholic Central Wrestling Invitational – Oakland Press
3. Boys Swimming & Diving: Saline, No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, edged LPD2 top-ranked Dexter to win the Battle Creek Lakeview Spartan Invitational – Chelsea Sun Times News
4. Hockey: Division 3 No. 5 Calumet scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period to get past Division 1 No. 5 Brighton 2-1 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Livonia Stevenson improved to 10-1-1 with a 5-1 win over Division 1 No. 3 Salem – Observer & Eccentric
6. Girls Basketball: Greenville’s Adele Kemp broke her school’s career scoring record with 35 more points in a 48-41 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press
7. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 6 Gaylord improved to 14-0 with wins over Croswell-Lexington, formerly Division 1-ranked Grand Ledge and Hudsonville, Division 3 No. 10 Lake Odessa Lakewood and Portland at Grand Ledge’s invitational – Gaylord Herald Times
8. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 2 New Lothrop took first among 26 teams at its Hall of Fame Tournament – Owosso Argus-Press
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 12 Midland Dow defeated No. 14 Sault Ste. Marie and then No. 8 Alpena to go 2-0 at the Sault Lions Cup Invitational – Midland Daily News
10. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King edged Kalamazoo Central 45-43 in a thriller at the Muskegon Basketball Showcase – FOX 17