Today in the MHSAA: 8/17/18

August 17, 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. Girls Golf: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer shot a 325 to take a six-stroke lead on Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern during the first round of the annual Lober Classic at Grand Traverse Resort; Forest Hills Northern won Lower Peninsula Division 2 last season, and Reeths-Puffer was third – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys Tennis: Traverse City West won the Saginaw Heritage Invitational, followed by Midland; Midland made the LPD1 Finals last fall – Midland Daily News

3. Girls Tennis: Marquette won its second straight match in two days by an 8-0 score, this time over Gladstone; Marquette was the UPD1 runner-up last season – Escanaba Daily Press

Also of note:

Girls Tennis: From Wednesday, Negaunee downed Ishpeming Westwood 7-1 in an opening matchup between annual Upper Peninsula powers; Negaunee has won four straight U.P. Division 1 titles and Westwood has won eight of the last nine in UPD2 – Marquette Mining Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/18

February 6, 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.

Today's Top 10 

1. Boys Basketball: Surviving a 19-0 run, Frankfort came back to end McBain’s 59-game winning streak, 53-48 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys Basketball: Genesee Area Conference Blue leader Burton Bentley got past GAC White leader Burton Atherton 50-46 – WNEM

3. Girls Basketball: Armada remained in first place in the Blue Water Area Conference with a 55-33 win over Capac – Macomb Daily

4. Boys Basketball: Cedarville got past Johannesburg-Lewiston 61-45 in a matchup of top teams in Class D and C, respectively – MI Sports Now

5. Boys Basketball: Mattawan reached double-digit wins for the first time since 2008-09 with a 56-50 win over Richland Gull Lake – JoeInsider.com

6. Girls Basketball: Hillman added a 15th straight win to its current streak, 59-26 over Mio – Alpena News

7. Girls Basketball: Chassell also pushed its winning streak to 15 with a 72-25 victory over Republic-Michigamme – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. Boys Basketball: Onekama held on late to edge Baldwin 70-65 – Manistee News Advocate

9. Girls Basketball: Rapid River made a buzzer-beater to push its game with Big Bay de Noc to overtime, then prevailed 62-55 – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Girls Basketball: Powers North Central upset Carney-Nadeau 55-41 – Iron Mountain Daily News