Today in the MHSAA: 8/27/20
August 28, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Cross Country is one of three sports running all over Michigan this week, and Wednesday saw races in multiple regions of the Lower Peninsula.
1. Cross Country – The Goodrich girls and Flint Powers Catholic boys won Corunna Invitational titles – ABC 12
2. Girls Golf: Montague shot a 370 to win the Whitehall Invitational, while Whitehall’s Karlie VanDuinen was the top individual – Local Sports Journal
3. Cross Country – Charlevoix’s teams swept five-team races on their home course – Petoskey News-Review
4. Cross Country: Concord’s Skylar Thompson was among standouts at the Pittsford Invitational – JTV
5. Boys Soccer: Petoskey shut out league foe Gaylord 3-0 – Petoskey News-Review
6. Girls Golf: Carleton Airport surged to a big win over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central by shooting 186 – Monroe News
7. Cross Country: Brownstown Woodhaven swept Gibraltar Carlson in season openers – Southgate News-Herald
8. Boys Soccer: McBain Northern Michigan Christian opened league play with a big win over Gladwin – MI Sports Now
9. Boys Tennis: Holland West Ottawa put together a shutout of neighbor Holland High – Holland Sentinel
10. Boys Tennis: Jackson Lumen Christi, No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 4, also won by shutout, over Hillsdale – Hillsdale Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 2/19/16
February 19, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A couple of streaks are worth noting in today’s report – one for winning an incredible number of consecutive league games, and the other for success reaching more than a decade.
Girls Basketball
In a matchup of two of the best in the Upper Peninsula, Marquette held on to down Houghton 42-37 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Muskegon Oakridge won its 50th straight game in the West Michigan Conference for finish undefeated champion of the league for the third season in a row – Muskegon Chronicle
Newberry won a matchup of 16-1 teams, defeating St. Ignace 54-50 to win the Straits Area Conference in what also was its first win over the Saints since 1992 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Boys Basketball
Wyoming Potter’s House Christian celebrated a 30-point win over Kalamazoo Heritage Christian, but Heritage Christian’s Bryant Cross did score the 1,000th point of his career – Grand Rapids Press
Utica Ford earned arguably the night’s biggest upset statewide, handing a second loss this season to New Haven, 73-71 – Macomb Daily
Saginaw remains in first place in the Saginaw Valley League North, but Midland continued to enjoy its best league run in decades with a 58-51 win over the Trojans – Midland Daily News
Wrestling
From Thursday, Hartland won its 15th straight Regional title, dominating in Division 1 against Walled Lake Central and Warren Mott – Livingston Daily