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: 2/21/20

February 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Long-range shooting ruled Thursday evening as a triple-overtime 3-pointer finished a league title bout and the state record for 3-pointers in one game was toppled.

1. Girls Basketball: A last-minute 3-pointer in triple overtime pushed Montague past Hart 49-46 and won the Wildcats the West Michigan Conference championship – Local Sports Journal

2. Girls Basketball: Gabrielle Lutchka scored 58 points with an MHSAA-record 16 3-pointers in leading Grass Lake past Manchester 95-31 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

3. Girls Basketball: St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran earned a share of the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference White title with a 36-20 win over Three Oaks River Valley – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. Girls Basketball: Auburn Hills Avondale downed Oxford 60-47 to clinch the Oakland Activities Association White championship outright – Oakland Press

5. Girls Basketball: Litchfield downed Waldron 49-20 to clinch the Southern Central Athletic Association Central title, its first league championship since 2012-13 – Hillsdale Daily News

6. Bowling: The Division 2 No. 10 Chelsea boys finished a run of two wins in three matches this week to lock up the Southeastern Conference White title – Chelsea Sun Times News

7. Hockey: Power plays paid off big in Division 2 No. 5 Marquette’s 3-1 win over Division 3 No. 6 Houghton – Marquette Mining Journal

8. Boys Basketball: Cadillac moved into first place alone in the Big North Conference with a 65-59 win over Petoskey – Cadillac News

9. Boys Basketball: Marquette avenged its earlier loss to Negaunee with a 61-54 victory in the rematch – Marquette Mining Journal

10. Girls Basketball: Erin Barrette set Menominee’s school record for steals in her team’s 65-17 win over Stephenson – The Upbeat

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Flat Rock earned the outright Huron League title with a 60-44 win over Milan – Monroe News

Skiing: From Tuesday, the Harbor Springs girls and Great North Alpine boys clinched Lake Michigan Conference championships – Petoskey News-Review

Girls Basketball: The three finalists for this year’s Miss Basketball Award were announced – Detroit Free Press