Today in the MHSAA: 8/29/19
August 29, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Teams across Michigan continued driving toward the holiday weekend in impressive fashion Wednesday, led by major performances on the golf and cross country courses and tennis court.
1. Girls Golf: Troy, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, shot a 322 to win the Oakland County Division 2 Tournament championship by 16 strokes ahead of runner-up LPD3 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press
2. Girls Tennis: Reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 runner-up Marquette handed a first loss of the season to reigning UPD2 champion Ishpeming Westwood – Marquette Mining Journal
3. Cross Country: Hartland swept the Corunna Earlybird Invitational titles, both teams edging runner-up St. Johns by just a few points – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Cross Country: Charlevoix topped a strong boys field to win the East Jordan Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
5. Cross Country: Pewamo-Westphalia’s girls edged Ithaca’s by two points to win the Yellowjackets’ home invitational – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. Volleyball: Onsted moved to 7-0 with wins over Napoleon, Division 3 honorable mention Manchester and host Adrian Madison at a quad – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 5 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian moved to 11-2 with wins over Zeeland East, Allendale and Montague – Local Sports Journal
8. Cross Country: Pewamo-Westphalia’s boys won the six-team Ithaca Invitational ahead of a host of Division 4 state contenders – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Boys Tennis: Holland won Nos. 1 and 2 singles, but West Ottawa won the other six flights to earn a 6-2 team victory – Holland Sentinel
10. Volleyball: Freeland downed Gladwin, Bay City Western and Beaverton to move to 7-1 – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 3/6/19
March 6, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The final four hockey contenders in Division 2 earned the opportunity with Quarterfinal wins Tuesday, while Boys Basketball Regional Semifinals saw the elimination of four teams that entered the evening unbeaten this winter.
1. Hockey: No. 2 Trenton edged No. 3 Livonia Stevenson 3-2 in a Division 2 Quarterfinal to earn a return to USA Hockey Arena – Southgate News-Herald
2. Boys Basketball: Emoni Bates drilled a 3-pointer during the closing seconds to carry Ypsilanti Lincoln past Ann Arbor Skyline 58-55 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Ann Arbor News
3. Boys Basketball: DeWitt handed the first and only loss this season to Mattawan in a 51-38 Division 1 win – Lansing State Journal
4. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor got past previously-undefeated Otsego 63-59 in Division 2 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. Hockey: No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice held off Port Huron Northern 6-5 to also advance in Division 2 – Oakland Press
6. Hockey: No. 9 Marquette earned a spot in the Division 2 Semifinals with a 4-1 win over Petoskey – MI Sports Now
7. Hockey: Top-ranked Hartland got past No. 12 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern 6-0 to move on in Division 2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. Boys Basketball: East Kentwood avenged an early-season loss with a 68-62 win over Muskegon in Division 1 – FOX 17
9. Boys Basketball: Alma had another of the night’s stunners, handing Bridgeport its first loss 64-56, in Division 2 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
10. Boys Basketball: Pellston handed Brimley its first and only loss of the season, 75-60 in Division 4 – Petoskey News-Review
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Dylan Jergens scored 27 points to set the MHSAA single-season record of 971, but his Marcellus Howardsville Christian team fell to Wyoming Tri-unity Christian 68-56 in Division 4 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Boys Basketball: Pittsford upended Athens 48-42 in Division 4 to set a program record for wins in improving to 21-2 – Hillsdale Daily News