Today in the MHSAA: 9/14/18

September 14, 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. Boys Soccer: Unranked Birmingham Brother Rice scored early and made it stand in a 1-0 victory over Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central – Oakland Press

2. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy won the first of what should be a few highly-charged matches this season with rival and No. 8 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Oakland Press

3. Volleyball: Grand Haven edged Holland West Ottawa 3-2 on Bucs Pride Night dedicated to those in the community fighting cancer – Grand Haven Tribune

4. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 7 Northville improved to 19-2 with a sweep of Plymouth – Observer & Eccentric

5. Volleyball: Division 4 No. 6 Rudyard continued its surge with a three-set sweep of Cedarville MI Sports Now

6. Boys Soccer: Hillsdale Academy broke free in the second half for a 4-2 win over rival Hillsdale High – Hillsdale Daily News

7. Boys Soccer: Petoskey earned its first win in Big North Conference play, edging Traverse City Central 1-0 – Petoskey News-Review

8. Volleyball: The “Battle of the Bay” went L’Anse’s way as the Purple Hornets downed Baraga in four sets – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

9. Volleyball: Boyne City remains undefeated atop the Lake Michigan Conference after a win over Kalkaska – Petoskey News-Review

10. Boys Soccer: St. Joseph came back from a two-goal deficit to down Stevensville Lakeshore 4-3 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Today In The MHSAA: 2/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2021

More league champions were celebrated in skiing Wednesday, with regional champions rising in Muskegon-area bowling and statewide elite facing off in competitive cheer, basketball and hockey.

1. Skiing: Harbor Springs’ girls clinched their 13th-straight Lake Michigan Conference title, and Great North Alpine claimed the boys title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Skiing: The Onekema girls and Benzie Central boys finished league title runs in the Lake Michigan Ski Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Bowling: Whitehall’s girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship, while Fruitport’s boys repeated – Local Sports Journal

4. Competitive Cheer: Reigning Division 2 champion Allen Park topped reigning runner-up Gibraltar Carlson after the powers were separated by less than a point after Round 2 – Southgate News-Herald

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic shut out Division 1 No. 4 Saginaw Heritage 5-0 – WJRT

6. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past Grand Blanc 65-52 in a matchup of highly-regarded contenders – Oakland Press

7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice downed Division 1 No. 2 Brighton 4-2 – Observer & Eccentric

8. Hockey: Division 1 No. 6 Traverse Bay Reps downed Division 2 No. 8 Traverse City Central 3-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Basketball: Carly McCrum went over 1,000 career points as Bay City John Glenn downed Alma 41-32 – Bay City Times

10. Girls Basketball: Although New Lothrop lost 52-47 to Linden, the Hornets’ Brooke Wenzlick went over 1,000 career points – Owosso Argus-Press

Also of note …

Athletic Directors: East Grand Rapids’ Tim Johnston, an MHSAA Bush Award honoree this past year, will retire this summer after 38 years in educational athletics – Grand Rapids Press