Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/18
September 19, 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: Traverse City West, No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, won the Frank Altmore Invitational in Midland with Anika Dy shooting a course record 63 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. Boys soccer: Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central edged rival Portage Northern 2-1 in the latest matchup of their intense rivalry – Kalamazoo Gazette
3. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 8 Spring Lake came back after losing the first set to defeat Comstock Park in four – Grand Haven Tribune
4. Volleyball: Escanaba came back from an 0-2 deficit to defeat Gladstone in five sets – Escanaba Daily Press
5. Boys Soccer: Division 1 top-ranked Troy Athens stayed undefeated with a 4-0 win over rival Athens – Oakland Press
6. Cross Country: McBain’s girls and boys – both ranked No. 8 in LPD3 – swept team first places at the first Highland Conference jamboree of this season – Cadillac News
7. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central improved to 10-3-1 with a key league win, 1-0, over Detroit U-D Jesuit – Observer & Eccentric
8. Cross Country: Grosse Ile took the girls team win and both individual first places at the first Huron League jamboree; the girls team is No. 12 in LPD2 – Southgate News-Herald
9. Boys soccer: Cadillac scored in the final minutes to get past Traverse City Central – MI Sports Now
10. Boys Soccer: Rochester Hills Stoney Creek scored all of its goals during the second half of a 4-0 win over Rochester – Oakland Press
Today in the MHSAA: 12/13/18
December 13, 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 list is book-ended by wrestling, leading off with a match between two of the state’s best in Division 1 and finishing with a sweep by a Division 4 contender. In between, we’ve got glances at hockey, girls and boys basketball and gymnastics results.
1. Wrestling: No. 5 Hartland edged No. 4 Clarkston 34-29 in a matchup of two of the top-ranked in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Wrestling: Livonia Franklin edged Churchill 186-183 to clinch its fourth straight City championship – Observer & Eccentric
3. Hockey: Traverse City Central took the first lead and hung on for a 2-1 win over Division 1 No. 15 Traverse City West – WPBN
4. Hockey: Division 1 No. 2 Saginaw Heritage earned a key 6-2 league victory over Division 3 No. 13 Midland Dow – Midland Daily News
5. Girls Basketball: Auburn Hills Avondale moved to 3-0 with a 49-34 win over Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Oakland Press
6. Boys Basketball: Hanover-Horton moved to 5-0 with a 66-56 win over Michigan Center – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
7. Gymnastics: Escanaba edged Negaunee by a mere 2.4 points in an early-season meet – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Boys Basketball: Pellston moved to 6-0 with a 67-62 win over Johannesburg-Lewiston, the reigning Ski Valley Conference champ – Petoskey News-Review
9. Hockey: Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard hung on for a 3-2 win over Dearborn Divine Child – We Love Ann Arbor
10. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 7 Mendon downed Centreville and White Pigeon in Southwest 10 Conference action – Sturgis Journal