Today in the MHSAA: 9/28/17

September 28, 2017

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 Top 10

1. Boys Soccer: Lincoln Alcona goalkeeper Conner McCoy broke the national record for career saves and did it with a shutout of Oscoda, 2-0 (check back Friday for a feature on Second Half) – Alpena News

2. Girls Tennis: The first MHSAA championships of 2017-18 were awarded Wednesday as Negaunee won its fourth straight Division 1 title and Ishpeming Westwood won its eighth in nine seasons in Division 2 – Second Half Division 1 | Division 2

3. Cross Country: Incredibly, three runners from the Battle Creek area are back on course this season after being diagnosed with a rare heart condition last year and undergoing surgery – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. Girls Golf: Three years after starting the program, Shepherd is celebrating its second straight league championship in the sport – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

5. Cross Country: The top-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer boys and No. 10 girls edged Saline’s No. 2-ranked boys and No. 5 girls teams in the second Southeastern Conference jamboree and also matchup of contenders in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Saline Post Boys | Girls

6. Cross Country: The Spring Lake boys, No. 9 in LPD2, and No. 10 Allendale girls won their Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue jamboree, Allendale over Spring Lake’s No. 9-ranked girls team – Grand Haven Tribune

7. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 19 Buckley avenged an earlier loss to No. 3 Leland with a 3-0 shutout in the rematch – Cadillac News

8. Girls Golf: LPD2 No. 10 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer won its second straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association city championship – Local Sports Journal

9. Boys Tennis: LPD4 No. 8 Ludington downed Whitehall 5-3 to clinch a share of the Coastal Conference championship – Ludington Daily News

10. Girls Golf: LPD1 No. 2 Brighton finished its home regular-season schedule with a 23-stroke win over Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 5, 2023

1. HOCKEY Bay City’s Western/Central co-op downed Division 3 No. 10 Chelsea 6-4 – Bay City Times

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flushing came back from a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Flint Powers Catholic 46-43 – Flint Journal

3. HOCKEY Jake Pietila scored half of Division 1 No. 5 Hartland’s goals in its 6-1 win over Northville – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 4 Bronson defeated Reading and Sand Creek during its inaugural Billy Balowski Memorial Tournament – Sturgis Journal 

5. HOCKEY Dearborn Divine Child edged Wyandotte Roosevelt 9-8 in overtime – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Bullock Creek outlasted Midland High in overtime 55-50 – Midland Daily News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Holly tied things up during the final seconds of regulation and surged through overtime for a 67-54 win over White Lake Lakeland – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Fruitport held on for a 40-38 win over North Muskegon – MuskegonSports.com

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Hesperia edged Walkerville 49-47 – Local Sports Journal

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Bad Axe held on to down Ubly 46-42 – Huron Daily Tribune