Today in the MHSAA: 10/8/20
October 8, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The fields for this season’s Lower Peninsula Girls Golf and Boys Tennis Finals continued to fill Wednesday, with a new-look District format changing things up on the courts.
1. Girls Golf: Top-ranked Rochester Adams won its first Regional in more than two decades, with No. 9 Bloomfield Hills and No. 8 Troy also advancing in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – Oakland Press
2. Girls Golf: No. 3 Plymouth (326), No. 2 Northville (330) and unranked Ann Arbor Pioneer (349) advanced from another strong LPD1 Regional – We Love Ann Arbor
3. Boys Tennis: No. 11 Allegan advanced with a tie-breaker win over No. 7 Holland Christian in an LPD3 District Final – Holland Sentinel
4. Boys Tennis: No. 2 Traverse City St. Francis earned its 13th-straight Finals weekend berth, with an LPD4 District title – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Girls Golf: No. 10 Haslett, No. 9 Okemos and No. 7 Fenton took the top three places, respectively, at the LPD2 Regional at The Emerald – Flint Journal
6. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy moved to 23-0 this fall with a second win this season over No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Marian – Observer & Eccentric
7. Girls Golf: No. 5 Michigan Center, No. 10 Adrian Lenawee Christian and unranked Hanover-Horton qualified from an LPD4 Regional at Cascades – JTV
8. Boys Soccer: Division 1 No. 3 (MPR) Detroit Catholic Central clinched the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship with a 3-0 win over Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press
9. Boys Soccer: McBain Northern Michigan Christian downed Cheboygan 2-0 to claim its first Northern Michigan Soccer League title – Cadillac News
10. Boys Tennis: No. 13 Traverse City Central received a bye and then defeated No. 15 Midland in an LPD2 District Final to advance to a sixth-straight Finals weekend – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Also of note …
Cross Country: From Tuesday, the Fairview boys and Rogers City girls clinched North Star League championships – WBKB
Today in the MHSAA: 12/13/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 13, 2022
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Mackinaw City downed Ellsworth 71-56, ending the Lancers’ 61-game winning streak in Northern Lakes Conference play – Petoskey News-Review
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Beal City defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart for the first time since 2013-14, 37-30 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Aly Matuza’s pair of late free throws pushed Troy past Farmington 48-47 – Oakland Press
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Taylor Trillium followed DaMaryon and Keymarryon Fishburn to a 71-57 win over Ann Arbor Greenhills – Detroit News
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Lake Leelanau St. Mary continued its dominating start with a 68-34 win over Buckley – Up North Live
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grosse Ile defeated Gibraltar Carlson 64-22 in a matchup of teams that both won 18 games last season – Southgate News-Herald
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western jumped out to a quick lead and held on to get past Reese 38-31 – Midland Daily News
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Bradley Richards had 25 points and 20 rebounds as Fruitport Calvary Christian got past Pentwater 77-42 – Local Sports Journal
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Milford improved to 3-0 with a 57-24 win over Livonia Churchill – Hometown Life
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage downed Bay City Western 74-34 – WJRT
Also of note …
CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT Menominee, Gladstone and Kingsford will be joining the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference for football in 2023, with changes to include a halt to the football rivalry between Menominee and Escanaba that dates to 1897 – Escanaba Daily Press