Today in the MHSAA: 1/12/18
January 12, 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 Top 10
1. Girls Basketball: Ypsilanti Arbor Prep came out on top of a matchup of not only arguably the two best teams in Class C, but in the entire state, defeating reigning champion Detroit Edison Public School Academy 54-49 – Detroit News
2. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 3 top-ranked Holland Christian beat No. 3 East Grand Rapids for the first time in at least a decade, 110-73 – Holland Sentinel
3. Boys Basketball: Frankfort remained undefeated by dealing a 69-53 loss to reigning Class D runner-up Buckley in a matchup of Northwest Conference contenders – Traverse City Record-Eagle
4. Girls Basketball: Lauren Adam’s basket with five seconds to play gave Unionville-Sebewaing a 49-47 overtime win over Cass City – Huron Daily Tribune
5. Hockey: Brownstown Woodhaven downed Grosse Ile 10-2 in a meeting of first-place teams in the Metro League West – Southgate News Herald
6. Wrestling: Marquette downed Ishpeming Westwood 60-24 to win the Marquette County Invitational – Marquette Mining Journal
7. Boys Basketball: Camden-Frontier trailed after the first three quarters but came back to down Pittsford 61-58 in overtime – Hillsdale Daily News
8. Girls Basketball: A pair of final-minute free throws helped Lake City pull away from McBain 40-37 in overtime – Cadillac News
9. Boys Basketball: Free throw shooting paid off big as well for Pellston in its 65-63 win over Central Lake – Petoskey News-Review
10. Football: Schoolcraft announced the retirement of coach Terry Haas, who spent 39 years on the sideline and was 95-40 over the last 13 leading Schoolcraft’s varsity – JoeInsider.com
Today in the MHSAA: 2/23/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 23, 2024
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage doubled up Flint Powers Catholic to clinch a share of the Saginaw Valley League title for the second time in program history – Saginaw News
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Baldwin clinched the West Michigan D League title with a 57-45 win over Pentwater – Big Rapids Pioneer
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central defeated Jefferson 52-41 to clinch a share of the Huron League title, then ended up with the championship outright as Flat Rock edged co-leader Riverview 46-45 – Monroe News
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Harbor Light Christian downed Mackinaw City 71-32 to claim the Northern Lakes Conference title for the first time since 2011 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Dearborn Edsel Ford and Brownstown Woodhaven are co-champions of the Downriver League after Edsel’s 48-32 win – Southgate News-Herald
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Whitehall finished a perfect regular season and West Michigan Conference Lakes title run with a 75-57 victory over Muskegon Oakridge – Muskegon Chronicle
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw Nouvel clinched a repeat Tri-Valley Conference White title with an 81-40 victory over Michigan Lutheran Seminary – WJRT
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard defeated Detroit Renaissance 54-39 to claim the Operation Friendship meeting of league champions – MLIVE-Detroit
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints finished perfect in the North Central Thumb League Stripes, defeating Carsonville-Port Sanilac – Bay City Times
10. BOWLING Holton and Ravenna’s boys and girls teams advanced to Division 4 Finals, Ravenna finishing first and Holton second for girls and with the order reversed for the boys Regional – Local Sports Journal
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan announced its Mr. Basketball Award finalists – Detroit Free Press
BOYS BASKETBALL Greg Lawson II became Davison’s all-time leading scorer as his team defeated Saginaw Arthur Hill 68-57 – Mid-Michigan Now
BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City Central downed Alpena 71-49, but Alpena’s Tucker Bright reached 1,000 career points – Alpena News
HOCKEY No. 2 Marquette defeated Escanaba 7-1 in a Division 3 Regional, giving Marquette coach Doug Garrow his 200th win – Upper Michigan’s Source
GIRLS BASKETBALL Portage Central completed an outright championship run in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference with a 46-36 win over second-place Stevensville Lakeshore – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
BOYS BASKETBALL Portage Central also finished an outright SMAC run on the boys side with a 58-33 win over Lakeshore – Kalamazoo Gazette