Today in the MHSAA: 1/15/16
January 15, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday provided a substantial appetizer for another big weekend with key basketball games, noteworthy swimming and diving finishes and a milestone wrestling victory.
Boys Basketball
Clarkston earned a key Oakland Activities Association Red edge with a win over similarly state-ranked North Farmington, 60-47 – Oakland Press
Frankfort earned a similarly important win in Northwest Conference play, winning a matchup of Class D ranked teams 65-55 over Buckley – Traverse City Record-Eagle
For the second straight day, a basketball team made an incredible comeback; this time, it was East Jackson building off a 21-2 deficit at the end of the first quarter to beat Napoleon 42-39 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Olivet junior Delbert Redfield made nine of 11 3-point tries and scored 33 points total to lead the Eagles to a 73-55 win over Lansing Christian – MLive Lansing
Girls Basketball
Warren Cousino handed Grosse Pointe North the latter’s first loss this season, 64-58, to move to 9-1 overall – Macomb Daily
Boys Swimming & Diving
Lower Peninsula Division 3 honorable mention Spring Lake downed No. 4 Hamilton, No. 5 Grand Rapids Christian and Division 2 honorable mention Holland in its best meet of a strong run so far – Grand Haven Tribune
Wrestling
Leslie defeated Olivet (and also lost to Lake Odessa Lakewood) on Thursday, giving Blackhawks coach Todd Stern his 400th career win since taking over as head coach in 1987 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
Good Reads
Battle of the Fans V kicks off tonight with our first visit to Yale, a finalist as well in 2015 – Port Huron Times-Herald
Grand Haven’s basketball teams will return to their former gym now part of Lakeshore Middle School – Pirates Pit – on Feb. 6 and for the first time since 2007 as the high school gym will be used for the league wrestling meet – Grand Haven Tribune
Vanderbilt’s boys basketball team has one win this season, but it was the first in nearly two years and a testament to the rebuilding of the program under first-year coach Darren Conn and assistant Amie Byelich – Petoskey News
Today in the MHSAA: 10/16/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 16, 2024
1. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Fruitport downed Spring Lake 2-1 in a Division 2 District Semifinal improving on the one draw Fruitport played to during the regular season while otherwise going undefeated – Local Sports Journal
2. BOYS SOCCER No. 15 Riverview advanced with a shootout win over No. 13 Melvindale in Division 2 – Southgate News-Herald
3. CROSS COUNTRY The Otsego girls – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and No. 15 Three Rivers boys won Wolverine Conference championships – Sturgis Journal
4. CROSS COUNTRY The No. LPD1 10 Traverse City West girls and No. 10 Central boys secured Big North Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 10 Freeland girls and No. 6 Frankenmuth boys claimed Tri-Valley Conference championships – Saginaw News
6. CROSS COUNTRY McBain’s LPD3 No. 11-ranked girls and Lake City’s boys finished championship runs in the Highland Conference – Cadillac News
7. CROSS COUNTRY The Remus Chippewa Hills girls, honorable mentions in LPD3, clinched the Central State Activities Association title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
8. VOLLEYBALL Reed City clinched a share of the CSAA Red title with a sweep of Howard City Tri County – Big Rapids Pioneer
9. BOYS SOCCER Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker advanced in Division 4 with a 2-1 overtime District win over Saginaw Nouvel – Huron Daily Tribune
10. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Traverse City West edged Midland Dow 1-0 in Division 1 – MI Sports Now