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: 8/27/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

August 27, 2024

1. GIRLS GOLF Grace Slocum won her fourth tournament to start the season, this time leading Traverse City St. Francis to the team title at the Grayling Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. VOLLEYBALL Mendon won the St. Joseph County Tournament, defeating 2023 champion Three Rivers to clinch – Sturgis Journal

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Warren De La Salle Collegiate scored with 18 minutes to play to get past Division 1 No. 12 Detroit Catholic Central 1-0 – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Riverview and Division 3 No. 14 Grosse Ile played to a 2-2 draw in a key Huron League match – Southgate News-Herald

5. BOYS SOCCER Alma held on to down Frankenmuth 2-1 – Saginaw News

6. GIRLS GOLF Whitehall carded a 378 to win the Ludington Jamboree by 15 strokes – Ludington Daily News

7. BOYS TENNIS Harrison Township L’Anse Creuse edged Sterling Heights Stevenson 5-3 – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS SOCCER Mason Keister scored the lone goal in Midland Bullock Creek’s win over Gladwin – Midland Daily News

9. BOYS SOCCER Canton Prep broke away during the second half for a 5-0 win over Livonia Clarenceville – Hometown Life

10. BOYS SOCCER Cadillac earned its first win of the season, downing Sault Ste. Marie 7-0 – Cadillac News