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: 8/23/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 23, 2024
1. GIRLS GOLF Northville placed five of the top six individuals in carding a 312 to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association preseason tournament – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Standish-Sterling’s Scarlett Maison won all five events at the Bay City John Glenn Bobcat Pentathlon – Bay City Times
3. GIRLS GOLF Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central shot a 354 to edge Spring Lake by a stroke and win its Ranger Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune
4. GIRLS GOLF Grace Slocum won her third tournament already this season, in also leading Traverse City St. Francis to its home invitational team title – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. BOYS SOCCER Troy edged rival Troy Athens 2-1 in an Oakland Activities Association Red opener – Oakland Press
6. BOYS SOCCER Bad Axe improved to 2-0 with a 3-0 win over Unionville-Sebewaing – Huron Daily Tribune
7. BOYS SOCCER McBain Northern Michigan Christian earned its first win this season, 7-1 over Oscoda – Cadillac News
8. BOYS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa won all of the top eight flights except No. 2 singles in an 8-1 win over Holland High – Holland Sentinel
9. VOLLEYBALL Grass Lake swept North Adams-Jerome to begin its season – Jackson Citizen Patriot
10. BOYS SOCCER Alpena moved to 2-0-1 with a 2-2 draw against Lake Fenton – Alpena News