Today in the MHSAA: 1/19/16
January 19, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
An action-filled weekend included basketball milestones and matchups of Michigan’s top high school wrestling teams in a preview of what we might see at next month’s MHSAA Team Finals.
Girls Basketball
Ellen Doyle scored her 1,000th career point as Gobles improved to 79-5 during her four seasons by downing Saugatuck 42-19 – Grand Rapids Press
Three days after falling for the first time this season, to St. Johns, Haslett came back to deal rival DeWitt its first loss of the winter – Lansing State Journal
Farmington Hills Harrison moved to 9-1 by handing Clarkston its first loss of the season, 54-45 – Detroit Free Press
Jazmin Hildebrand became the first 1,000-point scorer in Martin history and also grabbed 20 rebounds in her team’s 70-48 win over Bloomingdale – Kalamazoo Gazette
Longtime Ithaca coach Bob Anderson, who earlier this season won his 700th game and coached 1,146 girls and boys games combined, retired because of health reasons with his team 9-0; he reportedly had a stroke in 2014 and brain surgery last year – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Boys Basketball
Demetrius Lake scored a Holland record 50 points and made the game winning 3-pointer to get the Dutch past Zeeland West 69-68 – Holland Sentinel
Detroit Allen upended previously-undefeated River Rouge in only a slight upset, 58-47 – MLive-Detroit
Bowling
Macomb L’Anse Creuse North’s Samantha Gainor rolled five games of 200 or higher to win the Macomb County Championships girls singles title Sunday – Macomb Daily
St. Clair Shores Lake Shore’s Nathan Kuffer won matches by six and then 18 pins to claim the boys singles title at the Macomb County Championships – Macomb Daily
Wrestling
Central Michigan University’s McGuirk Arena hosted four of the top teams in Division 1 on Sunday; Detroit Catholic Central swept matches over Hartland and Grandville, and the top-ranked Eagles finished their day downing No. 2 Davison by a point – Livingston Daily
Also at CMU on Sunday, Division 3 No. 5 Remus Chippewa Hills downed the top two teams in Division 4, Hudson and New Lothrop – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
On Saturday, Dundee won the Hudson Super 16 ahead of field of elite teams including the host Tigers – Adrian Daily Telegram
Today in the MHSAA: 11/13/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 13, 2024
1. VOLLEYBALL With no set decided by more than three points, No. 2 Northville downed top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy in five in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Oakland Press
2. VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Rockford reached the Division 1 Regional Finals for the fifth-straight season with a four-set win over No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press
3. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian and No. 5 Clarkston also went five sets in Division 1, with Marian prevailing – Oakland Press
4. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 McBain downed honorable mention Beal City in five sets in Division 3 – MI Sports Now
5. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept honorable mention Onekama in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
6. VOLLEYBALL Kingsley was one point from falling to Kingsford before winning the final four of the fifth set to complete a Division 2 comeback – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Battle Creek Harper Creek came back after losing the first set to defeat Niles in four in Division 2 – Battle Creek Harper Creek
8. VOLLEYBALL Portage Northern twice came back from a set down to defeat Holland West Ottawa in five in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette
9. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Calumet swept Manistique in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Upper Michigan’s Source
10. VOLLEYBALL South Lyon and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s went to five sets in Division 1, with the Lions prevailing – Oakland Press