Today in the MHSAA: 12/11/19

December 11, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Hartland girls basketball team continued its champion-toppling season start Tuesday, and a West Bloomfield freshman enjoyed an impressive debut as hoops dominated statewide action.

1. Girls Basketball: Hartland followed up last week’s win over reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian with a 37-26 victory over reigning Division 1 title winner Saginaw Heritage – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Boys Basketball: Freshman Ryan Hurst debuted with 28 points to lead West Bloomfield past Southfield Christian 88-66 – Oakland Press

3. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – swept all four divisions of the Dan Pangborn Invitational – Midland Daily News

4. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor opened on a 14-0 run on the way to defeating Dowagiac 73-59 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. Girls Basketball: Nicole Kamin sank the game-winner as Escanaba came back to defeat Negaunee 50-48 – Escanaba Daily Press

6. Boys Basketball: Ty Horky scored 42 points with eight 3-pointers in Manchester’s 70-57 win over Clinton – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. Boys Basketball: Canton defeated Ann Arbor Pioneer 75-69 in a matchup of annual powers – Observer & Eccentric

8. Girls Basketball: Brazyll Watkins’ last-second basket gave Battle Creek Lakeview a 45-44 win over Coldwater – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Boys Basketball: Schoolcraft edged Hopkins 58-56 in overtime – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. Girls Basketball: Montague came back from a 22-8 halftime deficit to get past Spring Lake 51-48 – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Stockbridge won 62-59, but Ida’s Taylor Wegener did go over 1,000 career points – Monroe News

Today in the MHSAA: 2/2/24

February 2, 2024

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Mason clinched a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference Red title with a 57-45 win over St. Johns – Lansing State Journal

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cheboygan defeated St. Ignace for the first time since 2015, 33-30 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

3. SKIING Cadillac’s girls and boys teams won their invitational – Cadillac News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cass City won its M-81 rivalry game with Caro, 50-44 – Huron Daily Tribune

5. WRESTLING Cadillac won close matches over LeRoy Pine River and Reed City to claim the 131 Showdown – Cadillac News

6. BOYS BASKETBALL West Bloomfield came back from 18 points down to defeat Ferndale 79-75 – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Houghton edged Escanaba 49-46 – Escanaba Daily Press

8. HOCKEY Grand Haven earned a 6-5 overtime win over Hudsonville – Grand Haven Tribune

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Mio earned coach Ty McGregor his 100th victory, 54-49 over St. Helen Charlton Heston Academy – Bay City Times

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Central improved to 9-3 with a 59-52 win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – WWMT