Today in the MHSAA: 12/18/15

December 18, 2015

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Holiday break is nearly upon us, but heroics of December, these few included, are setting up what should be an interesting January and February for a number of teams all over the state.

Girls Basketball

Detroit Renaissance might be the best in Detroit this winter – and a contender in Class A – after handing a rare city loss to Detroit Martin Luther King, 68-65 – Detroit News

Muskegon’s Mardrekia Cook drilled a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the Big Reds a 55-52 win over Muskegon Oakridge – Muskegon Chronicle

Boys Basketball

Shawn Pardee is again starring for Millington this season – and missed his school record by only a point Thursday with 55 in an 83-77 double overtime win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News

Frankfort and Traverse City St. Francis traded baskets over the final 20 seconds, with St. Francis getting the last in a 69-68 victory – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Andrew Terry’s fifth 3-pointer of the game gave Warren Lincoln a 61-60 final lead with 4.9 seconds to play against Center Line – Macomb Daily

Girls Swimming & Diving

Gladstone, runner-up at last season’s Upper Peninsula Final, edged Kingsford by three points in a tri-meet; Kingsford was sixth last season – Iron Mountain Daily

Track & Field

Longtime Kingsford athletic director and 2001 MHSAA Bush Award winner Don Edens, Jr., died Tuesday at the age of 70. Edens also was a longtime manager of the U.P. Track & Field Finals – WLUC

Today in the MHSAA: 10/25/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 25, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Byron Center downed top-ranked Portage Central 1-0 in Division 1 to claim its first Regional title – FOX 17

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Oxford claimed its first Regional championship with a shootout win over Detroit Catholic Central in Division 1 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Hartford also claimed a first Regional title in this sport with a 2-1 win over No. 15 Fennville in Division 3 – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian upset No. 2 Leland in their Division 4 Regional Final – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Unranked Plymouth Christian Academy upset No. 3 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Hometown Life

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Elk Rapids claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 5-0 win over No. 4 Kingsford – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Lansing Christian advanced with a Division 4 Regional title win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian – WILX

8. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams scored the lone goal of its Division 1 Regional Final against Romeo – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS SOCCER No. 13 Williamston got past Ann Arbor Greenhills in a shootout to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – Lansing State Journal

10. VOLLEYBALL Erie Mason swept Ottawa Lake Whiteford to win the Tri-County Conference title, its first league championship since 1995 – Monroe News

Also of note …

VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Fenton clinched the Flint Metro League championship with a four-set win over Division 2 honorable mention Lake Fenton – WJRT