Today in the MHSAA: 1/22/20

January 22, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Tuesday was milestone day as four more of the state’s top girls basketball players went over 1,000 points for their careers, headlining an evening that also saw a number of upsets in multiple sports.

1. Girls Basketball: Ellie Droste joined Pewamo-Westphalia teammate Hannah Spitzley in going over 1,000 career points this season, reaching the milestone in a big win over Bath – Lansing State Journal

2. Girls Basketball: AJ Ediger went over 1,000 career points with 21 in Hamilton’s 41-29 win over Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel

3. Girls Basketball: Joanna Larsen went over 1,000 career points with 19 in Centreville’s 66-26 win over Mendon – Sturgis Journal

4. Girls Basketball: Gabi Saxman scored 29 points in Schoolcraft’s 57-30 win over Constantine to go over 1,000 for her career – JoeInsider.com

5. Boys Basketball: Thomas Kurowski tied a school record with 43 points, including four big ones over the final seconds, to lead Sturgis past Battle Creek Central 62-58 – Sturgis Journal

6. Boys Swimming & Diving: Pinckney – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – got past LPD1 No. 10 Brighton for the first time in a long time, 96-90 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Girls Basketball: Kent City dealt the first loss this season to Morley Stanwood, 75-33, thanks in part to 16 3-pointers – Muskegon Chronicle

8. Boys Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary defeated previously-unbeaten Pellston 59-54 to move up in the Ski Valley Conference – Gaylord Herald Times

9. Girls Basketball: Richland Gull Lake handed Three Rivers its first loss, 73-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. Girls Basketball: Ubly moved into first place alone in the Greater Thumb Conference East with a 31-17 win over Sandusky – Huron Daily Tribune

Also of note …

Football: Recently retired pro Zach Line will take over Oxford from longtime coach Bud Rowley, who retired after this past season – State Champs Sports Network

Today in the MHSAA: 10/26/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 26, 2022

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Holland Christian outlasted top-ranked Grand Rapids Catholic Central through a 22-shot shootout to win a Division 3 Regional Semifinal 2-1 – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 8 Rochester Adams also won a shootout to get past top-ranked Troy 4-3 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central advanced in Division 1 with a 3-1 overtime win over No. 4 Okemos – Oakland Press

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian swept No. 8 Farmington Hills Mercy to claim the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship – Oakland Press

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 DeWitt downed No. 4 St. Joseph 3-1 in overtime of a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Imlay City advanced in Division 3 with a 2-1 win over No. 10 Frankenmuth – WJRT

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 Lansing Christian advanced with a 3-0 win over No. 8 Hillsdale Academy – Lansing State Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Muskegon Mona Shores avenged a regular-season loss to Zeeland East to win the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament title – MuskegonSports.com

9. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 3 McBain swept LeRoy Pine River to clinch a second-straight Highland Conference championship – Cadillac News

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 East Grand Rapids advanced in Division 2 with a 2-0 win over No. 14 Petoskey in a Regional Semifinal – Petoskey News-Review