Today in the MHSAA: 12/4/19

December 4, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Girls basketball season has begun across the state, and we also included a big-time hockey rivalry game in today’s first “Today” of the winter season.

1. Girls Basketball: Jenison picked up an impressive 59-52 win over Hamilton, a Division 2 semifinalist last season – Holland Sentinel

2. Girls Basketball: Two-time reigning Class D/Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian opened with a 59-48 win over Michigan Center – JTV

3. Girls Basketball: Flint Carman-Ainsworth outlasted Kearsley 57-51 in a rematch of last season’s Division 1 District Final – Flint Journal

4. Girls Basketball: Escanaba earned its first win over Marquette since 2012, 55-46 – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow downed Freeland 42-26, as the Falcons began their season without recently-deceased coach Tom Zolinski – Midland Daily News

6. Girls Basketball: Traverse City West came back from a 15-point deficit to get past Benzie Central 50-46 in overtime – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Girls Basketball: Kent City trailed by 15 early but came all the way back for a 51-48 win over Comstock Park – FOX 17

8. Hockey: Division 2 No. 5 Marquette took a 6-1 win from Escanaba in the Redmen’s home opener – Escanaba Daily Press

9. Girls Basketball: Port Huron Northern outscored St. Clair 16-4 in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 46-32 win – Port Huron Times-Herald

10. Girls Basketball: East Jordan’s Jayden Weber scored 32 points to lead her team past Mancelona 52-27 – Petoskey News-Review

Also of note ...

Unified Sports: From Saturday, Hugh Bernreuter explained some of the success story behind the growing Unified Sports effort as flag football games were played at Ford Field for the second-straight year – Saginaw News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/12/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 12, 2023

1. VOLLEYBALL After losing the first set, Division 1 honorable mention South Lyon East came back to win in four over South Lyon and clinch the Lakes Valley Conference title outright – Oakland Press

2. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a sweep of Cadillac – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS SOCCER Logan Korson broke Bullock Creek’s career goals record in his team’s Division 3 District win over Standish-Sterling – Midland Daily News

4. GIRLS GOLF No. 6 DeWitt shot a 341 to edge No. 3 Mason by four strokes and win a Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional title – Lansing State Journal

5. BOYS SOCCER Holly won its first District game since 2017, defeating North Branch 7-4 in Division 2 – WJRT

6. GIRLS GOLF No. 7 Goodrich carded a 347 to win its LPD3 Regional, with No. 10 Freeland second – Saginaw News

7. BOYS SOCCER A second-half surge sent top-ranked Berkley past Royal Oak 3-1 in a Division 1 District opener – Oakland Press

8. BOYS SOCCER St. Joseph began another Division 2 District title quest with a 2-1 win over Coldwater – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. BOYS SOCCER New Boston Huron scored twice over the final 12 minutes to get past Allen Park 3-2 in a Division 2 District opener – Southgate News-Herald

10. BOYS SOCCER Howard City Tri County defeated Reed City 3-2 for the second-straight time this season, this time in a Division 3 District opener – Greenville Daily News