Today in the MHSAA: 1/29/16
January 29, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A relatively quiet night statewide still included matchups of ranked teams in swimming & diving, wrestling and basketball – and we’ve got a good read as well for parents saying good-bye to that role in high school athletics this school year.
Girls Basketball
Big Rapids Crossroads Academy kept a 44-game West Michigan D league winning streak alive with a 62-52 comeback win over Brethren – Big Rapids News
Boys Basketball
Bloomfield Hills survived a final West Bloomfield attempt to tie to stay in first place in the Oakland Activities Association White with a 63-61 victory – Oakland Press
Frankenmuth won its Tri-Valley Conference crossover 67-57 over Alma, which was tied with the Eagles this week for the No. 7 spot in the statewide Class B poll – Saginaw News
Boys Swimming & Diving
Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 4 Holland West Ottawa won every swimming event in a 189-125 victory over No. 7 Rockford – Holland Sentinel
Wrestling
Division 3 top-ranked Dundee took the upper hand in the Lenawee County Athletic Association with a 36-27 win over rival Hudson, ranked No. 2 in Division 4 – Adrian Daily Telegram
Football
The Macomb Daily is reporting this morning that longtime Dakota coach Mike Giannone, who led the Cougars to MHSAA championships in 2006 and 2007, will take over at Warren DeLaSalle – Macomb Daily
Good Read
Battle Creek Enquirer sports editor Bill Broderick writes about his final days as a high school sports parent, and how much he’ll miss them – Battle Creek Enquirer
Today in the MHSAA: 4/26/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
April 26, 2024
1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Hudsonville Unity Christian downed Division 2 No. 5 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 3-0 – Grand Rapids Press
2. SOFTBALL Fowler earned an 11-6 win over Division 3 No. 2 Laingsburg, and Laingsburg won the second game 6-4 – Lansing State Journal
3. BASEBALL Midland earned a 6-1, 6-1 split with Division 1 No. 3 Bay City Western – Midland Daily News
4. SOFTBALL Muskegon Reeths-Puffer continued its perfect start with a 6-5, 14-13 sweep of Division 2 honorable mention Oakridge – CatchMark SportsNet
5. GIRLS SOCCER Rylie Cassette scored six goals and assisted on the other two in New Boston Huron’s win over Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard – Monroe News
6. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Midland swept Bay City Western, with Grace Schloop throwing a five-inning no-hitter and passing 600 career strikeouts – Midland Daily News
7. BOYS LACROSSE Bay City Central defeated Lapeer 5-4 for its first Saginaw Valley League win since 2014 – Bay City Times
8. SOFTBALL Buckley earned 31 strikeouts out of 36 outs total in its sweep of Brethren – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. GIRLS SOCCER Clarkston delivered Berkley’s first loss of the season, 3-1 – Oakland Press
10. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City Central, No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, edged West 5-3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle