Today in the MHSAA: 2/1/19

February 1, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Slowly and surely, teams began returning to the court and ice Thursday, including with the first games of this weekend’s Michigan Interscholastic Hockey League Showcase.

1. Hockey: Utica Eisenhower won its 10th straight game in downing Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 4-2, and Division 1 No. 9 Macomb Dakota came back to defeat Division 2 No. 7 Saline 3-1 in MIHL Showcase games – Macomb Daily

2. Girls Basketball: Mackinaw City improved to 12-1 by holding on against Cheboygan 47-44 – Petoskey News-Review

3. Boys Basketball: Matt Ojala put up 27 points and 16 rebounds to lead Calumet past Houghton 46-45 – The Upbeat

4. Boys Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary held on for a 70-65 win over Onaway – Gaylord Herald Times

5. Boys Basketball: Alpena continued its best season in four with a 70-55 win over Gaylord – Alpena News

6. Girls Basketball: Abby Brown scored 31 points as Manton won big over Leroy Pine River – MI Sports Now

7. Girls Basketball: Six Copper Kings players scored eight or more points in Calumet’s 66-47 win over L’Anse – The Upbeat

8. Girls Basketball: McBain Northern Michigan Christian bounced back from this week’s layoff with a 48-22 win over Evart – Cadillac News

9. Boys Basketball: Grand Traverse Academy also came back from nearly a week off practice for a 68-53 win over the Traverse City Homeschoolers – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 10/11/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 11, 2023

1. CROSS COUNTRY Buckley’s girls – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – claimed the school’s first Northwest Conference title in any girls sport, and Benzie Central clinched the boys championship while Traverse City St. Francis claimed the final Lake Michigan Conference titles; the St. Francis boys are No. 1 in LPD3, and the girls are No. 2 – Traverse City Record-Eagle | Benzie Record-Patriot

2. CROSS COUNTRY Brighton’s LPD1 No. 3-ranked girls dominated their race with Hartland and Howell to clinch the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS SOCCER Bad Axe downed Caro 4-1 to clinch a fifth-straight Greater Thumb Conference West championship – Huron Daily Tribune

4. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 8 Bloomfield Hills Roeper edged Plymouth Christian Academy 1-0 to clinch the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Blue title – Hometown Life

5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 10 Alma boys and No. 9 Frankenmuth girls finished Tri-Valley Conference Red championship runs – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun | Athletic.net

6. GIRLS GOLF No. 6 Rochester carded a 333 to claim its Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional title – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS GOLF Ludington edged Remus Chippewa Hills by four strokes to win an LPD3 Regional – Ludington Daily News

8. GIRLS GOLF No. 4 St. Joseph carded a 364 to win an LPD2 Regional championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 10 Holland avenged an early-season loss to Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 4-1 to finish its championship run through the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green – Holland Sentinel

10. VOLLEYBALL Ludington downed Fremont 3-1 in a matchup of co-leaders in the West Michigan Conference Lakes – MI Sports Now