Highlight Reel: Class C-D Semifinals

March 18, 2016

The Class C and D finalists at the 2016 MHSAA Girls Basketball Tournament, presented by Sparrow Health System, were determined Thursday in front of more than 5,000 fans at the Breslin Center in East Lansing.

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Class C Semifinal – Traverse City St. Francis 53, Niles Brandywine 40

Muscle Hoops - A classic feed into the middle to Traverse City St. Francis center Juliana Phillips results in a basket that put the Gladiators in the lead to stay against Niles Brandywine. Phillips finished with 17 points and 12 rebounds.

Bobcats Stay Close – The closest Niles Brandywine could get in the second half against Traverse City St. Francis was three points when Makenna Hartline scored two of her 17.

Class C Semifinal – Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 72, Ithaca 44

Kayla Cans One For Ithaca - Things went back and forth early between Ithaca and Ypsilanti Arbor Prep. Here the Yellowjackets take the least on a basket by Kayla Belles, who led her team with 16 points.

Chambers Leads Prep - Nastassja Chambers led Ypsilanti Arbor Prep against Ithaca with a game-high 24 points, including a transition basket here. 

Class D Semifinal – Pittsford 62, Waterford Our Lady 43

Clark Goes Coast To Coast - In the first quarter of this rematch of a Semifinal at last year's Class D tournament, Pittsford's Maddie Clark grabs the missed shot and takes it all the way for two of her game-high 24 points to go with 16 rebounds.

Senerius 3-Point Play - Tiffany Senerius led Waterford Our Lady against Pittsford with 20 points – including this old-fashioned three-point play in the second quarter. 

Class D Semifinal – Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart 45, Stephenson 38

Eagles Tie It - This game had six ties, the last coming midway through the third quarter on this basket by Stephenson's Karley Johnson. Johnson led her team with 12 points.

Take That! And That! - Here's a couple of great defensive plays in the closing moments of the Class D Semifinal between Mt. Pleasant Sacred Heart and Stephenson by Averi Gamble of the Irish – one smashing away a pass, the other blocking a shot. Gamble finished with 13 points and 13 rebounds. 

PHOTO: The Pittsford and Waterford Our Lady teams line up for the national anthem Thursday.

Today in the MHSAA: 10/20/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 20, 2023

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Grosse Ile clinched its 15th-straight District title with a 3-1 win over No. 10 Milan in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald

2. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 3 Marysville came back from a two-set deficit to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Red title with a five-set win over Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Macomb Daily

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 10 Rochester Adams got past No. 11 Utica Eisenhower 2-0 in a Division 1 District Final – Oakland Press

4. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Holland Christian defeated No. 10 Holland High 3-0 to claim a Division 2 District title – FOX 17

5. CROSS COUNTRY Ann Arbor Pioneer – whose girls are ranked No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 and whose boys are No. 3 – clinched the Southeastern Conference Red titles, while the Chelsea girls and LPD2 top-ranked Pinckney boys claimed championships in the SEC White – Ann Arbor News

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep defeated No. 11 Kalamazoo Christian 2-1 in a Division 4 District Final – WWMT

7. VOLLEYBALL Reed City earned a share of the Central State Activities Association title with a four-set win over White Cloud – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 honorable mention Morley Stanwood earned the other share in the CSAA with a four-set win over Central Montcalm – Big Rapids Pioneer

9. CROSS COUNTRY The Brownstown Woodhaven girls and Allen Park boys won Downriver League championship races – Southgate News-Herald

10. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD1 No. 4 Holland West Ottawa girls and No. 2 Grand Haven boys won Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship meets – Holland Sentinel