Today in the MHSAA: 11/5/15

November 5, 2015

Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Finalists for this season’s four MHSAA boys soccer championships were determined Wednesday, while a number of intriguing Volleyball District Finals were set up as well.

Boys Soccer

In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, Canton won again over Rochester Adams, this time in an overtime shootout – Oakland Press

No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central held off No. 5 Detroit Catholic Central 3-1 in their Division 1 Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern earned its first trip to the MHSAA Finals with a 4-2 win over Mattawan in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

Mason’s penalty kick score with two minutes to play gave the No. 8 Bulldogs a 1-0 win over No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal

No. 3 Williamston eliminated another top-five team, this time No. 5 Grosse Ile, to advance in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal

No. 2 Grand Rapids South Christian earned its fourth trip to the MHSAA Finals in six seasons with a 4-1 win over No. 10 Gladwin in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press

Undefeated Burton Genesee Christian eliminated top-ranked Lansing Christian in a shootout in their Division 4 Semifinal – Lansing State Journal

Kalamazoo Hackett advanced to the Division 4 Final also by shootout, over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Kalamazoo Gazette

Volleyball

Flushing will play in its 11th straight District Final after downing St. Johns in Class A – Flint Journal

Class A No. 3 Grand Rapids Christian earned a rematch with East Grand Rapids by sweeping honorable mention East Kentwood – Grand Rapids Press

Temperance Bedford edged Saline 3-2 in a matchup of two more Class A honorable mentions – AnnArbor.com

Class B No. 7 North Branch faced league rival Frankenmuth one more time, sweeping the Eagles to earn a District Final match against No. 2 Mount Morris – Flint Journal

Class B honorable mention Buchanan set a school record with 46 wins in downing Dowagiac – Niles Daily Star

Class B honorable mention Marysville advanced by sweeping Marine City, a league champion this fall – Port Huron Times-Herald

Ithaca rightly made headlines early this fall by ending a 52-match losing streak to St. Louis, but the Sharks, an honorable mention in Class C, came away with the victory Wednesday – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Montague, No. 3 in Class C, kept building on its strong season by earning its first District Final berth since 2011 with a sweep of Hesperia – Muskegon Chronicle

From Tuesday, Manistique remained undefeated with a Class C victory over Ishpeming – Escanaba Daily Press

Today in the MHSAA: 3/15/18

March 15, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

Today’s Top 10

1. Boys Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing hung on for its first Regional title in more than a decade, downing three-time reigning Class C champion Flint Beecher 59-55 – Huron Daily Tribune

2. Boys Basketball: Holland West Ottawa took Muskegon to overtime before coming away with a 46-42 win in Class A and its first Regional title – Holland Sentinel

3. Boys Basketball: Marcellus Howardsville Christian won it first Regional title with a 58-46 victory over Bellevue in Class D – Sturgis Journal 

4. Boys Basketball: Undefeated Dollar Bay held on for a 65-64 win over Carney-Nadeau in Class D to claim its first Regional title since 1979 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette 

5. Boys Basketball: Clarkston earned coach Dan Fife his 700th victory with a 58-35 win over Orchard Lake St. Mary’s in Class A – Oakland Press 

6. Boys Basketball: Kalamazoo Christian handed Cassopolis its only loss of the season in a Class C Regional Final, 61-48 – JoeInsider.com 

7. Boys Basketball: Romeo Weems put up one of the most incredible stat lines seen in some time – 21 points, 16 rebounds, 12 assists, 10 steals and seven blocks – as New Haven downed Detroit Country Day 92-74 in Class B – Port Huron Times Herald 

8. Boys Basketball: Hillman was tied with Mio with a quarter to play, but kept its perfect season going with a 48-44 win in Class D – Alpena News

9. Boys Basketball: In Class C, Iron Mountain claimed its first Regional title since 1994 with a 56-44 win over Calumet – Marquette Mining Journal

10. Boys Basketball: River Rouge claimed its third straight Regional title, downing Detroit Old Redford 50-43 in Class B – Southgate News Herald