Today in the MHSAA: 12/10/18
December 10, 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.
This weekend was filled with record-setting scoring on the basketball court, milestone points and titanic early-season victories as some of the state’s best met in hoops, wrestling and hockey.
1. Wrestling: No. 3 Brighton downed No. 2 Davison 34-23 in a matchup of top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class A champion Saginaw Heritage held on for a 45-43 win over Southfield Arts & Technology at the Arbor Prep Invitational – Saginaw News
3. Girls Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart won big over Coleman as Scout Nelson scored her 1,000th career point – MI Sports Now
4. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 9 Tecumseh downed No. 10 New Boston Huron in the final to win the Brooklyn Columbia Central Team Tournament title – Adrian Daily Telegram
5. Hockey: Division 1 No. 4 Salem followed its Thursday win over Division 2 No. 7 Howell with a 4-0 victory over Division 3 No. 11 Livonia Churchill – Observer & Eccentric
6. Girls Basketball: Comstock’s Daisy Ansel broke her school’s 27-year-old scoring record with 45 points in a big win over Buchanan – Kalamazoo Gazette
7. Bowling: Quincy’s boys entered bracket play as the eighth seed and downed the first on the way to winning the Cascades Clash Baker Tournament – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Girls Basketball: Taylor Folkema tied her school’s record with 39 points in Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s big win over Muskegon Catholic Central – Local Sports Journal
9. Wrestling: Seven individual champions led Petoskey to the team title at the Owosso Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
10. Wrestling: Ishpeming Westwood won its Super Duals finishing 5-0 on the day – Marquette Mining Journal
Also of note …
Cross Country: Longtime Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart coach Mark Zitzelsberger announced his retirement; he led the Irish to six MHSAA titles including the girls team to the last four in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Wrestling: Lake City earned its first invitational team title as a program, claiming first at Manton – Cadillac News
Girls Basketball: Shepherd edged Birch Run 41-40, but Panthers junior Sarah Miller reached 1,000 points for her career – Saginaw News
Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Bryce Hallman scored a school-record 44 points as Howard City Tri-County won its first game in nearly two calendar years, over White Cloud – Greenville Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 3/19/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 19, 2025
Girls Basketball Quarterfinals
DIVISION 1
Rockford finished a three-game season sweep of Grand Haven 55-49 – Grand Rapids Press
Reigning champion West Bloomfield will return to East Lansing after a 57-35 win over Utica Ford – Oakland Press
Wayne Memorial broke away during the third quarter to get past Temperance Bedford 54-35 – Detroit Free Press
Belleville also will return to the Semifinals after a 59-54 win over DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
DIVISION 2
Grand Rapids West Catholic defeated league rival Grand Rapids South Christian 39-37 – Grand Rapids Press
Frankenmuth pulled away from Gladstone 56-36 – Saginaw News
Tecumseh earned its first Semifinal trip since 1976 with a 61-53 win over Goodrich – Adrian Daily Telegram
Reigning champion Detroit Edison is headed back to the Semifinals after a 59-48 win over Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press
DIVISION 3
Reigning champ Ypsilanti Arbor Prep continued its surge with a 31-28 win over Jackson Lumen Christi – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Calumet earned a return to Breslin Center with a 48-33 win over Sanford Meridian – My UP Now
Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest won a repeat Quarterfinal matchup 35-19 over Sandusky – Oakland Press
Last season’s runner-up Niles Brandywine is headed back to Breslin as well after a 43-25 win over Grandville Calvin Christian – South Bend Tribune
DIVISION 4
Haven Chapman became her team’s all-time leading scorer in sending Genesee Christian to its first Semifinal with a 31-22 win over Morenci – Flint Journal
Ewen-Trout Creek won a matchup of UP contenders 47-37 over St. Ignace – Upper Michigan Source
Fowler earned a fifth-straight trip to the Semifinals with a 64-21 victory over Frankfort – Lansing State Journal
Concord advanced to the Semifinals by doubling up Byron Center Zion Christian 54-26 – JTV