Today in the MHSAA: 1/24/20

January 24, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A hockey league champion celebrated Thursday, while girls and boys basketball conference races continued to shift with upsets and buzzer beaters.

1. Hockey: Division 2 No. 7 Lake Orion locked up the Oakland Activities Association Red title with an 8-0 win over M-1 United – Oakland Press

2. Girls Basketball: New Lothrop edged Durand 59-54 in overtime thanks to Brooke Wenzlick’s school-record 42 points – Flint Journal

3. Boys Basketball: Parker’s Neu’s late basket helped Traverse City West hand Cadillac its first loss, 47-46 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Boys Basketball: Pickford broke a seven-game winning streak for Rudyard, 62-50 – MI Sports Now

5. Girls Basketball: Caro improved to 10-1 overall and moved into first alone in the Greater Thumb Conference West with a 46-37 win over Reese – Bay City Times

6. Girls Basketball: Adrian Lenawee Christian held off Dexter 51-43 – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. Girls Basketball: Ravenna knocked Montague out of a first-place tie in the West Michigan Conference with a 42-40 win – Muskegon Chronicle

8. Boys Basketball: Jemari Mack’s last-second putback was the final difference in Macomb L’Anse Creuse North’s 56-54 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson – Macomb Daily

9. Girls Basketball: Clarkston held on for a 46-42 win over Royal Oak – Oakland Press

10. Bowling: Midland’s boys came back from a 10-0 deficit to get past Grand Blanc 20-10 – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

Hockey: From Wednesday, Riverview downed Grosse Ile 3-2 in overtime to clinch the Huron League championship – Southgate News-Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 3/13/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 13, 2023

1. HOCKEY Flint Powers Catholic won its first Finals championship, Detroit Catholic Central became the first champion to not allow a goal during the postseason and Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice won its second title in three years – MHSAA.com

2. GYMNASTICS Rockford repeated as Finals team champion, and Grand Ledge swept Saturday’s individual competitions – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Birmingham Groves won its first Finals title since 2010, Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood its first since 2017, and Ann Arbor Pioneer claimed its third straight – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s downed Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 57-50 in a Division 1 District Final – Oakland Press

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Michigan Collegiate edged Warren Lincoln 60-55 in a Division 2 District championship game – MLIVE-Detroit

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Menominee advanced in Division 3 with a 60-54 win over Iron Mountain – Eagle Herald

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Michigan Center avenged a pair of regular-season losses with a 49-46 Division 3 District Final win over Napoleon – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Cadillac defeated Hart 56-32 in a Division 2 decider, delivering the Pirates their only loss – MI Sports Now

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport Calvary Christian clinched its first District title in this sport, downing Muskegon Heights Academy 59-46 in Division 4 – Grand Haven Tribune

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Hamilton claimed its first District title since 1987 with an 80-51 win over Allegan in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL East Grand Rapids’ Macy Brown was named this season’s Miss Basketball Award winner – Detroit Free Press