Today In The MHSAA: 1/28/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 28, 2022
1. WRESTLING Division 3 No. 3 Alma clinched a sixth-straight regular-season league title with a 55-9 win over Birch Run – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Katelyn Pnacek became the third Coleman player to reach 1,000 career points, reaching the milestone in the Division 4 No. 10 Comets’ 47-26 win over Breckenridge – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Emma Smieska went over 1,000 career points in Leslie’s 49-37 win over Lansing Christian – Jackson Citizen Patriot
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 6 Gaylord St. Mary downed No. 14 Lake Leelanau St. Mary 62-50 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. HOCKEY Pinckney opened the Michigan Public High School Showcase with a 4-2 win over Division 2 No. 9 South Lyon – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Homer dealt Division 3 No. 5 Jonesville its first defeat, 48-47 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Treyvon Lewis filled the stat sheet in West Bloomfield’s 72-61 win over Division 2 No. 6 Ferndale – Oakland Press
8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland West Ottawa – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – swam past Rockford 175-125 – Holland Sentinel
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 5 McBain Northern Michigan Christian held on for a 56-50 win at Manton – Up North Live
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Joseph Hayes scored 40 points in Shelby’s 63-55 win over Hart – CatchMark SportsNet
Today in the MHSAA: 3/11/16
March 11, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday saw multiple Michigan girls basketball teams win Regional titles for the first time and all three undefeated teams in Class C fall. And in hockey, our Division 2 Final will include a past champ versus a first-time advancer.
Girls Basketball
In a meeting of arguably the two favorites in Class A heading into the tournament, Detroit Martin Luther King came away with a 74-56 win over Southfield-Lathrup – Detroit Free Press
St. Johns won its first Regional title in 11 seasons with a 46-43 victory over Saginaw Heritage in Class A – Lansing State Journal
Warren Cousino claimed its first Regional championship with a 49-39 win over reigning Class A champion Bloomfield Hills Marian – Macomb Daily
Bay City John Glenn also earned its first Regional title, downing Freeland 59-27 in Class B – Bay City Times
Grand Rapids Covenant Christian earned its first trip to the Quarterfinals since 2000 with a 31-30 win over Kent City in Class C – Grand Rapids Press
Niles Brandywine handed Gobles its first and only loss of the season, 53-47 in a Class C Regional Final – Niles Daily Star
St. Ignace ended a perfect run for reigning Class C champion Calumet with a one-point win – Escanaba Daily Press
Ithaca won its first Regional title with a 68-45 victory over Reese in Class C – Saginaw News
Also in Class C, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep ended Napoleon’s perfect run with a 40-30 win to claim a third straight Regional title – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Stephenson earned its first Regional title since 1982 by downing four-time reigning Regional champ Crystal Falls Forest Park in Class D – Iron Mountain Daily News
Ice Hockey
No. 3-ranked Livonia Stevenson reached the Division 2 Final with a 5-1 win over No. 2 Hartland – Detroit News
Romeo reached its first MHSAA Final in hockey with a 5-2 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern in Division 2 – Macomb Daily