Today In The MHSAA: 2/23/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 23, 2021

Near-buzzer beaters in basketball and hockey topped an exciting Monday that also saw a few more hoops scorers continue a recent string of 1,000-point toppers.

1. Hockey: Issac Cheli’s goal with just under nine seconds to play gave Division 3 No. 6 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood a 3-2 win over Warren De La Salle Collegiate in Detroit Catholic League Tournament play – Macomb Daily

2. Boys Basketball: Hutch Ward’s 3-pointer with 10 seconds to play sent Kalamazoo Central past Stevensville Lakeshore 53-52 – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. Boys Basketball: Paw Paw ended Otsego’s 46-game Wolverine Conference winning streak with a 67-60 win – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. Girls Basketball: Brooke Brauher went over 1,000 career points in leading Morley Stanwood past Evart – Big Rapids Pioneer

5. Boys Basketball: McBain Northern Michigan Christian won 55-51, but Jack Stefanski went over 1,000 career points for Frankfort in defeat – Benzie Record Patriot

6. Girls Basketball: Quinn Robak’s 10 3-pointers paced Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes in a big win over Marine City Cardinal Mooney – Oakland Press

7. Boys Basketball: Devin Lilly’s 3-pointer with 20 seconds to play sent Clinton Township Chippewa Valley past Roseville 57-56 – Macomb Daily

8. Bowling: Bronson and Sturgis split, Bronson’s girls and Sturgis’ boys rolling to victories – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Girls Basketball: Sault Ste. Marie ran its winning streak to 23 with a big victory over Newberry – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Basketball: Foster Wonders continued his scoring barrage with 36 points in Iron Mountain’s big win over West Iron County – Iron Mountain Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 6/12/18

June 12, 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. 

1. Softball: No. 10 Centreville downed No. 3 Kalamazoo Christian 7-1 to claim a Division 3 Regional title – WWMT

2. Baseball: No. 2 St. Joseph Lake Michigan Catholic emerged from a Division 4 Regional with a win over No. 11 Decatur, which previously had eliminated top-ranked Kalamazoo Hackett – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

3. Softball: Honorable mention Flat Rock downed honorable mention Milan in nine innings to move on in Division 2 – Southgate News Herald

4. Baseball: No. 6 Grand Ledge is headed back to the Division 1 Quarterfinals thanks to a 5-1 Regional Final win over No. 14 Portage Northern – Lansing State Journal

5. Baseball: No. 16 Tecumseh shut out Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard in Division 2 to advance – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. Football: Benton Harbor coach Elliot Uzelac has resigned; he led the Tigers to their first MHSAA playoff appearance in 2015 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Also of note ... 

Baseball: If you haven't heard yet about this ultimate show of sportsmanship and proper perspective in athletics, you need to check out what happened during the Minnesota prep playoffs – Minneapolis Star-Tribune