Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/16

February 26, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Thursday was a big night statewide for girls basketball and this morning nearly as significant with the announcement of this season's Miss Basketball finalists.

Girls Basketball

The Detroit Free Press and Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan introduced this season’s Miss Basketball finalists: Bay City John Glenn’s Cassidy Boensch, Muskegon’s Mardrekia Cook, Detroit Renaissance’s Siyeh Frazier, Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick and Goodrich’s Alexis Sevillian – Detroit Free Press

In an Operation Friendship matchup of Detroit Public School League and Catholic League champions, Detroit Martin Luther King downed Bloomfield Hills Marian 66-47 – Oakland Press

Bark River-Harris tied its best record ever with one of its best wins of the season, downing rival Crystal Falls Forest Park – Escanaba Daily Press

Croswell-Lexington clinched its fourth straight Blue Water Athletic Conference title with a 51-42 win over Imlay City – Port Huron Times Herald

From Tuesday, Calumet finished its first 20-0 regular season with a win over Lake Linden-Hubbell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Ice Hockey

Gaylord’s Gage Andrews scored the game-winner 39 seconds into overtime to lead his team past rival Petoskey, 3-2 – Gaylord Herald Times

Today in the MHSAA: 3/12/19

March 12, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Girls Basketball Regionals got underway Monday night with a series of upsets and a few favorites that just survived, plus three previously-unbeaten teams that suffered their first and only losses of the winter.

1. Girls Basketball: Grosse Pointe North avenged a December loss to Bloomfield Hills Marian with a 60-48 Division 1 Regional Semifinal win – Macomb Daily

2. Girls Basketball: Coldwater will continue its best season in nearly three decades after downing reigning Class A runner-up East Lansing 71-68 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. Girls Basketball: Hamilton won a matchup of unbeaten teams in Division 2, defeating Edwardsburg 60-39 – Holland Sentinel

4. Girls Basketball: Hart upset previously-undefeated Houghton Lake 48-42 in Division 3 – MI Sports Now

5. Girls Basketball: Lake City handed Oscoda its first and only loss of the season to move on in Division 3 – Cadillac News

6. Girls Basketball: Pewamo-Westphalia trailed Kent City after all of the first three quarters but came back to win their Division 3 matchup 35-33 – FOX 17

7. Girls Basketball: Ann Arbor Pioneer moved on in Division 1 with a 42-35 win over Brighton – We Love Ann Arbor

8. Girls Basketball: Muskegon won a matchup of league champions, downing East Kentwood 67-46 in Division 1 – WZZM

9. Girls Basketball: Ishpeming Westwood came back to win a Division 3 matchup of league champs, 50-46 over Iron River West Iron County – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Girls Basketball: Springport edged Michigan Center 53-51, ending the season for the Cardinals, who made the Class B Semifinals a year ago – JTV