Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/19
February 26, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Four Skiing Finals champions were crowned Monday – see coverage under “Latest Posts” to the right – as Hockey Regionals and Boys Basketball Districts also got underway and made significant opening-night headlines.
1. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King came back from a 12-point deficit to defeat rival Cass Tech 55-51 in double overtime – Detroit News
2. Boys Basketball: Rochester Adams downed two-time reigning Class A champion Clarkston 38-37 also in Division 1 – State Champs!
3. Hockey: No. 5 Rochester United opened the postseason with a 3-0 win over No. 12 Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily
4. Boys Basketball: After sharing the Saginaw Valley League Blue title with Flint Carman-Ainsworth, Grand Blanc eliminated the Cavaliers with a 40-39 win in Division 1 – WJRT
5. Hockey: Big Rapids avenged a 3-0 loss three days earlier to Midland Dow by defeating the No. 13 Chargers 6-2 in a Division 3 Regional opener – Big Rapids News
6. Boys Basketball: In a Division 3 matchup of teams entering with a combined 39-1 record, Iron Mountain remained unbeaten with an 87-38 win over Ironwood – Iron Mountain Daily News
7. Boys Basketball: Mattawan also remains undefeated after a 34-31 win over Kalamazoo Central in Division 1 – FOX 17
8. Boys Basketball: Flint Kearsley earned its first District win since 1999, downing Flint Southwestern 78-54 in Division 1 – Flint Journal
9. Boys Basketball: Brighton earned its first District win in a decade, 69-51 over Dexter in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
10. Boys Basketball: Blissfield upset Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 77-74 in overtime in Division 3 – Adrian Daily Telegram
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Autumn Rasner scored 33 points and went over 1,000 for her career in Stephenson’s big win over Rapid River – Escanaba Daily Press
Today in the MHSAA: 9/19/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 19, 2022
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Northville boys – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – finished first and the LPD1 No. 2 Holland West Ottawa girls were second as the top in-state placers in the Spartan Invitational Elite races – Athletic.net
2. CROSS COUNTRY The unranked Pinckney boys won the Division 2 title at the Holly/Duane Raffin Festival of Races, with Hillsdale Academy and Leslie sweeping girls and boys titles; Hillsdale Academy’s girls are No. 2 in LPD4 and its boys are No. 5, and Leslie’s girls are No. 7 in LPD3 and its boys are No. 13 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus | Athletic.net
3. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 2 Lake Odessa Lakewood defeated Traverse City Central to win the Cadillac Invitational, with the field also including the Division 2 honorable mention Vikings and Division 3 No. 2 McBain – Cadillac News
4. CROSS COUNTRY Grand Rapids Christian swept championships, joined by the St. Joseph girls and Portage Central boys as team winners at the Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills Invitational; Grand Rapids Christian’s girls are No. 2 in LPD2 and its boys are No. 4, Portage Central’s boys are No. 2 in LPD1 and St. Joseph’s girls are No. 5 in LPD2 – Athletic.net
5. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 2 Leland defeated host Morley Stanwood in a final to win that invitational – Big Rapids News
6. CROSS COUNTRY Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central swept girls and boys championships at the 53rd New Boston Huron Invitational; the SMCC girls are No. 15 in LPD3 – Monroe News | Athletic.net
7. BOYS SOCCER Midland went 2-0 on a weekend trip to Traverse City, defeating TC Central 4-2 and Division 3 No. 9 TC Christian 1-0 – Midland Daily News
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 top-ranked Adrian Lenawee Christian won all six of its matches to claim the Onsted Invitational championship – Adrian Lenawee Christian
9. VOLLEYBALL Charlevoix went 5-0-1 and defeated Cheboygan in the final to win its invitational – Petoskey News-Review
10. VOLLEYBALL Hart improved to 10-2-3 with a 3-0-2 run to win the Onekama Invitational – Ludington Daily News