Today in the MHSAA: 2/27/18

February 27, 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.

Today's Top 10

1. Boys Skiing: Petoskey tied an MHSAA boys skiing record with its eighth straight Finals championship, in Division 2, and Marquette won its sixth straight in Division 1 – Second Half

2. Girls Skiing: Marquette claimed its third straight Division 1 title, while Houghton-Hancock made it an Upper Peninsula sweep with a comeback win in Division 2 – Second Half

3. Girls Basketball: Bethany Baldwin went over 2,000 career points with 41 total in Watersmeet’s 64-46 win over Bessemer in a Class D District opener – Ironwood Daily Globe

4. Girls Basketball: Port Huron upset rival Port Huron Northern 52-49 in overtime to kick off their Class A District – Port Huron Times Herald

5. Girls Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake downed Traverse City St. Francis 52-47 in Class C in a matchup of teams that entered a combined 35-5 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Girls Basketball: Detroit Catholic League Central co-champ Farmington Hills Mercy hung on for a 51-48 Class A win over Birmingham Groves, the co-champ of the Oakland Activities Association White – Oakland Press

7. Hockey: Byron Center took Holland West Ottawa to double overtime before West Ottawa emerged with a 3-2 win in a Division 1 Pre-Regional – Holland Sentinel

8. Girls Basketball: Alycia Patterson’s last second shot got Niles past Buchanan 44-42 in a Class B opener – South Bend Tribune

9. Hockey: Division 1 No. 6 Utica Eisenhower opened its Pre-Regional with a 5-0 win over previously-ranked Rochester United – Macomb Daily

10. Girls Basketball: Big Rapids opened with a 50-28 win over Alma in Class B to set up another matchup with rival Stanton Central Montcalm – Big Rapids News

Also of note ...

Girls Basketball: Wayne Memorial's Camree' Clegg, East Lansing's Jaida Hampton, Ypsilanti Arbor Prep's Lasha Petree and Detroit Country Day's Kaela Webb are candidates for this season's Miss Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 5/12/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 12, 2026

1. GIRLS SOCCER Howard City Tri County's Savanah Thompson became the MHSAA's career goals leader with three more against Reed City – WZZM 

2. GIRLS SOCCER New Boston Huron clinched a third-straight Huron League title with a 7-4 win over Carleton Airport – Monroe News

3. LACROSSE Hartland’s boys and Brighton’s girls both locked up Kensington Lakes Activities Association overall titles with wins over Plymouth – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. BOYS GOLF Taleon Guess won the Monroe County championship tournament for the third time and led Temperance Bedford to a second-straight team title – Monroe News

5. GIRLS SOCCER Holland Black River clinched the Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore title with a 2-1 win over South Haven – Holland Sentinel

6. BOYS GOLF Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – and Macomb Lutheran North’s Lance Milton were Catholic High School League Bishop champions – Macomb Daily

7. BASEBALL Saline took over first in the Southeastern Conference Red with a sweep of Division 1 No. 11 Dexter – Ann Arbor News

8. BASEBALL Frankenmuth and Division 2 No. 12 Freeland split in the Tri-Valley Conference Red – Saginaw News

9. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 2 Portland St. Patrick swept No. 10 Fowler – Lansing State Journal

10. SOFTBALL Two days after falling to Division 3 honorable mention Gladstone in tournament play, Division 2 honorable mention Escanaba earned a league sweep – Upper Michigan’s Source