Today in the MHSAA: 2/28/17

February 28, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Michigan high school skiing season came to an end Monday with three repeat champions and a first-time title-winner, while girls basketball and hockey tournaments kicked off and a 2016 champion was eliminated on the first night.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Girls Basketball

Caledonia upset host East Grand Rapids 53-50 in a Class A District opener – Grand Rapids Press

Saginaw Swan Valley earned an impressive win in Class B, downing host Birch Run 43-28 – Saginaw News

Kalamazoo Hackett got past rival Kalamazoo Christian 44-33 in Class C by scoring the game’s final 12 points – Kalamazoo Gazette

Gladwin’s Carly Hickey made the MHSAA record book grabbing 26 rebounds in her team’s 58-49 Class B win over Pinconning – Bay City Times

Pinckney earned its first District win in 12 years, upsetting Saline 40-31 in Class A – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Hockey

In a matchup of top Division 3 teams, No. 3 Calumet eliminated reigning MHSAA champion and No. 4-ranked Hancock 2-1 in a Pre-Regional – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Skiing

Marquette’s boys won their fifth straight Division 1 championship, this time at Nub’s Nob – Second Half

Marquette’s girls also were repeat champions in Division 1 – Second Half

Petoskey’s boys extended their Division 2 championship streak to seven straight – Second Half

Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central’s girls won their first MHSAA title, in Division 2 at Boyne Highlands – Second Half

Today In The MHSAA: 5/25/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 25, 2022

1. SOFTBALL Kaitlyn Pallozzi threw a no-hitter as Division 1 No. 6 Farmington Hills Mercy defeated Riverview Gabriel Richard 7-0 in the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship game – Detroit News

2. TRACK & FIELD/BOYS GOLF Hunter Jones set three school records in leading Benzie Central’s boys – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – to the Northwest Conference league meet title; the Kingsley girls also were meet champions, and LPD1 No. 2 Traverse City Central clinched the Big North Conference boys golf title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 7 Schoolcraft swept Division 4 No. 10 Kalamazoo Christian to clinch the Southwestern Athletic Conference championship – WWMT

4. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s went ahead in the sixth inning on the way to defeating Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 2-1 in the Catholic League Bishop final – Oakland Press

5. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 16 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian scored the winning run in the seventh inning to get past Ludington 6-5 and claim the Lakes 8 Conference title – MuskegonSports.com

6. BOYS GOLF LPD4 No. 14 Hudson repeated as Lenawee County Athletic Association champion with a win at the league tournament – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. BASEBALL Reed City defeated and tied Fremont to lock up the Central State Activities Association Gold title – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. BOYS GOLF LPD2 No. 3 Chelsea shot a 308 to win the Southeastern Conference White Tournament – Chelsea Sun Times News

9. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 6 Frankenmuth secured a repeat Tri-Valley Conference 8 title with a sweep of Alma – Saginaw News

10. BASEBALL Coldwater swept Jackson Lumen Christi to secure the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Also of note …

BOYS GOLF Quincy finished second at the Big 8 Conference Tournament to earn a shared league title with Jonesville – Coldwater Daily Reporter

TRACK & FIELD The LPD3 No. 6 Onsted and Adrian Madison girls teams were among league champions crowned from the southeastern Lower Peninsula – Adrian Daily Telegram

BASEBALL Division 1 No. 18 Traverse City Central earned a share of the Big North Conference title with a sweep of Cadillac – MI Sports Now

TRACK & FIELD McBain’s girls clinched the Highland Conference title with a league meet win, with the boys championship still to be decided – Cadillac News

TRACK & FIELD The Midland Dow and Gladwin girls and LPD2 No. 7 Flint Powers Catholic and LPD3 top-ranked Clare boys earned league meet titles – Midland Daily News

TRACK & FIELD Saugatuck’s boys earned a Southwestern Athletic Conference league meet win – Holland Sentinel