Today in the MHSAA: 2/28/19

February 28, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Wednesday was filled with upsets galore as we kick off the headlines with a pair of Hockey Regional surprises and move into Boys Basketball Districts and a big night for Byron’s girls hoops team.

1. Hockey: Big Rapids upset its second straight ranked opponent this week, downing No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic 8-4 in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Big Rapids News

2. Hockey: No. 6 Detroit Country Day downed No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 3-1 in another Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Oakland Press

3. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Catholic Central came back from a 15-point deficit to defeat Grand Rapids Christin 71-63 in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press

4. Hockey: Division 3 No. 11 East Grand Rapids scored the game winner with 16 seconds to play in a 5-4 victory over No. 14 Grand Rapids Catholic Central – WOOD TV

5. Boys Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing won a Division 3 District matchup of champions from the Greater Thumb Conference, downing Harbor Beach 70-51 – Huron Daily Tribune

6. Boys Basketball: Saline stunned Ann Arbor Pioneer, 63-52 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Detroit News

7. Boys Basketball: Last place Gaylord upset Big North Conference co-champion Petoskey 49-38 in Division 1 – Gaylord Herald Times

8. Boys Basketball: Canton downed Westland John Glenn 67-61 in a Division 1 matchup showcasing two Mr. Basketball Award finalists – State Champs!

9. Girls Basketball: Byron clinched a share of the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference title, and Maylee Hatt went over 1,000 career points against Durand – Flint Journal

10. Boys Basketball: Schoolcraft avenged its two regular-season losses to Kalamazoo Hackett with a 60-58 win in Division 3 – JoeInsider.com

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison’s Rickea Jackson, Grosse Pointe North’s Julia Ayrault, Saginaw Heritage’s Moira Joiner and Muskegon’s Alyza Winston were named finalists for the Miss Basketball Award – State Champs!

Boys Basketball: Mason Bakker went over 1,000 career points although Zeeland West fell to Hudsonville in Division 1 – Holland Sentinel

Officiating: Dowagiac’s Randy Melvin will retire from officiating after this week and 46 years serving high school sports – Niles Daily Star

Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Pittsford claimed its sixth straight Southern Central Athletic Association East title with a 53-45 win over Camden-Frontier – Hillsdale Daily News

Today In The MHSAA: 5/5/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 5, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 3 Williamston defeated Division 2 No. 3 Haslett 1-0 in league play – Lansing State Journal

2. TRACK & FIELD The New Baltimore Anchor Bay boys and Macomb Dakota girls clinched  shares of Macomb Area Conference Red titles – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

3. BOYS GOLF Muskegon Mona Shores – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 302 to again win the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 8 South Lyon East set itself up to clinch the Lakes Valley Conference title with a 4-1 victory over Division 1 No. 13 Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

5. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 9 Muskegon Oakridge swept Ravenna in a matchup of undefeated teams – CatchMark SportsNet

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 10 Grosse Ile moved into first alone in the Huron League with a 2-1 win over Riverview – Southgate News-Herald

7. GIRLS SOCCER Hannah Thompson scored five goals as Schoolcraft downed Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 6-3 – WWMT

8. GIRLS TENNIS LPD1 No. 6 Holland West Ottawa shut out Grandville, led by a strong performance at No. 1 singles by Megan Blake – Holland Sentinel

9. TRACK & FIELD Traverse City West swept its meets with Traverse City Central; the West boys are ranked No. 2 in LPD1, and the girls are No. 6 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. SOFTBALL Nevaeh Ingram struck out 35 of 47 batters faced during Division 2 No. 3 Jackson Northwest’s sweep of Parma Western – Jackson Citizen Patriot