Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/19

February 6, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

We can sense tournament time is coming on quickly after a Tuesday night filled with championship-caliber matchups, upsets and last-second game-winners.

1. Girls Basketball: Southfield Arts & Technology took over first place alone in the Oakland Activities Association Red with a 60-47 win over previously-undefeated Royal Oak – State Champs!

2. Girls Basketball: Rachel Elms connected on a 3-pointer during the final seconds to lead Holland West Ottawa past previously-undefeated Grand Haven 41-39 – Holland Sentinel

3. Boys Basketball: Clarkston clinched a share of the OAA Red title with a 47-31 win over North Farmington – Oakland Press

4. Boys Basketball: Beal City downed Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in overtime, but the Irish’s Colten Nelson set his school’s career scoring record now at 1,204 points – Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart

5. Boys Basketball: Mattawan won a matchup of division leaders 48-47 in overtime over Kalamazoo Central – WWMT

6. Hockey: In a matchup of first-place teams in the Northern Michigan Hockey League, Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City Bay Reps moved to the top of the standings with a 3-2 win over Petoskey – MI Sports Now

7. Boys Basketball: Connor Murphy’s halfcourt buzzer beater carried McBain past Manton 45-42, putting McBain in first alone in the Highland Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Hockey: South Lyon downed Division 2 No. 11 White Lake Lakeland 4-3 in a key Lakes Valley Conference matchup – Oakland Press

9. Boys Basketball: Brock Mullins’ last-second basket pushed second-place Flat Rock past Huron League leader Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 50-48 – Monroe News

10. Boys Swimming & Diving: Ann Arbor Pioneer, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, had the winner in every event on the way to downing LPD2 No. 10 Temperance Bedford – We Love Ann Arbor

Also of note …

Boys Swimming & Diving: East Kentwood coach Jock Ambrose announced his retirement after nearly four decades – WOOD TV

Wrestling: In its first season in the league, Caro locked up the Greater Thumb Conference tournament title – Huron Daily Tribune

Today in the MHSAA: 3/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gladstone avenged a pair of regular-season losses by downing Negaunee 50-47 in a Division 2 District Final – Marquette Mining Journal

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow clinched its seventh-straight District title with a 58-49 win over Midland High in Division 1 – Midland Daily News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL South Lyon won a Division 1 District matchup of league champs 55-47 over Northville – Social House News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield clinched a Division 3 District title with a 57-42 win over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Beach downed Cass City 44-39 in Division 3 – Huron Daily Tribune

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich wrapped up a third-straight Division 2 District title with a 68-52 win over Flint Powers Catholic – WJRT

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Chelsea finished a Division 2 District run with a 52-35 win over Parma Western – Chelsea Sun Times News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hartland avenged a pair of losses to Howell with a Division 1 District Final win, 43-33 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Christian earned a third-straight District title with a 53-38 win over Hackett Catholic Prep in Division 3 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Erie Mason/Ida – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – swam to a Southern Michigan Independent Swimming League championship – Monroe News