Today in the MHSAA: 3/10/17
March 10, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday's Girls Basketball Regionals and Ice Hockey Semifinals featured at least three first-time accomplishments as teams rose to unprecedented heights.
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
Southfield Arts & Technology upset Class A favorite Detroit Martin Luther King 55-51 – MLive-Detroit
Flushing upset another Class A contender, downing Midland Dow 45-39 – Flint Journal
Reigning Class A champion Warren Cousino kept its repeat hope alive with a 41-39 win over Bloomfield Hills Marian – Macomb Daily
Macomb Dakota won its first Regional title in girls hoops with a 63-51 Class A victory over Fenton – C&G Newspapers
Cadillac also won its first Regional title with a 59-58 victory over Kalkaska in Class B – Cadillac News
Williamston won its first Regional title in 24 years, downing Portland 52-29 in Class B – Lansing State Journal
St. Ignace captured its ninth straight Regional title with a win over Calumet in Class C – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Flint Hamady handed Sandusky its first and only loss this season, 38-36 in Class C – Flint Journal
Blissfield’s Kelsey Wyman scored 36 points in a Class C 56-49 double overtime win over Grass Lake – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Crystal Falls Forest Park also needed double overtime to avenge an earlier loss to Bark River-Harris 62-54 in Class D – Iron Mountain Daily News
Hockey
Top-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice got past No. 2 Hartland 5-2 in a Division 2 Semifinal – MLive-Detroit
Grand Rapids Northern/Eastern downed Saline 3-2 to reach the Division 2 Final, its first championship game berth – Grand Rapids Press
Today In The MHSAA: 10/19/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 19, 2021
1. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Royal Oak Shrine Catholic advanced to a Division 4 District Final with a 6-0 win over No. 7 Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest – Oakland Press
2. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Christian will face No. 4 Elk Rapids in Division 3 District Final after they both advanced Monday – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS SOCCER Freeland and Saginaw Swan Valley will meet next in Division 3 after both won District Semifinals – Saginaw News
4. BOYS SOCCER A second-half goal was the difference as No. 10 Holland moved past Zeeland East in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Holland Sentinel
5. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Northville edged Brighton 1-0 to move on in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Eben Junction Superior Central girls and Stephenson boys were champions at the North Central Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News
7. BOYS SOCCER Kirby Eggers had two goals and two assists in top-ranked Holland Christian’s Division 3 District Semifinal win over Wyoming Lee – Holland Sentinel
8. BOYS SOCCER Lansing Catholic scored the game’s lone goal in a Division 3 win over Corunna – Owosso Argus-Press
9. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 New Baltimore Anchor Bay advanced with a 4-0 win over Clinton Township Chippewa Valley in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
10. BOYS SOCCER Allen Park moved on in Division 2 with a 2-1 win over Gibraltar Carlson – Southgate News-Herald
Also of note …
WRESTLING Clinton co-coach Jeff Rolland has stepped down after eight seasons and helping the program to its first two MHSAA Finals championships – Adrian Daily Telegram