Today in the MHSAA: 3/1/16
March 1, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Four more MHSAA championships were awarded Monday, while the Girls Basketball District Tournament tipped off with a new scoring record.
Girls Basketball
Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick scored an MHSAA-record 72 points to lead her team past Buchanan 80-78 in double overtime of a Class B District opener – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Reigning Class A champion Bloomfield Hills Marian opened District play with a 44-38 win over Bloomfield Hills, the 600th win of coach Mary Cicerone’s career – Detroit News
Maple City Glen Lake moved to 19-2 with a Class C win over Johannesburg-Lewiston, which finished 18-2 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Spring Lake edged Fruitport 47-42, ending the latter’s season after it won its first league title – Muskegon Chronicle
Warren Mott earned its first District win since 2001, downing Troy Athens in Class A 50-49 – Macomb Daily
East Lansing eliminated reigning Class B runner-up Haslett – now in Class A – in a District opener, 60-42 – Lansing State Journal
Reigning Class C champion Calumet opened with a 41-34 win over Hancock, one of the most successful teams on the Copper Kings’ immediate path toward returning to East Lansing – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Ice Hockey
Division 1 No. 15 Rochester downed Lake Orion 5-2 in a Division 1 Pre-Regional after being eliminated by the Dragons the last two seasons – Oakland Press
Division 3 No. 1 Saginaw Heritage downed No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic 3-2 in a Pre-Regional rematch – Saginaw News
Skiing
The Marquette girls won their first championship in six seasons, finishing first in Division 1 – Second Half
The Marquette boys scored a mere 22 points to hold on to the Division 1 title – Second Half
The Petoskey boys won their sixth straight MHSAA championship, dominating Division 2 – Second Half
The Elk Rapids/Traverse St. Francis girls won by the slimmest of margins to claim a Division 2 title – Second Half
Boys Swimming & Diving
In a meet that finished up Monday, Midland Dow won its 14th straight Saginaw Valley League title – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 12/11/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 11, 2024
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kennedy Gustafson scored her 1,000th career point as Saugatuck defeated Bridgman 79-53 – Holland Sentinel
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Josh Gibson reached 1,000 career points as Birmingham Groves downed Ferndale 68-46 – Oakland Press
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Frankenmuth earned the 1,000th win in program history, getting past Swartz Creek 51-46 – Saginaw News
4. HOCKEY No. 2 Hartland downed No. 7 Northville 5-2 in a matchup of ranked teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland Dow edged Frankenmuth 50-46 in a matchup of potential contenders in Divisions 1 and 2, respectively – Midland Daily News
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Reigning Division 2 runner-up Grand Rapids Christian got past Hudsonville 77-76 in overtime – Grand Rapids Press
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard came back from an early deficit to down Goodrich 59-53 – Ann Arbor News
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Josie Ode had a triple-double in Saginaw Heritage’s 77-46 win over Essexville Garber – Saginaw News
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Emily Bladen set a Milan record with nine 3-pointers in a 59-27 win over Britton Deerfield – Ann Arbor News
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Croswell-Lexington turned away Richmond 59-53 in overtime – Port Huron Times Herald
Also of note …
GIRLS WRESTLING Traverse City West, Manton, Kingsley and Lake City competed in the first girls wrestling dual matches in northwestern Lower Peninsula history; West won both of its matches – Traverse City Record-Eagle