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: 12/10/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 10, 2021
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Quan Haskins drilled the last-second game winner as Richmond came back to defeat Fraser 51-49 – Macomb Daily
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Central fell in overtime to Saginaw 44-42, but Central’s Alecsis Smith had 21 rebounds to go over 1,000 for her career – Bay City Times
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Shelby edged Muskegon Oakridge 39-36 thanks in part to a big night from Kendall Zoulek – MuskegonSports.com
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grosse Pointe North came back to hand Utica Ford its first defeat, 42-40 – Detroit News
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Crystal Falls Forest Park came up with a big win over Eben Junction Superior Central in Jason Price’s first game as coach – Iron Mountain Daily News
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ypsilanti Arbor Prep is dominating again this season, this time against Riverview – Ann Arbor News
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Napoleon opened with a 44-35 win over Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot
8. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland West Ottawa got past rival Holland High 115-60 – Holland Sentinel
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Will Young scored 30 points in Okemos’ 53-37 win over DeWitt – Lansing State Journal
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Grayling earned a big road win at Mancelona – Up North Live
Also of note …
FOOTBALL Former longtime Allen Park coach Tom Hoover is returning to the sideline for New Boston Huron – Monroe News