Today in the MHSAA: 3/1/19

March 1, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The first Hockey Regional champion of this week was crowned Thursday, headlining a number of key matchups on the ice, while an upset popped up from Boys Basketball Districts and most girls basketball teams finished their regular seasons – some celebrating championships as well.

1. Hockey: No. 9 Marquette downed rival Escanaba 5-0 to clinch a Division 2 Regional title – Escanaba Daily Press

2. Hockey: No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past No. 4 Brighton 2-1 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. Girls Basketball: Southfield Arts & Technology finished a regular-season sweep of second-place Royal Oak to clinch the outright Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press

4. Girls Basketball: Ann Arbor Pioneer handed Chelsea its first loss in a crossover matchup of Southeastern Conference champions – Chelsea Sun Times News

5. Girls Basketball: Walled Lake Western locked up the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title with a 55-52 overtime win over Walled Lake Central – State Champs!

6. Hockey: No. 3 Livonia Stevenson got past No. 8 Plymouth 5-1 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – Observer & Eccentric

7. Boys Basketball: Dollar Bay avenged two regular-season losses with a 70-55 Division 4 District Semifinal win over Chassell – The Upbeat

8. Girls Basketball: Freeland closed out a fourth straight Tri-Valley Conference Central title with a 44-38 win over Alma – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. Girls Basketball: Sydney Shafer scored 29 points in becoming Jackson Northwest’s all-time leading scorer during a win over Lansing Waverly – Jackson Citizen-Patriot

10. Hockey: Top-ranked Hartland advanced to the Division 2 Regional Final with an 8-0 win over Saginaw Swan Valley – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Holland Calvary ran out of players and couldn’t finish its season, so those who remained went into coaching – Holland Sentinel

Today in the MHSAA: 5/16/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 16, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 11 New Boston Huron clinched its first Huron League championship in this sport with a 3-0 win over Division 3 No. 5 Grosse Ile – Southgate News-Herald

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Portage Central downed Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake 4-1 to win the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament and overall title – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 8 Utica Eisenhower ran its Macomb Area Conference Red championship streak to three with a 3-0 shutout of Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 7 Saline finished a repeat title run in the Southeastern Conference Red with a sweep of Ann Arbor Huron – Ann Arbor News

5. GIRLS TENNIS No. 8 Parma Western swept doubles in winning its Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional at Battle Creek Harper Creek – Niles Daily Star

6. BOYS GOLF Winslow Robinson’s 68 led Traverse City West to a championship at the Traverse City Central Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS SOCCER Oxford edged Division 1 No. 9 Midland Dow 1-0 – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS SOCCER Otsego shut out Division 4 No. 8 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep 1-0 – WWMT

9. BASEBALL Brighton’s Andrew Everson threw an eight-inning no-hitter to defeat Howell 1-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. GIRLS SOCCER Ludington and Division 4 No. 3 North Muskegon played to a scoreless draw – Ludington Daily News