Today In The MHSAA: 3/12/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 12, 2021
More league champions in boys swimming & diving and girls and boys basketball top today’s list of Thursday’s headliners.
1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Detroit Martin Luther King earned the Detroit Public School League championship, edging two-time reigning champ Cass Tech by three points – Scholar & Athlete
2. Girls Basketball: Cadillac downed Traverse City Central 47-30 to run its Big North Conference championship streak to three – Cadillac News
3. Boys Basketball: Iron Mountain clinched both the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference and Mid-Peninsula Conference titles with a 72-45 win over Ishpeming Westwood – Iron Mountain Daily News
4. Girls Basketball: Reese clinched a share of the Greater Thumb Conference West title with a 48-21 win over Cass City, and Beaverton claimed a share of the Jack Pine Conference title with a 45-35 win over four-time reigning champ Sanford Meridian – Bay City Times
5. Girls Basketball: St. Clair Shores Lakeview and Grosse Pointe North clinched titles in the Macomb Area Conference Blue and Red, respectively – Macomb Daily
6. Girls Basketball: Clawson defeated Madison Heights Lamphere 45-30 to lock up a second-straight MAC Silver title – Oakland Press
7. Girls Basketball: Megan Crow went over 1,000 career points as Gladstone downed Manistique 59-36 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor ended Schoolcraft’s state-best 33-game winning streak with a 68-49 victory – FOX 17
9. Boys Basketball: The Oakland Activities Association Red title remains up for grabs after North Farmington’s 39-35 win over Ferndale – MLive-Detroit
10. Boys Basketball: Grand Haven kept its league hopes alive with a 35-31 win over Rockford – Grand Haven Tribune
Today in the MHSAA: 2/13/18
February 13, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Renaissance ended the six-year run of Detroit Public School League tournament titles for Martin Luther King with a 73-48 semifinal win – Detroit News
2. Girls Skiing: Petoskey earned its first Regional title since 2013, edging Houghton/Hancock by 1.5 points in Division 2 – Petoskey News-Review
3. Hockey: Brenden Tulpa scored his third game-winning goal against Division 1 No. 3 Brighton to lead Division 2 No. 4 Hartland to a 4-2 victory – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Boys Skiing: Seven-time reigning Division 2 champion Petoskey finished first at a meet Monday it didn’t win last season – its Regional, holding off Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review
5. Girls Basketball: Hillman clinched a share of the North Star League Big Dipper title with a 63-50 win over Oscoda – Alpena News
6. Boys Basketball: Southfield Christian clinched its seventh straight Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Blue title with a big win over Auburn Hills Oakland Christian – MLive-Detroit
7. Girls Basketball: Alyza Winston scored 26 points to go over 1,000 for her career in leading Muskegon to a 68-41 win over Grand Rapids Union – Muskegon Chronicle
8. Girls Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary won a matchup of league leaders, 41-29 over Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. Skiing: Benzonia Benzie Central’s boys and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central’s girls also won Division 2 Regional titles – Cadillac News
10. Girls Basketball: New Boston Huron won a rematch with Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 52-47 to create a tie atop the Huron League – Monroe News
Also of note …
Hockey: From Saturday, Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central downed Division 2 top-ranked Livonia Stevenson 2-0 – Observer & Eccentric