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: 11/1/17
November 1, 2017
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. Boys Tennis: Traverse City Central coach Larry Nykerk’s retirement was announced Tuesday; he’s stepping down after 50 seasons leading the program – Traverse City Record Eagle
2. Volleyball: No. 8 Rogers City came back from losing the first set to beat Hillman in four in their Class D District Semifinal – Alpena News
3. Volleyball: Class A top-ranked Rockford downed honorable mention Lowell in three sets – RedArrowAthletics.com
4. Cross Country: The Sturgis girls and Constantine boys both repeated as champions at the St. Joseph County Invitational – Sturgis Journal
5. Volleyball: After also meeting in a football playoff game Friday, neighbors Zeeland East and West met in volleyball, with the Class A honorable mention Chix getting past West in three close sets in their District match – Holland Sentinel
6. Volleyball: Traverse City Central earned a rematch with rival West by downing Alpena in a Class A District match – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. Volleyball: Class A honorable mention East Grand Rapids moved on in its District with a three-set win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – EastGRSports.com
8. Volleyball: Class D No. 5 Onaway swept Posen on the other side of the District bracket at Rogers City – Alpena News
9. Volleyball: After winning a first set that got to 33-31, Holland Calvary held on to defeat Byron Center Zion Christian in four in a Class D District – Holland Sentinel
10. Volleyball: Petoskey swept Marquette in a first-round Class A District match – Petoskey News-Review