Today in the MHSAA: 3/13/18

March 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. Boys Basketball: Detroit Edison finished a fourth-quarter comeback with a 63-57 Class C Regional Semifinal win over rival Detroit Pershing – Detroit News

2. Boys Basketball: Undefeated Dollar Bay moved on in Class D by holding on against Rapid River, 63-60 – Marquette Mining Journal

3. Boys Basketball: On the other side of that Class D Regional, Carney-Nadeau upset one-loss Ewen-Trout Creek 51-45 – Marquette Mining Journal

4. Boys Basketball: Boyne City, up from Class C this season, eliminated reigning Class B runner-up Ludington 55-44 – Petoskey News-Review

5. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Catholic Central came back from 17 points down to defeat Spring Lake in Class B 63-52 – Grand Rapids Press

6. Boys Basketball: Standish-Sterling downed Tri-Valley Conference Central co-champion Alma 52-49 in a Class B Regional Semifinal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

7. Boys Basketball: Undefeated Cassopolis held on for a 68-64 win over Homer in Class C – South Bend Tribune

8. Boys Basketball: Muskegon eliminated reigning Class A runner-up Grand Rapids Christian 55-46 in a Regional Semifinal – Local Sports Journal

9. Boys Basketball: Novi will play for a Class A Regional title for the second straight season after a 74-55 win over White Lake Lakeland – Observer & Eccentric

10. Boys Basketball: East Lansing took a massive step in Class A with a 70-37 win over annual power Kalamazoo Central – Lansing State Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/7/19

October 7, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Many of the state’s top cross country teams continued prepping for the postseason this weekend at the Portage Invitational and county championship runs in the Detroit area, while Lower Peninsula girls golf and boys tennis teams finished up regular-season play with MHSAA Tournaments beginning for both this week.

1. Cross Country: The Ann Arbor Pioneer (LPD1 No. 1), Petoskey (LPD2 No. 2), Hart (LPD3 No. 1) and Kalamazoo Christian (LPD4 No. 3) girls and Brighton (LPD1 No. 1), Fremont (LPD2 No. 2), Hanover-Horton (LPD3 No. 1) and Breckenridge (LPD4 No. 1) boys won championships at the prestigious Portage Invitational against fields loaded with many of the state’s best – Athletic.net

2. Boys Tennis: Traverse City West won five flights to claim the Big North Conference Tournament and first overall league title since 2006 – Traverse City Record-Eagle 

3. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 2 Farmington Hills Mercy finished 175 points ahead of the field to earn the Oakland County championship – Oakland Press

4. Cross Country: Troy’s LPD1 No. 11 girls and Clarkston’s LPD1 No. 5 boys won Oakland County championships – Oakland Press Girls | Boys 

5. Boys Tennis: LPD3 No. 1 Ann Arbor Greenhills claimed the Detroit Catholic League Tournament title – Oakland Press

6. Boys Tennis: Oxford won its first league title in this sport, claiming the Oakland Activities Association Blue Tournament – Oakland Press 

7. Boys Tennis/Girls Golf: Byron Center swept Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament championships in these sports, the LPD2 No. 10 tennis team just ahead of Holland Christian and golf ahead of runner-up Zeeland West – Holland Sentinel 

8. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 6 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian swept No. 4 Bronson to win the annual Polish Classic championship – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. Girls Swimming & Diving: Macomb Dakota claimed the Macomb County meet title – Macomb Daily

10. Cross Country: The LPD1 No. 9 Plymouth, Grosse Ile and Allen Park Cabrini girls and LPD1 No. 13 Plymouth, LPD2 No. 6 Dearborn Divine Child and Cabrini boys won Wayne County championships – Southgate News-Herald Girls | Boys

Also of note …

Boys Soccer: Big Rapids Crossroads went 1-0-1 to win the West Michigan D League Tournament – Big Rapids News