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: 11/5/18

November 5, 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.

In addition to Lower Peninsula Cross Country and Boys Soccer Finals – see coverage all over Second Half – the rest of Michigan’s volleyball District title winners celebrated this weekend, as did a number of league swimming & diving champions including a few who prevailed against loaded state-ranked fields.

1. Volleyball: No. 10 Brighton Charyl Stockwell downed Whitmore Lake in Division 3 for its first District title in any sport – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa, tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, finished atop a field including No. 7 Rockford, No. 9 Grand Haven and T-No. 10 Hudsonville to secure the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red meet and outright titles – Holland Sentinel

3. Volleyball: No. 3 Mattawan swept No. 10 Portage Central to claim a Division 1 District title – WWMT

4. Volleyball: No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek repeated as a Division 1 District champ with a sweep of Macomb Area Conference Red title winner Utica Eisenhower – Macomb Daily

5. Volleyball: No. 2 Lake Orion won its first District title since 2015 with a sweep of honorable mention Clarkston – Oakland Press

6. Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 4 Saline won the Southeastern Conference Red meet ahead of runner-up and No. 6-ranked Ann Arbor Skyline – Saline Post

7. Volleyball: Honorable mention Spring Lake won its first District title since 2013 with a sweep of No. 10 Whitehall in Division 2, with two of three sets decided by two points – Local Sports Journal

8. Volleyball: Onekama locked up its first District title since 2003, downing Bear Lake in Division 4 – Manistee News Advocate

9. Volleyball: Richland Gull Lake won its fourth straight District title, downing honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview in Division 1 – Battle Creek Enquirer

10. Volleyball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart earned its sixth straight District title, sweeping McBain Northern Michigan Christian in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Also of note …

Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Bridgman won the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference meet just ahead of LPD2 No. 9 Portage Central – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

Girls Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 5 Midland Dow followed standout Claire Newman to its 13th straight Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Daily News

Girls Swimming & Diving: Zeeland won big at the O-K Green meet – Holland Sentinel

Football: Boyne City coach Dave Hills stepped down after 21 seasons and with a 125-45 record – Traverse City Record-Eagle