Today in the MHSAA: 3/14/19
March 14, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The final 32 teams still alive in the MHSAA Girls Basketball Tournament were decided Wednesday as Regional championships were celebrated, including by a handful of schools for the first time.
1. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class A champion Saginaw Heritage avenged its regular-season loss to Midland Dow with a 49-34 Division 1 Regional Final win – WJRT
Girls Basketball: Freeland advanced to the final week in Division 2 by handing previously-unbeaten Stanton Central Montcalm its first loss, 59-51 – Saginaw News
3. Girls Basketball: Flint Hamady won a Division 3 Regional title by handing Hemlock its first and only loss, 40-35 – Flint Journal
4. Girls Basketball: Haslett downed reigning Class B runner-up Jackson Northwest 51-43 to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Lansing State Journal
5. Girls Basketball: Southfield Arts & Technology got past Grosse Pointe North 67-36 to earn a Division 1 Regional title – Detroit News
6. Girls Basketball: Adrian Madison won its first Regional title, edging Springport 39-36 in Division 3 – Adrian Daily Telegram
7. Girls Basketball: Chelsea also claimed its first Regional title, downing Carleton Airport 48-36 in Division 2 – Chelsea Sun Times News
8. Girls Basketball: Fruitport Calvary Christian clinched its first Regional title, defeating Mendon 49-46 in Division 4 – Grand Haven Tribune
9. Girls Basketball: Lake City defeated Hart 47-25 in Division 3 to lock up its first Regional title since 1976 – MI Sports Now
10. Girls Basketball: Baraga is headed to its first Quarterfinal since 1992 thanks to a 45-40 Division 4 win over Stephenson – The Upbeat
Today in the MHSAA: 2/21/18
February 21, 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: Reigning Class C champion Detroit Edison edged Saginaw Heritage 57-55 in double overtime, handing the Class A Hawks their first defeat this season – Saginaw News
2. Girls Basketball: Kingsley capped a perfect regular season and outright Northwest Conference title with a 70-66 win over second-place Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Basketball: Muskegon secured its fifth straight league title in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Black with a 67-46 win over Jenison – Local Sports Journal
4. Boys Basketball: Kalamazoo Christian downed Delton Kellogg 59-21 to clinch a share of the Southwestern Athletic Conference West title – FOX17
5. Girls Basketball: Hamilton downed Zeeland West 53-15 to secure the outright O-K Green title – Holland Sentinel
6. Girls Basketball: Walled Lake Western clinched the Lakes Valley Conference title with a 59-19 win over White Lake Lakeland – Oakland Press
7. Girls Basketball: Muskegon finished its outright O-K Black title with a 59-45 win over Jenison – Muskegon Chronicle
8. Girls Basketball: Lauren Turner became the first player in Sterling Heights Parkway Christian basketball history, girls or boys, to score 1,000 career points when she reached the milestone in a win over Warren Michigan Collegiate – Macomb Daily
9. Boys Basketball: Grant downed Fremont and Reed City defeated Big Rapids to keep the night’s losing teams tied for first place in the Central State Activities Association Gold – Muskegon Chronicle
10. Boys Basketball: Calumet downed Iron River West Iron County 58-46 to climb into a first-place tie with the Wykons in the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette