Today in the MHSAA: 3/16/16

March 16, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The MHSAA girls basketball field was whittled to 16 teams Tuesday night – here are headlines and links from each Quarterfinal game.

Class A

St. Johns continued its best run in more than a decade by securing a Semifinal bid with a win over Port Huron Northern – Lansing State Journal

Warren Cousino will make its first Semifinal appearance after downing Northville – Macomb Daily

Detroit Martin Luther King needed overtime but slipped past Ann Arbor Huron 58-54 – Detroit Free Press

Hudsonville earned its first Semifinal berth with a 40-32 win over East Lansing – Grand Rapids Press

Class B

Marshall improved to 24-1 this season with a 41-30 win over Grand Rapids Catholic Central – Battle Creek Enquirer

Bay City John Glenn continued its best run ever with a Quarterfinal win over Manistee – Bay City Times

Reigning champion Detroit Country Day will return to Breslin Center after downing Detroit Mumford – Detroit Free Press

Grand Rapids South Christian drew another step closer to a second Class B Final in three seasons with a 67-51 win over Dearborn Heights Robichaud – Grand Rapids Press

Class C

Ithaca also extended its longest run ever with a win over Flint Hamady – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Niles Brandywine will make a return to the Breslin for the first time since 2010 after downing Grand Rapids Covenant Christian – Niles Daily Star

Traverse City St. Francis edged reigning Class D champion St. Ignace 48-44 to earn a trip to the Class C Semifinals – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Ypsilanti Arbor Prep dazzled with a 60-22 Class C win over Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett – Ann Arbor News

Class D

Reigning runner-up Pittsford will return to Breslin thanks to a Quarterfinal win over Wyoming Tri-unity Christian – Hillsdale Daily News

Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart got past Gaylord St. Mary by just a point, 27-26 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Waterford Our Lady will make what has become a near-annual trip to East Lansing thanks to a Quarterfinal win over Kingston – Oakland Press

Stephenson won a battle of Upper Peninsula powers, 60-35 over Newberry – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 4/14/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 14, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 2 honorable mention Essexville Garber clinched its fifth-straight Bay County Championship title with a 10-7 win over Bay City Western – Bay City Times

2. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Saline swept No. 8 South Lyon 5-1 and 9-3 – Chelsea Sun Times News

3. BASEBALL Midland Dow downed Division 2 No. 8 Flint Powers Catholic 9-4 in 13 innings – Midland Daily News

4. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western downed John Glenn 9-0 to became the first three-peat winner in Bay County Championship baseball history – Bay City Times

5. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth won the first game 10-0, but Birch Run won the second 13-11 – WNEM

6. TRACK & FIELD Addison’s Molly Brown was the star of the Napoleon Invitational with four individual championships – Jackson Citizen Patriot

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Essexville Garber repeated as Bay County champion with a 1-0 win over John Glenn – Bay City Times

8. GIRLS SOCCER Utica Ford and Division 3 No. 4 Warren Regina played to a 1-1 draw – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS TENNIS Traverse City St. Francis – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – dominated the Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett quad with wins over the host, Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central and Macomb L’Anse Creuse North – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. GIRLS LACROSSE Troy Athens came back after trailing early to get past United Farmington 10-9 – Oakland Press