Today in the MHSAA: 3/16/17
March 16, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Buzzer beaters decided Boys Basketball Regional Finals all over Michigan on Wednesday as 32 teams secured spots in the final week of this season.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Boys Basketball
In a rematch of the Operation Friendship headliner from a few weeks ago, Detroit U-D Jesuit won a Class A Regional title with a 74-64 victory over Detroit Cass Tech – MLive-Detroit
Kalamazoo Central handed East Lansing its first and only loss in a Class A Regional Final, 75-60 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Undefeated Grand Rapids Christian won its Class A game on a buzzer beater 59-56 over Holland West Ottawa – Grand Rapids Press
Lake Fenton upset Frankenmuth in a big way in Class B, 68-52 – Flint Journal
Grand Rapids Covenant Christian also won on a buzzer beater in Class C, 51-50 over Muskegon Heights Academy – Grand Rapids Press
Beaverton won a Class C title 44-31 over Saginaw Nouvel on all-time winningest coach Roy Johnston’s 75th birthday – Midland Daily News
Manton moved on to the Quarterfinals with a nail-biting 47-46 Class C win over Boyne City – Cadillac News
Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central also moved on with a Class C buzzer beater to down Adrian Madison 57-54 – Monroe Evening News
Today in the MHSAA: 4/27/18
April 27, 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.
1. Softball: Division 3 top-ranked Clinton and unranked Adrian Madison both handed the other its first loss in a doubleheader split – Adrian Daily Telegram
2. Track & Field: Rapid River’s boys and Escanaba’s girls won Delta County Invitational titles, Escanaba for the seventh straight season (not counting last year’s meet being canceled) – Escanaba Daily Press
3. Baseball: Unranked Cass City scored a combined 22 runs in a sweep of Division 4 No. 3 Unionville-Sebewaing – Huron Daily Tribune
4. Track & Field: For the second straight meet, Hamilton’s Trevor Blood broke the school pole vault record, this time going 14-2 in a win over Hudsonville Unity Christian – Holland Sentinel
5. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 14 Saline scored with less than two minutes to play to edge Pinckney 1-0 – Saline Post
6. Girls Soccer: Callie Rich and Division 1 No. 4 Novi shut out Plymouth 1-0 to improve to 6-1-1 – Observer & Eccentric
7. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 3 Walled Lake Northern improved to 10-0 with a 7-0 win over Waterford Kettering – Detroit News
8. Girls soccer: Maya Dean has had a foot in every Traverse City West goal this season and helped the Titans past Traverse City Central 3-2 on Thursday – Traverse City Record Eagle
9. Softball: Grand Haven earned a 6-1 win over Rockford, last season’s Ottawa-Kent Conference Red champion – Grand Haven Tribune
10. Football: Jerry Diorio, most recently an assistant at Benton Harbor after previously leading Wayland to four playoff appearances, has been hired as Battle Creek Lakeview’s next coach – Battle Creek Enquirer
Also of note …
Hockey: Chelsea coach Don Wright has retired with a 304-146-35 record after 18 seasons and after leading the team to the Division 3 Quarterfinals this winter – Sun Times News