Today In The MHSAA: 3/17/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 17, 2021

Major matchups of league leaders Tuesday were capped off by conference title celebrations as the final week of the basketball regular season, along with the first week of the hockey postseason, rolled on.

1. Girls Basketball: Standish-Sterling clinched the Tri-Valley Conference 10 title by handing Saginaw Nouvel its first loss, 40-37 – Bay City Times

2. Girls Basketball: Kent City clinched its eighth straight league title, downing Morley Stanwood 68-36 in the Central State Activities Association Silver – WOOD TV

3. Boys Basketball: Battle Creek Pennfield clinched its first league title since 2003, downing Coldwater 44-41 in a matchup of leaders in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. Girls Basketball: Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s 49-34 win over Ludington created a shared championship for those two in the Lakes 8 Conference – Local Sports Journal

5. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow clinched the Saginaw Valley League championship with a 61-34 win over Grand Blanc – WJRT

6. Boys Basketball: Rockford claimed the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title outright with a 55-48 win over Holland West Ottawa – Grand Rapids Press

7. Girls Basketball: Byron Center Zion Christian clinched the Alliance League title outright with a 52-21 win over Kentwood Grand River Prep – FOX 17

8. Boys Basketball: Monroe Jefferson’s Jason Alston became the second player in school history to go over 1,000 career points during an 85-75 win over Ann Arbor Central Academy – Monroe News

9. Hockey: No. 7 Traverse Bay Reps advanced in Division 1 Regional hockey with a 3-1 win over Grand Haven – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Basketball: Okemos came back from 14 down after three quarters to defeat DeWitt 60-57 in overtime of a Capital Area Activities Conference Blue semifinal – WLNS

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: From Monday, Jenna Dove became the first Vestaburg player to go over 1,000 career points, scoring 19 against Carson City Crystal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Today in the MHSAA: 2/20/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 20, 2025

1. BASKETBALL Millington’s boys clinched the Big Thumb Conference White championship with a 67-58 win over Caro, and Reese Gohsman became the Cardinals girls all-time leading scorer during a loss to Cass City – Saginaw News

2. SKIING Maple City Glen Lake finished a girls and boys sweep of Lake Michigan Ski Conference team titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. HOCKEY No. 6 Painesdale Jeffers downed No. 10 Calumet 4-1 in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Upper Michigan’s Source

4. HOCKEY No. 2 Houghton defeated Hancock 5-3 on the other side of that bracket – Upper Michigan’s Source

5. HOCKEY Aidan Herrera’s overtime goal took South Lyon Unified past Dearborn Divine Child 6-5 in Division 3 – Oakland Press

6. HOCKEY Drew Basha scored three goals to lead Romeo past Utica/Fraser 4-2 in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dexter upset Temperance Bedford 51-41 to earn an opportunity for a league title share – Ann Arbor News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker downed Bad Axe 77-68, but Bad Axe’s Michael Janssen reached 1,000 career points – Huron Daily Tribune

9. HOCKEY Cheboygan came back from two goals down to defeat Gaylord 4-2 in Division 3 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. HOCKEY L’Anse Creuse Unified advanced in Division 1 with a 5-2 win over New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Macomb Daily