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: 9/14/20

September 15, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A busy stretch in high school sports administration put “MHSAA Today” on hold last week – but another busy weekend statewide saw teams continue to find their grooves, and we’re back to highlight those stories again.

1. Girls Golf: Rochester Adams – ranked No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 320 to win the Jackson Invitational – JTV

2. Cross Country: Salem swept Northville in Kensington Lakes Activities Association West races – Observer & Eccentric

3. Cross Country: Napoleon swept the Addison Kuenner Invitational, its girls team winning on a tie-breaker – JTV

4. Volleyball: Petoskey won its invitational defeating Elk Rapids, Sault Ste. Marie and Onaway – Petoskey News-Review

5. Cross Country: Chelsea swept Hillsdale Academy Invitational championships – Chelsea Sun Times News

6. Volleyball: Bronson defeated Battle Creek St. Philip and fell to Marshall in a high-powered tri – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. Volleyball: Traverse City West swept Richland Gull Lake, Grand Haven and Muskegon Western Michigan Christian at the Fruitport quad – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Volleyball: Mendon opened 6-0 with back-to-back quad sweeps – JoeInsider.com

9. Volleyball: Montague also moved to 6-0 with wins over North Muskegon, Fruitport and Muskegon Mona Shores – Local Sports Journal

10. Cross Country: Ann Arbor Skyline swept a pair of four-team races at Adrian – We Love Ann Arbor