Today In The MHSAA: 3/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 18, 2021

Wrestling joined the postseason flurry Wednesday with the start of Team District competition, while hockey continued through Regionals and a few more basketball teams celebrated championships and individual achievements.

1. Hockey: No. 6 Houghton advanced in a Division 3 Regional with a 5-1 win over No. 7 Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

2. Wrestling: Ravenna downed Hesperia and then Mason County Central to claim its first District title since 2011, in Division 4 – Local Sports Journal

3. Wrestling: Charlotte edged Eaton Rapids 36-33 to claim a Division 2 District championship – Lansing State Journal

4. Girls Basketball: Clawson defeated Eastpointe 47-37 to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Bronze championship – Oakland Press

5. Girls Basketball: Hannah Vallier scored 37 points to become Vicksburg’s all-time leading score during a 58-31 win over Niles – Kalamazoo Gazette

6. Boys Basketball: Hunter Soper went over 1,000 career points in Croswell-Lexington’s 81-51 win over Almont – Port Huron Times Herald

7. Hockey: Top-ranked Byron Center came back from a third-period deficit to defeat Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern 3-2 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – FOX 17

8. Wrestling: No. 10 Clarkston downed Troy and Waterford Kettering in Division 1 to claim a 15th-straight District title – Oakland Press

9. Wrestling: Holland ran its District title streak to three with wins over Hamilton and Zeeland East in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel

10. Boys Basketball: Sterling Heights Parkway Christian clinched the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Red title with a 71-61 win over Lutheran Westland – Macomb Daily

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Elk Rapids defeated Kalkaska to clinch its first Lake Michigan Conference title, and first league championship in 28 years – MI Sports Now

Today in the MHSAA: 2/7/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 7, 2024

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL The Davis twins combined for 37 points as West Bloomfield downed Detroit Edison 61-42 – MLIVE-Detroit

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 53-50 win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Fenton moved into a first-place tie in the Flint Metro League Stripes with a 62-54 win over co-leader Holly – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Blanc remains one of two teams undefeated in Saginaw Valley League play after handing Flint Powers Catholic a first league loss 47-46 – WNEM

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Genesee Christian defeated Flint Hamady 53-51, but Hamady’s JaKobie Boose scored his 1,000th point – WJRT

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jayden Marlatt reached 1,000 career points in Johannesburg-Lewiston’s big win over Pellston – Petoskey News-Review

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mia McLaughlin set a Frankenmuth record with nine 3-pointers in a big win over Birch Run – Saginaw News

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rockford downed Grand Haven 48-39 – FOX 17

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg defeated Division 3 contender Niles Brandywine 46-38 – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Coldwater handed Jackson Northwest its first Interstate 8 Athletic Conference defeat, 32-25 – Coldwater Daily Report