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: 3/8/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 8, 2023

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Buchanan held on for a 66-59 win over Bronson in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flint Carman-Ainsworth won another of the best matchups of the Regional Semifinals, 51-37 over Grand Blanc in Division 1 – Mid-Michigan Now

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Warren Fitzgerald remains undefeated after a 60-54 win over Marysville in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lansing Catholic earned an impressive 46-33 Division 2 win over Tecumseh – Lansing State Journal

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie advanced in Division 1 with a 42-31 win over Midland Dow – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Farmington Hills Mercy held off Utica Ford in Division 1 50-44 – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Byron Center ran its winning streak to 20 with a 62-43 win over Muskegon in Division 1 – Muskegon Chronicle

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Christian will play for a Division 3 Regional title after a 60-51 win over Watervliet – WWMT

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids West Catholic advanced with a 52-39 win over Portland in Division 2 – FOX 17

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cass City advanced in Division 3 with a 41-31 win over New Lothrop – Huron Daily News