Today in the MHSAA: 3/20/19

March 20, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

This weekend’s Girls Basketball Semifinals will welcome back three reigning champions and a host of contenders new and old. We’ve linked to coverage of all 16 Tuesday Quarterfinals below and will preview all four divisions later today on Second Half.  

Division 1: Saginaw Heritage locked down Hartland with a 44-24 win – Saginaw News

Division 1: Muskegon sank the go-ahead basket with four seconds to play to get past DeWitt 53-51 – FOX 17

Division 1: Southfield Arts & Technology earned its second Semifinal trip in three seasons with a 62-36 win over St. Clair Shores Lakeview – Detroit News

Division 1: Wayne Memorial booked its Semifinal return with a 50-28 win over Temperance Bedford – Observer & Eccentric

Division 2: Unbeaten Hamilton earned its first Semifinal berth with a 63-34 win over Grand Rapids South Christian – Holland Sentinel

Division 2: Haslett continued its postseason surge edging one-loss Chelsea 46-44 – Lansing State Journal

Division 2: Freeland came back from a halftime deficit to down Cadillac 48-38 – Midland Daily News

Division 2: Reigning Class C champion Detroit Edison moved closer to playing for the Division 2 title with a 63-23 win over Goodrich – Flint Journal

Division 3: Lake City edged Ishpeming Westwood, coming back from nine down to win 50-46 – Cadillac News

Division 3: Pewamo-Westphalia will return to the Semifinals thanks to a 43-19 win over Niles Brandywine – Lansing State Journal

Division 3: Flint Hamady downed Royal Oak Shrine 56-34 to return to the Semifinals – Flint Journal

Division 3: Ypsilanti Arbor Prep is headed to the Semifinals for the fifth straight season after a 59-31 win over Adrian Madison – Ann Arbor News

Division 4: Reigning Class D champion Adrian Lenawee Christian earned a return trip to the Semifinals with a 59-32 win over Fruitport Calvary Christian – Adrian Daily Telegram

Division 4: Undefeated St. Ignace got past Baraga 76-45 to return to the Semifinals – MI Sports Now

Division 4: Fowler continued its playoff rise with a 48-34 win over Gaylord St. Mary – WPBN

Division 4: Kingston moved on to the Semifinals with a 40-27 win over Clarkston Everest Collegiate – WJRT

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison’s Rickea Jackson was named this season’s Miss Basketball Award winner – MLive-Detroit

Football: Scott Barnhart stepped down as coach at Algonac after leading a major turnaround the last few seasons – Port Huron Times Herald

Today in the MHSAA: 5/19/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 19, 2021

Softball: Division 4 top-ranked Holton swept Hesperia to clinch the Central State Activities Association Silver championship, its sixth-straight league title – Local Sports Journal

2. Baseball: Frankenmuth clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference East championship with a split against Division 2 No. 2 Bay City John Glenn – WJRT

3. Track & Field: Macomb Dakota continued its spring surge sweeping Macomb Area Conference Red girls and boys championship meets; Dakota’s girls are ranked No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, and the boys are No. 7 – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys

4. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 11 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged an earlier loss to No. 2 Forest Hills Northern in the Ottawa-Kent Conference White semifinals – Grand Rapids Press

5. Softball: Breckenridge swept Vestaburg to secure a share of the Mid-State Activities Conference championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 5 Haslett downed Division 3 No. 4 Lansing Catholic 4-1 to earn a spot in the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup championship game – Lansing State Journal

7. Boys Golf: Norway continued its strong spring with a 320 to win the Negaunee Invitational – Iron Mountain Daily News

8. Baseball: Hunter Kanouse struck out 14 of 18 hitters faced in a perfect game win for LeRoy Pine River over McBain – Big Rapids News

9. Girls Tennis: North Muskegon – No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – improved to 16-5-1 with wins over Niles Brandywine and No. 10 Clarkston Everest Collegiate – Local Sports Journal

10. Baseball: Coldwater improved to 19-5 with a sweep of Division 3 No. 15 Jackson Lumen Christi – Coldwater Daily Reporter