Today in the MHSAA: 3/2/17

March 2, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The Class A girls basketball bracket was shaken up significantly Wednesday and a Class C favorite exited as well as teams played District Semifinals all over the state.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Girls Basketball

Midland Dow downed Saginaw Valley League rival Saginaw Heritage 37-30 in a matchup of Class A championship contenders – Midland Daily News

Ishpeming handed Munising its first and only loss this season, 79-62 in Class C – Marquette Mining Journal

Macomb Dakota upset another expected Class A contender, downing Port Huron Northern 58-53 – Clinton Township Voice

Springport downed Galesburg-Augusta 60-39 in Class C to set a team record with 18 wins this season – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Schoolcraft ended Centreville’s 19-game winning streak with a 45-31 win in Class C – Kalamazoo Gazette

Veronica Kastelic made two free throws with two seconds to play to get Muskegon Mona Shores past Muskegon High 50-49 in Class A – Muskegon Chronicle

Saginaw Swan Valley earned a shot at its first District title in 11 years with a 48-23 win over Tri-Valley Conference East champion Frankenmuth in Class B – Saginaw News

Hockey

Division 3 No. 6 Allen Park got past Wyandotte Roosevelt in a Regional Semifinal – Southgate News Herald

In Division 1, No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood advanced with an 8-2 Regional Semifinal win over No. 10 Troy – Oakland Press

Good Reads

Hartland’s Joey Livingston had to take off last wrestling season to serve as caretaker for his father, who died Jan. 30. He did return to the mat this winter and used those emotions to fuel a run to this weekend’s MHSAA Individual Finals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

At the 2015 Lower Peninsula Division 2 Swimming & Diving Finals in Holland, a Wyandotte Roosevelt diver had to be revived with CPR and an AED – and then one of the coaches performing CPR had a massive heart attack. This is their updated story, two years later – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 11/3/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 3, 2026

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Pinconning held on after losing the third and fourth sets to defeat Farwell in five in a Division 3 District opener – Bay City Times 

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North came back after losing the first two sets to defeat Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 3-2 in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Jackson Lumen Christi girls – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and the LPD2 No. 4 Parma Western boys won team titles at the J Chris Jensen County Championships – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Berrien Springs opened Division 2 District play with a sweep of Dowagiac – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Petoskey finished a season sweep of Gaylord with a three-set sweep in Division 1 – Petoskey News-Review

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Lake City won the first two sets on the way to a win in four over LeRoy Pine River in Division 3 – Cadillac News

7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After splitting with Manistee during the regular season, Mason County Central finished with the edge in the season series thanks to a Division 3 District sweep – Local Sports Journal

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Gwinn advanced in Division 3 with a sweep of Ishpeming Westwood – Upper Michigan’s Source

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Monroe led throughout in sweeping Gibraltar Carlson in Division 1 – Monroe News

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL After a split of the first two sets, Baldwin came back to win the final two over Pentwater in Division 4 – Big Rapids Pioneer