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: 4/16/19
April 16, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Winter’s overnight brief return didn’t keep teams from kicking off the third week of April on the diamonds and soccer and lacrosse fields Monday.
1. Softball: Ann Arbor Skyline swept Ann Arbor Huron, with Mayah Alam throwing a five-inning no-hitter in the second game – We Love Ann Arbor
2. Baseball: Livonia Stevenson downed rival Livonia Churchill 6-2 to move into a first-place tie with Churchill in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Black – Observer & Eccentric
3. Girls Soccer: Division 1 No. 13 Portage Central downed Mattawan 5-1 with Jaclynn Sibley scoring a hat trick – JoeInsider.com
4. Baseball: Boyne City swept Kingsley with a pair of one-hitters – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Softball: Centreville swept White Pigeon, earning coach Scott Logan his 100th career win – Sturgis Journal
6. Girls Soccer: The North Bay co-op team improved to 5-1 with a 4-2 win over Leland – MI Sports Now
7. Boys Lacrosse: Midland’s co-op team moved to 6-0 with a 17-7 win over Saginaw Heritage – Midland Daily News
8. Baseball: Grosse Pointe South got past Clinton Township Chippewa Valley 3-1 on Nick Raicevich’s one-hitter – Detroit News
9. Softball: Saline rallied in the eighth inning to win the first game of a sweep of Ann Arbor Pioneer – We Love Ann Arbor
10. Baseball: Ann Arbor Huron carried a 10-0 lead into the sixth inning but had to hold on for a 10-9 win over Skyline – We Love Ann Arbor
Also of note …
Bowling: The Division 1 and 2 Finals were covered by Bowling Showcase and appeared on the March 23 show on WADL in Detroit.