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: 5/2/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 2, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 3 honorable mention Ithaca swept top-ranked Evart 1-0 and 7-6 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 4 Essexville Garber moved closer to a potential sixth-straight league title with a 3-2 win over No. 15 Freeland – Bay City Times

3. BOYS GOLF Jackson Lumen Christi – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – edged No. 3 Ann Arbor Greenhills 170-175 – Ann Arbor News

4. GIRLS LACROSSE Molly Leyes reached 200 career goals with four in Grand Blanc’s 16-5 win over Davison – Flint Journal

5. BOYS GOLF Gaylord’s top four golfers finished among the top 10 individual placers as the team won the Ogemaw Heights Falcon Invitational – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. GIRLS SOCCER Lake Orion moved into first place alone in the Oakland Activities Association White with a 4-1 win over Berkley – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS SOCCER Isabella Snyder scored twice late to pull Bay City John Glenn past Division 3 No. 5 Frankenmuth 3-2 – Mid-Michigan Now

8. SOFTBALL Flat Rock and Division 2 honorable mention Milan both had 18 hits in Flat Rock’s 16-15 eight-inning win – Monroe News

9. GIRLS SOCCER Nora Pollock scored three goals in Division 4 No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s 4-0 win over Grand Rapids Covenant Christian – Local Sports Journal

10. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 9 Allen Park won a high-scoring matchup with Gibraltar Carlson, 13-6 – Southgate News-Herald