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: 10/14/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 14, 2024
1. CROSS COUNTRY The Romeo girls – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – won their ninth-straight Macomb County championship, this time earning the top seven individual places, and Utica swept boys team and individual titles – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Jenison’s Sophia Umstead, Holland Christian’s Camryn Siegers and Ann Arbor Skyline’s Adrienne Schadler were multi-event champions at the annual MISCA meet – MISCA
3. BOYS TENNIS Unranked East Grand Rapids was the champion at the LPD3 Regional at Holland, with No. 5 Grand Rapids South Christian second – Holland Sentinel
4. CROSS COUNTRY Okemos swept the Greater Lansing Invitational team championships; Okemos’ girls are No. 11 in LPD1 – Lansing State Journal
5. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD4 No. 2 Harbor Springs girls and LPD3 No. 7 Charlevoix boys won Northern Shores Conference championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. CROSS COUNTRY The Trenton girls and Allen Park boys were Downriver Invitational champions – Southgate News-Herald
7. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 honorable mention Onsted girls and Adrian boys were Lenawee County champions – Adrian Daily Telegram
8. CROSS COUNTRY Muskegon Western Michigan Christian swept championships at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association races; the WMC girls are No. 11 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 13 – Grand Haven Tribune
9. CROSS COUNTRY Bay City Western swept Bay County titles, the girls with their 12th-straight championship and the boys with their sixth consecutive – Bay City Times
10. BOYS TENNIS No. 4 Petoskey earned the LPD3 Regional title at Big Rapids, just ahead of the No. 6 Cardinals – Big Rapids Pioneer