Today in the MHSAA: 3/2/18
March 2, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Girls Basketball: Fowlerville won its first District title in girls basketball since 2002 with a 48-33 win over Williamston – Lansing State Journal
2. Hockey: Unranked Lake Orion scored three goals during the first period in upsetting No. 6 Utica Eisenhower 3-2 in a Division 1 Pre-Regional – Macomb Daily
3. Boys Basketball: Clarkston finished an outright Oakland Activities Association Red title with a 48-38 win over Hazel Park despite not having injured star guard Foster Loyer – Oakland Press
4. Hockey: Traverse City West scored with 7.5 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, and then added the game winner in a 5-4 Division 1 Pre-Regional win over the Traverse City Bay Reps co-op – MI Sports Now
5. Hockey: No. 5 Trenton got past No. 6 Saline 4-0 in a Division 2 Pre-Regional game – Southgate News Herald
6. Hockey: No. 8 Grand Rapids Catholic Central got past East Grand Rapids 4-2 in a Division 3 Pre-Regional – FOX 17
7. Boys Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake, Buckley and Frankfort all won to finish a three-way share of the Northwest Conference title – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Boys Basketball: Bear Lake claimed a share of the West Michigan D League title with a 93-51 win over Walkerville – Manistee News Advocate
9. Boys Basketball: Calumet downed Hancock 67-42 to guarantee a shared Western Peninsula Athletic Conference title with Iron River West Iron County – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
10. Boys Basketball: Class A contender Holland West Ottawa downed Class B contender Grand Rapids Catholic Central 59-49 – Holland Sentinel
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Ishpeming’s Hart Holmgren became his school’s al-time leading scorer, breaking a record that had stood since 1965 in a 66-60 win over Escanaba – Marquette Mining Journal
Boys Basketball: Norway edged Rapid River 58-56 as the Knights’ Connor Ortman scored his 1,000th career point – Iron Mountain Daily News
Boys Basketball: West Michigan Conference champion North Muskegon downed Lakes 8 Conference title winner Ludington 55-43 – Local Sports Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 1/16/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 16, 2026
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Petersburg Summerfield’s Jaeli Jones went over 1,000 career points in her team’s win over Britton Deerfield – Monroe News
2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Zeeland – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged LPD3 No. 2 Holland Christian 96-83 – Holland Sentinel
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia handed Bath its first defeat, 64-41 – WILX
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rilynn Porter made all three free throws during a last-second trip to the line to give Hart a 41-39 win over North Muskegon – Local Sports Journal
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Riverview Gabriel Richard earned its first win in handing Allen Park Cabrini its first loss, 44-37 – Southgate News-Herald
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kingsford downed Menominee 53-41 in a matchup of contenders in the Great Northern Conference – My UP Now
7. ICE HOCKEY Eight players scored in Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central’s win over Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice – Oakland Press
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Almont earned its first Blue Water Athletic Conference win since 2023-24, 43-32 over Richmond – Macomb Daily
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie crossed the bridge to claim a 53-46 win over Traverse City Central – Up North Live
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Birmingham Groves continued its high-scoring success during a win over Royal Oak – Hometown Life