Today In The MHSAA: 3/2/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 2, 2021

A pair of individual accomplishments and the end of a two-decade losing streak put girls basketball at the top of Monday’s statewide headlines.

1. Girls Basketball: Kali Heivilin went over 1,000 career points and Three Rivers handed Edwardsburg its first league loss, 50-39 – JoeInsider.com

2. Girls Basketball: Bay City Western defeated Saginaw Heritage for the first time in its last 35 tries, 47-36 – Bay City Times

3. Girls Basketball: Bloomingdale’s Kallie Harrison also went over 1,000 career points, doing so during her team’s 57-35 win over White Pigeon – Kalamazoo Gazette

4. Hockey: Division 1 No. 7 Traverse Bay Reps avenged an earlier loss to No. 5 Traverse City West with a 3-2 win over the Titans – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Boys Basketball: Orlando Lovejoy had a triple-double to keep Romulus Summit Academy undefeated with a 54-51 win over Harper Woods Chandler Park – Detroit News

6. Boys Basketball: Standish-Sterling remained undefeated while handing the first loss to Ogemaw Heights, 71-65 – Bay City Times

7. Bowling: Melvindale swept Dearborn Heights Robichaud, the girls team to remain undefeated atop the Western Wayne Athletic Conference standings – Southgate News-Herald

8. Girls Basketball: St. Charles improved to 9-0 with a big win over Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart – Saginaw News

9. Boys Basketball: Otsego edged Plainwell 50-47 in a matchup with potential league title implications – FOX 17

10. Boys Basketball: Fremont took back the lead over the final half-minute to get past Grant 58-55 – Local Sports Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 1/15/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 15, 2025

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Olivia Flynn reached 2,000 career points in Harbor Springs’ big win over Cheboygan, becoming just the 34th player to do so – Petoskey News-Review

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City Christian’s Reece Broderick drained 15 3-pointers to tie an MHSAA record during a big win over Grand Traverse Academy – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw United handed Flint Carman-Ainsworth its first defeat, 60-46 – WJRT

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City John Glenn came back from 11 down at halftime to upset Freeland 70-65 – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL DeWitt won a matchup of top Lansing-area teams, 62-50 over Haslett – WILX

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain edged Kingsford 56-55 in a matchup of two of the best in the Upper Peninsula – Upper Michigan’s Source

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Chad Brown went over 1,000 career points in Hemlock’s big win over St. Charles – Saginaw News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon Mona Shores’ Jordan Bledsoe also went over 1,000 career points during a 56-42 win over Jenison – Muskegon Chronicle

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Ethan Esse reached 1,000 career points in Allen Park Inter-City Baptist’s 75-50 victory over Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mio’s Mia McGregor posted her second quadruple-double this season with 46 points, 14 assists, 17 steals and 10 rebounds in a win over Atlanta – Bay City Times