Today In The MHSAA: 3/2/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 2, 2022
1. HOCKEY All seven goals were scored during the third period as No. 4 Grandville claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 5-2 win over Grand Rapids Christian – Grand Rapids Press
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Hartland secured its first Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament title since 2009 with a 42-39 win over Division 1 No. 11 Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 9 Williamston finished a perfect regular season and Mason Docks and Jay Wallace both went over 1,000 career points during a 59-55 win over Lansing Everett – Lansing State Journal
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Central closed the regular season with a 51-46 win over Division 1 No. 9 Muskegon – Kalamazoo Gazette
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Waterford Mott finished an outright title run in the Lakes Valley Conference with a 55-45 win over White Lake Lakeland – Oakland Press
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 11 Standish-Sterling clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference 10 title with a 60-20 win over Midland Bullock Creek – Bay City Times
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Northview clinched the Ottawa-Kent Conference White title outright with a 59-55 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – FOX 17
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Tecumseh downed Chelsea 53-47 to create a shared Southeastern Conference White championship with the Bulldogs and Jackson – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. HOCKEY The Traverse Bay Reps clinched a Division 1 Regional title with a 7-0 win over Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills – Up North Live
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 13 Grand Blanc earned another notable regular-season win, 80-62 over No. 16 River Rouge – Flint Journal
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Midland’s Drew Barrie scored his 1,000th career point during a 50-27 win over Bay City John Glenn – Midland Daily News
BOYS BASKETBALL Whitehall edged Shelby 43-39 to finish an outright title run in the West Michigan Conference – MuskegonSports.com
BOYS BASKETBALL Jonesville and Concord both won to create a shared Big 8 Conference title between the two – Jackson Citizen Patriot
FOOTBALL Cadillac coach Cody Mallory is leaving to take over at Spring Lake after leading the Vikings to a Division 4 runner-up finish in 2020 – Cadillac News
Today in the MHSAA: 1/23/20
January 23, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Two of the three No. 1-ranked hockey teams in Michigan faced off Thursday in league play to take today’s No. 1 spot, followed by one of the state’s annual wrestling powers claiming a conference championship.
1. Hockey: Division 2 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice edged Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central 2-1 – Oakland Press
2. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 2 Richmond clinched the Blue Water Area Conference championship with a sweep of Croswell-Lexington and Imlay City – Macomb Daily
3. Hockey: Division 1 No. 4 Brighton avenged an earlier loss to No. 3 Salem with a 3-0 win in the rematch – Observer & Eccentric
4. Bowling: Bay City Central’s girls and Essexville Garber’s boys won Bay County championships – Bay City Times
5. Girls Basketball: Michigan Center avenged last season’s Regional Final loss to Springport, 61-49 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
6. Hockey: Division 2 No. 2 Livonia Stevenson continued its recent success against No. 4 Hartland, 7-0 – Observer & Eccentric
7. Girls Basketball: Bellaire remained undefeated and ended Gaylord St. Mary’s 59-game Ski Valley Conference winning streak with a 49-36 victory – Up North Live
8. Boys Basketball: Carrollton moved to 8-0 with a 77-70 win over Reese – Saginaw News
9. Hockey: Grand Haven came back from a one-goal deficit with four minutes to play to get past Hudsonville 5-3 – Local Sports Journal
10. Hockey: Will Dawson scored a natural hat trick during the first period to lead Division 2 No. 6 Traverse City Central past Petoskey 6-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Also of note …
Football: Gwinn is mourning the unexpected death of football coach Dion Brown, who took over the program in 2014 and led it to multiple playoff appearances – WLUC
Football: Hudson coach Chris Luma has stepped down with a 180-70 record over the last 23 seasons – Adrian Daily Telegram
Football: Continuing Rockford’s streak of 25 straight winning seasons will rest with former assistant Brent Cummings, who was promoted to head coach – Grand Rapids Press