Today In The MHSAA: 3/23/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 23, 2021

The girls basketball postseason began with District play all over Michigan on Monday, with a pair of future college hoops teammates making the biggest splash on a first night full of them.

1. Girls Basketball: Nicole Kamin and Megan Crow combined for 81 points as Kamin’s Escanaba defeated Crow’s Gladstone 65-48 in a Division 2 District opener – Escanaba Daily Press

2. Girls Basketball: Maddie Dolenga’s pair of buzzer beaters took Rochester Adams past Romeo in overtime, 64-63 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Flint Powers Catholic called upon its junior varsity, which responded with a 51-44 Division 2 District win over Mt. Morris – WJRT

4. Girls Basketball: Quincy opened its Division 3 District with a 35-29 win over second-seeded Reading – Coldwater Daily Reporter

5. Girls Basketball: Freeland held on for a 44-40 overtime win over Bullock Creek in Division 2 – Midland Daily News

6. Girls Basketball: Ionia earned a 52-41 upset of Central Montcalm in a Division 2 – Greenville Daily News

7. Girls Basketball: Ann Arbor Huron followed Jordan Wright to a 59-58 double-overtime win over Ypsilanti Lincoln in Division 1 – Ann Arbor News

8. Girls Basketball: Ashlen Hill nearly had a triple-double as Traverse City Central just got past Alpena 44-43 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Basketball: Mason County Central held on for a 40-37 win over LeRoy Pine River in Division 3 – Ludington Daily News

10. Girls Basketball: Iron Mountain edged Norway 46-44 in a Division 3 District opener – Iron Mountain Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 1/20/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 20, 2022

1. WRESTLING Top-ranked Dundee downed No. 2 Clinton 40-26 in a meeting of the state’s top teams in Division 3 – Monroe News

2. HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central came back to get past Division 2 No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice 3-2 – Oakland Press

3. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 2 Brighton edged No. 6 Salem 3-0, and Division 2 top-ranked Hartland downed Division 3 No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 6-4 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Freshman Sophia Bussell set Monroe’s school record with eight 3-pointers in a 63-43 win over Ypsilanti Lincoln – Monroe News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Flushing defeated Swartz Creek 54-27, delivering coach Larry Ford his 300th win – Flint Journal

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Gavin Dukaj scored nine of his 12 points after regulation, draining three 3-pointers over two overtimes in Tawas’ 58-56 win over Beaverton – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Ignace edged Pickford 58-56 on a buzzer beater – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

8. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 8 Grandville’s pin in the final match secured a 37-30 win over Hudsonville – FOX17

9. HOCKEY Petoskey avenged an earlier loss to Traverse City Central, 4-3 – Petoskey News-Review

10. HOCKEY Brendan Pippen scored three goals during the third period of Big Rapids’ 6-1 win over Cadillac – Big Rapids News