Today in the MHSAA: 3/3/17

March 3, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

As the boys basketball regular season came to a close Thursday, the Individual Wrestling Finals got started and Hockey Regionals continued on – all with celebrations of note.

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. 

Boys Basketball

Central State Activities Association division champs Morley Stanwood and Big Rapids faced off, with Morley Stanwood closing the regular season with a 59-56 win – Big Rapids News

Breckenridge clinched its first league title since 1988 with a big win over Coleman in the Mid-State Activities Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Wayne Memorial rode a strong fourth quarter to a 47-44 win over Walled Lake Central in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship game – Oakland Press

Quincy downed Homer 61-41 to claim a share of the Big 8 Conference title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Dollar Bay downed Painesdale Jeffers 54-46 in the Copper Mountain Conference to earn a first league title since 1994 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Calumet earned a share of the West Peninsula Athletic Conference title with a 66-54 win over Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Grand Rapids Christian finished its first perfect regular season with a 53-51 win over Kalamazoo Central – Grand Rapids Press

Michigan Center also completed its first perfect regular season with an 81-49 win over Vandercook Lake – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Hockey

Division 1 No. 8 Utica Eisenhower powered to a 7-4 win over No. 6 Rochester United in a Pre-Regional Final – Macomb Daily

Division 2 No. 6 Trenton came back from trailing 3-0, but No. 5 Livonia Churchill still prevailed 4-3 in overtime – Southgate News Herald

Unranked Alpena upset No. 7 Sault Ste. Marie in Division 3 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Wrestling

Gaylord advanced all five of its MHSAA Individual Finals competitors to the second round in Division 2 on Thursday, with wrestling continuing today – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Hartland senior Reece Hughes, a reigning Division 1 champion, returned to the mat after a shoulder injury kept him out of last week’s Team Finals and won his first match – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Good Read

Amazingly, Dave Mann is coaching three varsity girls basketball teams this season – at Harper Woods Chandler Park, which schedules separately for two teams, and also at Detroit Cornerstone – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 2/14/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 14, 2025

1. WRESTLING No. 6 Temperance Bedford downed Wyandotte Roosevelt and Westland John Glenn to win a Division 1 Regional title, and Chase Norbury reached 150 career wins – Monroe News

2. WRESTLING Union City earned its first Regional title since 2000 with wins over Mendon and Springport in Division 4 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia clinched the Central Michigan Athletic Conference championship with a 66-30 win over Bath – WILX

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Maple City Glen Lake downed Brethren 72-51 to clinch the Northwest Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOWLING The Wyandotte Roosevelt girls and Taylor boys capped Downriver League championship runs – Southgate News-Herald

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Grady Pieratt reached 1,000 career points in Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart’s 86-40 win over Merrill – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain edged Roscommon 47-46 on a halfcourt buzzer beater – MI Sports Now

8. BOYS BASKETALL Gladwin downed Farwell to reach 17 wins, its most in a season since 1993 – Bay City Times

9. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – edged rival Midland High 96-84 – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Battle Creek Harper Creek moved into first place in the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference with a 47-45 win over Coldwater – Battle Creek Enquirer