Today in the MHSAA: 3/3/20
March 3, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Girls Basketball District Tournament tipped off Monday and the biggest wave came out of the Upper Peninsula, where Gladstone set the tone as top-two seeds won 90 percent of their games but the other 10 percent earned most of the biggest headlines.
1. Girls Basketball: Gladstone earned the biggest upset of District opening night, draining a last-second 3-pointer to get past previously-undefeated Menominee 46-45 in Division 2 – Escanaba Daily Press
2. Girls Basketball: Flint Carman-Ainsworth won a Division 1 matchup of league champions, downing Flushing 48-38 – WJRT
3. Girls Basketball: Cadillac won a matchup of league champions in Division 2, downing Ludington 43-39 – Cadillac News
4. Girls Basketball: East Kentwood ended Byron Center’s 19-game winning streak with a 50-43 win in Division 1; both teams were league champions this winter – WZZM
5. Girls Basketball: Eaton Rapids upset a league champion in Chelsea 58-49 in overtime in a Division 2 opener – Chelsea Sun Times News
6. Girls Basketball: Mayville got past a league champion in Kinde-North Huron 43-41 in Division 4 – Huron Daily Tribune
7. Girls Basketball: Bridgeport also upset a league champion, downing Caro 56-35 in Division 2 – Saginaw News
8. Girls Basketball: Jackson Lumen Christi ended the season for another league champion in Springport, 42-39 in Division 3 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
9. Girls Basketball: Cass City opened Division 3 play with an upset, downing Harbor Beach 46-34 – Huron Daily Tribune
10. Girls Basketball: Megan Matson led a Division 4 upset with 33 points in Munising’s 51-47 win over Rock Mid Peninsula – Escanaba Daily Press
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Kent City may have set an MHSAA record with 40 points in the first quarter of a big Division 3 win over Ravenna – Muskegon Chronicle
Boys Basketball: From Friday, Kinde-North Huron earned a share of the North Central Thumb League Stripes title with a big win over Akron-Fairgrove – Huron Daily Tribune
Boys Swimming & Diving: From Saturday, Battle Creek Lakeview – tied for No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – locked up the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference championship – WWMT
Boys Swimming & Diving: From Saturday, LPD1 Ann Arbor Pioneer finished nearly 200 points ahead of a field that included three more top-10 teams to win the Southeastern Conference Red championship meet – We Love Ann Arbor
Today In The MHSAA: 1/13/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 13, 2022
1. HOCKEY Top-ranked Warren De La Salle scored two goals over the final minutes to defeat No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 3-2 – Observer & Eccentric
2. WRESTLING No. 8 Brighton likely shook up the Division 1 rankings with a 46-29 win over No. 3 Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. WRESTLING Division 4 top-ranked Hudson defeated Division 3 No. 2 Clinton 38-25 in league competition – Adrian Daily Telegram
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City St. Francis handed Division 3 No. 3 Harbor Springs its first loss, 54-37 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 11 Reese earned the edge in the Greater Thumb Conference West standings with a 67-57 win over top-ranked Bad Axe – Bay City Times
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kennedy Guild scored her 1,000th career point in Pickford’s 70-20 win over Newberry – MI Sports Now
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL McBain Northern Michigan Christian won a matchup of undefeated teams 30-27 over Lake City – Cadillac News
8. GYMNASTICS Reigning MHSAA Finals champion Jackson Area defeated Coldwater 136.300-128.975 in league competition – Coldwater Daily Reporter
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian moved to 9-1 and continued to sit atop the Jack Pine Conference with a 46-30 win over Gladwin – Midland Daily News
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cheboygan broke Division 4 No. 15 Indian River Inland Lakes’ five-game winning streak, prevailing 49-39 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune