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: 10/27/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 27, 2021

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 St. Joseph edged No. 6 Marshall 2-1 to earn a trip to a Division 2 Regional Final – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

2. BOYS SOCCER No. 7 Williamston downed No. 6 Imlay City 4-1 to advance in Division 3 – Lansing State Journal

3. BOYS SOCCER No. 4 Okemos defeated No. 7 Traverse City West 2-1 in Division 1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. VOLLEYBALL Warren Regina defeated Macomb Lutheran North 3-1 in the Detroit Catholic League Cardinal Tournament finale – Macomb Daily

5. BOYS SOCCER Salem came back from a goal down to defeat No. 14 Ann Arbor Pioneer in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Observer & Eccentric

6. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Richland Gull Lake got past No. 10 Holland 1-0 in Division 2 to earn the Regional Final matchup with St. Joseph – Battle Creek Enquirer

7. BOYS SOCCER North Muskegon held on for a 1-0 Division 4 Semifinal win over No. 8 McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Local Sports Journal

8. VOLLEYBALL Zeeland East swept West to clinch the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green Tournament title and overall league championship – Holland Sentinel

9. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 New Baltimore Anchor Bay survived an upset attempt with a 4-3 overtime win over Utica Eisenhower in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

10. BOYS SOCCER Michigan Center won a 4-3 shootout to advance with a 1-0 Division 3 win over No. 10 Pontiac Notre Dame Prep – Oakland Press