Today in the MHSAA: 3/4/16
March 4, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The boys basketball regular season finished up in most areas of the state Thursday, as the Individual Wrestling Finals got started and the hockey, girls basketball and boys diving postseasons continued on.
Girls Basketball
After falling to rival Bath only a few weeks ago, Laingsburg came back to win the District battle of co-champions from the Central Michigan Athletic Conference, 41-27 – Lansing State Journal
Boys Basketball
Unbeaten Canton secured the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship with a 50-47 overtime win over Walled Lake Western – Oakland Press
Detroit U-D Jesuit won the Operation Friendship game between champions from the Detroit Catholic League and Public School League, downing East English 92-76 – Detroit News
Traxton Gordon scored the 1,000th point of his Hesperia career despite a loss to North Muskegon – Muskegon Chronicle
Keegan George also went over 1,000 points for his career, although his Spring Lake team fell to Muskegon Catholic Central – Muskegon Chronicle
From Tuesday, Pickford’s Derrick Edington also joined the 1,000 point club in a 68-63 win over Rogers City – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
The Detroit Free Press introduced the five finalists for this season’s Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan Mr. Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press
Ice Hockey
Cadillac scored with 20 seconds to play in regulation to edge Mount Pleasant 3-2 in a Division 3 Pre-Regional – Cadillac News
For the fourth time in five seasons, Brighton ended Howell’s season, this time 3-1 in a battle of Division 1 contenders – Livingston Daily
Warren DeLaSalle just survived Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett in Division 3, 5-4 after leading 3-0 early – Macomb Daily
Midland advanced in Division 2 with a 4-1 win over Midland Dow after falling to Dow twice during the regular season – Midland Daily News
After falling to Muskegon Reeths-Puffer in the tournament the last three seasons, Mona Shores came out on top with a 6-5 win in Division 2 – Muskegon Chronicle
Wrestling
Hartland’s Sage Castillo improved to 53-0 this season with a pin in his Division 1 first-round match as the MHSAA Individual Finals kicked off at The Palace of Auburn Hills – Detroit News
Today in the MHSAA: 9/26/18
September 26, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Volleyball: Division 2 top-ranked Grand Rapids Christian came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Division 1 No. 6 Hudsonville in five games – FOX 17
2. Cross Country: The New Baltimore Anchor Bay cross country teams clinched Macomb Area Conference White championships; the boys shared with Port Huron Northern, winning their first title since 2008 – Macomb Daily
3. Volleyball: Division 1 No. 9 Rochester Hills Stoney Creek swept honorable mention Clarkston in Oakland Activities Association Red play – Oakland Press
4. Girls Swimming & Diving: Unranked Zeeland earned an impressive 104-74 win over Holland Christian, the No. 4 team in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – Holland Sentinel
5. Boys Soccer: Division 4 No. 9 North Muskegon and Muskegon Oakridge tied 1-1 in a key West Michigan Conference matchup – Local Sports Journal
6. Cross Country: Hart’s LPD3 ranked teams (girls No. 1, boys No. 4) dominated in sweeping the West Michigan Conference’s second jamboree – Ludington Daily News
7. Volleyball: Traverse City St. Francis came back after losing the first set to defeat Kalkaska in four – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Volleyball: Lakes Valley Conference leader South Lyon downed Walled Lake Central in four sets – Oakland Press
9. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 10 Kingsley continued to surge with a sweep of Frankfort – WPBN
10. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 3 Schoolcraft remains atop the Southwestern Athletic Conference Valley after a sweep of Constantine – JoeInsider.com
Also of note:
Volleyball: From Thursday, then-No. 5 Southfield Christian upset Division 4 top-ranked Plymouth Christian Academy – MLive-Detroit
Girls Golf: From Monday, LPD1 top-ranked Northville claimed its eighth tournament championship this fall – Observer & Eccentric
Boys Soccer: From Monday, Division 4 No. 8 Hartford clinched the Southwest 10 Conference title with a 2-1 win over Bloomingdale – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium