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: 4/23/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 23, 2025

1. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 2 Hudsonville increased its winning streak to 48 with a sweep of No. 6 Grand Haven – Grand Rapids Press

2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Hartland scored three straight second-half goals to get past No. 10 Brighton 3-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. GIRLS SOCCER A late goal led to a 2-2 draw between Division 1 No. 3 Bloomfield Hills and No. 5 Rochester – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 6  Frankenmuth and No. 4 Essexville Garber remain undefeated after playing to a 1-1 draw – Mid-Michigan Now

5. BOYS LACROSSE Birmingham United took a big step toward a league title with a 12-11 overtime win over Clarkston – Oakland Press

6. SOFTBALL Kalamazoo Central improved to 13-0 with a sweep of Mattawan – Kalamazoo Gazette

7. TRACK & FIELD Kingsford’s girls and boys were among the most impressive teams at the Marquette Invitational – Upper Michigan’s Source

8. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 15 Watervliet and Bridgman split, with the Bees winning the opener – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. TRACK & FIELD Temperance Bedford’s boys – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – continued their undefeated run through the Southeastern Conference Red with wins over Monroe and Ann Arbor Pioneer, while Pioneer’s girls also went 2-0 – Monroe News

10. BASEBALL Essexville Garber and Freeland split, with Garber winning the opener in extra innings – Bay City Times