Today in the MHSAA: 3/5/18

March 5, 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.

Today's Top 10

1. Wrestling: A total of 56 individual wrestling champions were crowned Saturday at Ford Field, led by four-time winners Brandon Whitman of Dundee and Jarrett Trombley of Lake Fenton – Second Half

2. Cheer: Sterling Heights Stevenson and Hudson won their first Finals championships, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep won its fifth straight and Gibraltar Carlson finished first again after coming in runner-up a year ago – Second Half

3. Bowling: Oxford’s girls and Bronson and Waterford Kettering’s boys were first-time team champions over the weekend, while Saturday’s singles saw eight first-time title winners – Second Half

4. Girls Basketball: Coldwater downed Battle Creek Harper Creek 37-29 in Class A to claim its first District title since 1995 – Battle Creek Enquirer

5. Hockey: The top three teams in Division 3 to start the playoffs were from “Copper Country” and top-ranked Hancock remains after a 4-0 Regional Final win over No. 2 Calumet – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

6. Hockey: No. 3 Brighton claimed a Division 1 Regional title with a 3-1 win over No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Girls Basketball: Kingsley continued its perfect run with a Class B District title win over Kalkaska, which eliminated the Stags a year ago – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Hockey: Midland won its first hockey Regional title since 2000 with a 9-2 win over the Tri-Valley co-op in Division 2 – Midland Daily News

9. Hockey: Holland West Ottawa upset No. 4 Grandville 2-1 in Division 1 to win its first hockey Regional title – Holland Sentinel

10. Gymnastics – Brighton and Howell tied for second at their Regional at Grand Ledge behind champion Linden to give Livingston County two teams at this Friday’s championship meet – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Today in the MHSAA: 4/20/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 20, 2023

1. BASEBALL Division 1 top-ranked Orchard Lake St. Mary’s extended its record winning streak by taking the first game against No. 3 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, but the second was suspended with the score tied – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS SOCCER Mattawan continued its impressive April with a 2-1 win over Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central – Kalamazoo Gazette

3. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 2 Evart swept No. 9 Traverse City St. Francis thanks in part to Ally Theunick’s hitting – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. SOFTBALL Aubrey Hensley became Temperance Bedford’s all-time home runs leader with her 19th in a win over Adrian – Monroe News

5. SOFTBALL A pair of Hamilton pitchers combined to no-hit Coopersville during the opener of a doubleheader matchup of Division 2 honorable mentions – Holland Sentinel

6. BOYS GOLF Pentwater shot a 339 to win the Shelby Invitational – Ludington Daily News

7. GIRLS SOCCER Nora Proos scored all four goals in St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lakes’ 4-3 win over St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. SOFTBALL Midland earned a split with Davison with an eighth-inning walk-off single in the second game – Midland Daily News

9. BASEBALL Mackinaw City edged Pickford 12-11 on a walk-off double – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

10. BOYS GOLF Quincy edged Jonesville by two strokes to win the first Big 8 Conference jamboree – Coldwater Daily Reporter