Today In The MHSAA: 3/5/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 5, 2021

League champions celebrated in wrestling and hockey and a number of basketball conference races were shaken up during a busy Thursday.

1. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 4 Macomb Dakota clinched its fourth-straight Macomb Area Conference Red championship with wins over Division 2 No. 6 Warren Woods Tower and Utica Ford – Macomb Daily

2. Hockey: Division 1 No. 10 Lake Orion clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association Red title with a 5-2 win over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Traverse City West handed Cadillac its first loss, 41-38 – Up North Live

4. Boys Basketball: Clarkston also picked up a notable league win, downing North Farmington 49-39 – Oakland Press

5. Boys Basketball: Kingsley's overtime buzzer beater downed Benzie Central 62-60 and created a tie atop the Northwest Conference - Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. Boys Basketball: Stevensville Lakeshore earned coach Sean Schroeder’s 300th win with the team in downing Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 57-45 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

7. Boys Basketball: Whitehall remains alone atop the West Michigan Conference after a 63-44 win over Montague – Local Sports Journal

8. Boys Basketball: Johannesburg-Lewiston sent Mancelona into a first-place tie in the Ski Valley Conference with a 61-52 upset – Gaylord Herald Times

9. Boys Basketball: Ypsilanti Community also picked up an upset, 52-47 at Saline – Ann Arbor News

10. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow improved to 11-0 with a 60-36 win over Saginaw Heritage – WJRT

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: From Wednesday, Plainwell edged Edwardsburg 43-41 to claim the outright Wolverine Conference championship – Kalamazoo Gazette

Today in the MHSAA: 1/16/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 16, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Petersburg Summerfield’s Jaeli Jones went over 1,000 career points in her  team’s win over Britton Deerfield – Monroe News

2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Zeeland – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – edged LPD3 No. 2 Holland Christian 96-83 – Holland Sentinel

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia handed Bath its first defeat, 64-41 – WILX

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Rilynn Porter made all three free throws during a last-second trip to the line to give Hart a 41-39 win over North Muskegon – Local Sports Journal

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Riverview Gabriel Richard earned its first win in handing Allen Park Cabrini its first loss, 44-37 – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kingsford downed Menominee 53-41 in a matchup of contenders in the Great Northern Conference – My UP Now

7. ICE HOCKEY Eight players scored in Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central’s win over Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice – Oakland Press

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Almont earned its first Blue Water Athletic Conference win since 2023-24, 43-32 over Richmond – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie crossed the bridge to claim a 53-46 win over Traverse City Central – Up North Live

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Birmingham Groves continued its high-scoring success during a win over Royal Oak – Hometown Life