Today in the MHSAA: 3/6/20

March 6, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The majority of Michigan’s high school boys basketball teams finished their regular seasons Thursday – and with a month’s worth of fireworks thanks to league title celebrations, big-time matchups and record scoring performances.

1. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past Detroit Cass Tech 70-65 in overtime in the annual Operation Friendship meeting of league champions – Detroit News

2. Boys Basketball: Negaunee earned shares of two league titles and handed Iron Mountain its only loss this season on a last-second basket, winning 52-51 – Marquette Mining Journal

3. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor closed the regular season with an 82-72 win over Wyoming in a matchup of title contenders in Divisions 2 and 1 – Grand Rapids Press

4. Boys Basketball: Ypsilanti Lincoln enjoyed 48 points from Emoni Bates in getting past Grand Rapids Catholic Central 79-48 in a meeting of championship contenders in Divisions 1 and 2 – Ann Arbor News

5. Boys Basketball: Sanford Meridian clinched a fourth-consecutive Jack Pine Conference title with a 54-39 win over Farwell – Midland Daily News

6. Boys Basketball: Troy Athens got past Birmingham Seaholm 71-61 in overtime to claim the Oakland Activities Association Blue title outright – Oakland Press

7. Boys Basketball: Three Oaks River valley celebrated the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference White title with a 50-29 win over New Buffalo – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. Boys Basketball: Traverse City Central earned a shared Big North Conference title with Cadillac thanks to a 63-49 win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Boys Basketball: One-loss Carrollton handed Kingston its first, 63-59 – Saginaw News

10. Boys Basketball: Pellston downed Bellaire 57-39 to clinch a share of the Ski Valley Conference championship – Petoskey News-Review

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Otsego won its third-straight overall Wolverine Conference title with an 81-55 win over Edwardsburg – WWMT

Boys Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart locked up the outright Mid-State Activities Conference title with a 65-37 win over Ashley – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Boys Basketball: William Dunn became Quincy’s all-time leading career scorer in his team’s 67-57 win over Mendon – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Boys Basketball: Anders Rasmussen set Holland’s single-season 3-pointers record in a loss to Ada Forest Hills Eastern – Holland Sentinel

Boys Basketball: Cole Shiels and Jacob Delmotte both broke the Britton-Deerfield single-game scoring record in a win over Monroe Jefferson – Adrian Daily Telegram

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