Today in the MHSAA: 3/7/18
March 7, 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. Hockey: No. 5 Trenton scored twice during the third period to upset top-ranked Livonia Stevenson 3-1 in a Division 2 Quarterfinal – Southgate News Herald
2. Hockey: No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice earned a return trip to the Division 2 Semifinals with a 3-2 double overtime win over No. 8 Davison – Observer & Eccentric
3. Girls Basketball: Sophia Wiard scored 30 points as Muskegon Oakridge edged Comstock Park 48-45 in a Class B Regional Semifinal – Muskegon Chronicle
4. Girls Basketball: Chassell downed Munising 52-46 in a matchup of the top Class D teams in the Upper Peninsula media poll – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. Hockey: No. 9 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern held off Kingsford 1-0 to return to the Division 2 Semifinals – WLUC
6. Hockey: No. 3 Hartland will return to the Division 2 Semifinals as well after a 6-1 win over Midland Dow – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. Girls Basketball: Fruitport Calvary Christian won a matchup of league champions, downing Bear Lake 52-33 in Class D – Grand Haven Tribune
8. Girls Basketball: A second half run pushed Clarkston past Bloomfield Hills Marian 44-34 in Class A – Oakland Press
9. Girls Basketball: Hudsonville used a big fourth quarter to come back and down East Grand Rapids 50-48 in Class A – FOX 17
10. Girls Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King emerged from a matchup of Class A powers, downing Southfield Arts & Technology 50-37 – Detroit News
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Muskegon avoided another success by upset-minded Caledonia, moving on in Class A with a 58-51 win – Local Sports Journal
Girls Basketball: Reigning Class C runner-up Pewamo-Westphalia held off Laingsburg for the third time this winter, 48-33, ending the Wolfpack’s season with all three of its losses to the Pirates – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
Girls Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing held off a late run by Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary – last season’s Class D runner-up – to move on in Class C with a 70-61 win – Huron Daily Tribune
Girls Basketball: Coming off last week’s District upset of Hillman, Rogers City hung on to advance in Class D again with a 54-51 win over Frankfort – Alpena News
Girls Basketball: Freeland outscored Goodrich 17-2 in overtime to win their Class B Regional Semifinal 70-55 – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 6/9/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
June 9, 2025
(Please also see Finals coverage of girls and boys lacrosse, and Lower Peninsula boys golf throughout MHSAA.com.)
1. SOFTBALL Top-ranked Escanaba downed No. 3 Gaylord 10-0, ending the Blue Devils’ two-year reign atop Division 2 – Escanaba Daily Press
2. BASEBALL No. 2 Bay City Western advanced to the Division 1 Semifinals with a 3-1 win over No. 4 Hudsonville – Bay City Times
3. BASEBALL Top-ranked Portland St. Patrick advanced to the Division 4 Semifinals with wins over No. 2 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart and No. 18 Maple City Glen Lake – Lansing State Journal
4. SOFTBALL Kenzie Greene shut out No. 4 Bellaire and Buckley and went over 500 career strikeouts during No. 5 Holton’s Division 4 Regional title run – Local Sports Journal
5. SOFTBALL Honorable mention Paw Paw defeated Edwardsburg and honorable mention Wayland to clinch its first Regional title, in Division 2 – Kalamazoo Gazette
6. SOFTBALL Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary also claimed its first Regional title with wins over Mio and No. 10 Fowler in Division 4 – Saginaw News
7. SOFTBALL South Lyon downed No. 7 Northville 3-0 to claim a Division 1 Regional title, and after Northville had upset top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy a game earlier – Oakland Press
8. SOFTBALL No. 6 Walled Lake Northern downed No. 5 Grand Blanc to clinch a third-straight Division 1 Regional championship – Oakland Press
9. BASEBALL No. 2 Standish-Sterling advanced to the Division 2 Semifinals with wins over No. 9 Petoskey and No. 12 Fruitport – Bay City Times
10. SOFTBALL No. 9 Brownstown Woodhaven downed No. 8 Allen Park and Detroit Cass Tech for a Division 1 Regional title – Southgate News-Herald
Also of note ...
SOFTBALL Gogebic – made up of Bessemer and Wakefield-Marenisco – clinched its first Regional title with a 2-0 win over Lake Linden-Hubbell in Division 4 – Upper Michigan’s Source