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: 4/17/17
April 17, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first full weekend of this spring saw tournament action all over the state, with an especially notable softball tournament at Saginaw Swan Valley.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Baseball
Longtime Comstock coach Rich Bailey earned his 500th win with his team’s 2-0 victory over Hopkins; Comstock is No. 10 in Division 3 – Kalamazoo Gazette
Zeeland East won the Holland West Ottawa Invitational by scoring a combined 50 runs over three games – Holland Sentinel
Division 1 No. 5 Midland and No. 12 Mount Pleasant split a Thursday doubleheader that should impact the Saginaw Valley League race – Midland Daily News
Boys Golf
Hartland won the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Lakes preseason tournament, led by a pair of individual runners-up – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Girls Soccer
Cadillac won the Holland Invitational, downing Black River and then the host in the championship match – Cadillac News
Softball
Escanaba improved to 6-1 to continue to make good on its No. 2 ranking in Division 2, going 3-1 at the Saginaw Swan Valley Invitational with wins over Ogemaw Heights, Lake Fenton and Division 1 top-ranked Midland before falling 7-6 to host and D2 No. 3-ranked Swan Valley in a rematch of last season’s Division 2 Quarterfinal – Escanaba Daily Press
Division 1 honorable mention Mount Pleasant also earned a win from top-ranked Midland, splitting a Thursday doubleheader – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Division 4 No. 3 Rogers City opened its season with wins over DeWitt, St. Johns and Mason to win the East Lansing Invitational against much larger competition – Alpena News
The host Dragons, No. 7 in Division 1, downed honorable mention Oxford 1-0 to win their Lake Orion Invitational – Oakland Press
Girls Tennis
Division 2 top-ranked East Grand Rapids and Division 3 No. 1 Detroit Country Day tied for the championship at the prestigious Allegan Invitational – Grand Rapids Press
Track & Field
The Adrian Madison girls followed Megan Rosales’ dominating performance in winning the Grass Lake Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram
The Saugatuck boys and Hudsonville girls were overall champions at the Muskegon Reeths-Puffer Invitational – Muskegon Chronicle