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: 2/15/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 15, 2022

1. SKIING Petoskey swept Division 2 Regional championships at Nub’s Nob, the girls team winning its fifth straight – Petoskey News-Review Girls | Boys

2. BOWLING Wyandotte Roosevelt’s girls and boys teams finished up Downriver League championship runs – Southgate News-Herald

3. SKIING Cadillac’s boys repeated as Division 2 Regional champions and East Grand Rapids’ girls won as well at Caberfae Peaks – Cadillac News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Oscoda avenged an earlier loss to Alcona with a 55-21 win to clinch a share of the North Star League Big Dipper championship – Bay City Times

5. BOWLING The Division 2 No. 8 Allegan girls and Niles boys won Wolverine Conference Tournament championships – JoeInsider.com

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Aiyanna Tanksley had 50 points and 20 rebounds to lead Detroit Cody to a big Public School League Tournament win over Detroit Southeastern – Detroit News

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Niles Brandywine extended its winning streak to nine with a 38-28 win over Sturgis – Niles Daily Star

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe Jefferson earned its first league win since 2018-19, 39-24 over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mason County Central improved to 11-5 with a 43-33 win over Ravenna – Ludington Daily News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portland St. Patrick moved to 17-0 with a 64-39 win over Saranac – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Longtime Clarkston coach Kurt Richardson announced his retirement, concluding with a record of 274-98 to rank 17th in MHSAA history for wins – Oakland Press