Today in the MHSAA: 3/8/16
March 8, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The upsets were few, but the late-game heroics aplenty Monday during the first night of the MHSAA Boys Basketball Tournament.
Boys Basketball
After falling twice to its rival during the regular season, Traverse City West opened a 13-1 lead and downed Traverse City Central 55-52 in Class A – Traverse City Record-Eagle
South Lyon’s 3-pointer with fewer than two seconds to play gave it a 40-37 win over Brighton in Class A – Livingston Daily
Also in Class A, Bloomfield Hills took over in double overtime to get past Auburn Hills Avondale 65-56 – Oakland Press
Warren Woods-Tower emerged from a close matchup with St. Clair Shores Lake shore, 46-42, dropping Lakeshore’s final record to 17-4 – Macomb Daily
Noah Ingram made 10-pointers and scored 44 points total as Mount Pleasant downed Midland Dow 81-70 in Class A – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
In arguably the biggest matchup of opening night, reigning Class B champion Wyoming Godwin Heights downed Wayland 65-62 in a matchup of teams with a combined record of 34-5 – Grand Rapids Press
Freeland won a crossover of top Class B teams in the Tri-Valley Conference, 45-42 over Bridgeport – Saginaw News
Also in Class B, Marshall survived a last-second basket that forced overtime to get past Battle Creek Pennfield – 89-81 – Battle Creek Enquirer
Trey Newsham made 4 of 4 free-throw attempts during the final 14 seconds and went over 1,000 points for his career in Essexville Garber’s 60-59 Class B win over Bay City John Glenn – Bay City Times
Flint Beecher eliminated rival Flint Hamady in Class C for the 10th straight season, 68-62, in a matchup of teams that were a combined 34-4 – Flint Journal
In a Class C matchup of teams with a combined 32-10 record, Traverse City St. Francis got past Johannesburg-Lewiston 79-65 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Also in Class C, Hartford’s 3-pointer with 11 seconds left pushed the team past Kalamazoo Christian 46-45 in an upset of the formerly 17-2 Comets – Kalamazoo Gazette
Good Read
Last summer, the Kronemeyer family of Holland was forced to mourn the death of 18-year-old daughter Marissa, who had died in a car crash. But community and eventually Holland Calvary basketball have assisted as the family continues to cope – Holland Sentinel
Today in the MHSAA: 5/15/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 15, 2025
1. GIRLS TENNIS Hemlock – ranked No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – won five flights to repeat as a Regional team champion – Saginaw News
2. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake clinched the outright Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference title with a 3-0 win over Mattawan – Kalamazoo Gazette
3. BASEBALL Clawson downed Hazel Park 12-4 to claim a third-straight Macomb Area Conference Silver title – Oakland Press
4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 11 Harbor Springs downed Boyne City 3-0 to clinch the Northern Shores Conference title – Petoskey News-Review
5. BOYS GOLF Romeo defeated Utica Eisenhower and Ford to claim the Macomb Area Conference Red dual-meet championship – Macomb Daily
6. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 11 Mason secured a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference Red title with a 14-2 win over Fowlerville – Lansing State Journal
7. BOYS GOLF Marshall won the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference championship tournament, but LPD2 No. 10 Battle Creek Harper Creek finished with the league title – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 18 Brownstown Woodhaven earned an important 4-0 win over Division 2 No. 6 Trenton – Southgate News-Herald
9. BOYS LACROSSE Cohen Beck set a Muskegon Reeths-Puffer record with nine goals in a 16-12 win over Coopersville – Local Sports Journal
10. BOYS GOLF McBain Northern Michigan Christian drew closer to a potential first Highland Conference title with another league match win – Cadillac News
Also of note …
GIRLS BASKETBALL Scott Stine will take over at Jackson Lumen Christi after leading Ypsilanti Arbor Prep to two straight Division 3 titles – Ann Arbor News