Today in the MHSAA: 3/8/19
March 8, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Division 2 hockey championship game will be a rematch from 2018 after Thursday’s Semifinals, and the night’s Boys Basketball Regional Finals saw the end of this year’s run for a reigning champion.
1. Hockey: Reigning Division 2 champion and top-ranked Hartland upended No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice 6-2 to earn an opportunity to repeat – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Boys Basketball: Hudsonville Unity Christian held off reigning Class B champion Benton Harbor to win a Division 2 Regional Final 63-54 – WOOD TV
3. Boys Basketball: Freshman Emoni Bates made his second game-winning shot of this week, sending Ypsilanti Lincoln to the Division 1 Quarterfinals with an 81-79 win over Detroit Catholic Central – Detroit News
4. Hockey: No. 2 Trenton shut out No. 9 Marquette 4-0 to return to the Division 2 championship game – Southgate News-Herald
5. Boys Basketball: Flint Beecher avenged its tournament loss to Unionville-Sebewaing from last season, handing USA its only defeat, 65-42, in a Division 3 Regional Final – WJRT
6. Boys Basketball: Sanford Meridian handed Oscoda its only defeat of the season, 65-44, to win a second straight Division 3 Regional title – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Basketball: East Kentwood continued its week of upsets, following up Tuesday’s win over Muskegon with a Division 1 Regional title-clinching 61-60 victory over Hudsonville – FOX 17
8. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids South Christian edged Grand Rapids Catholic Central 64-62 in a Division 2 Regional Final – WZZM
9. Boys Basketball: Cassopolis won its first Regional title in 30 years, downing Schoolcraft 62-51 in Division 3 – South Bend Tribune
10. Boys Basketball: Joe Liedel scored 16 fourth-quarter points as Erie Mason came back to defeat Detroit Loyola 59-53 in Division 3 – Monroe News
Also of note …
Unified Sports: WDIV went in-depth with the nationally-recognized Brighton Unified Sports program and the environment of inclusion it’s created at the school – WDIV
Today in the MHSAA: 9/14/17
September 14, 2017
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. Boys Tennis: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 2 Midland Dow won 21 of 24 matches at the Midweek Classic, downing No. 4 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central, No. 7 Detroit U-D Jesuit and Flushing – Midland Daily News
2. Volleyball: Class B honorable mention Kingsley remained undefeated, downing Class D No. 2 Leland in three sets in Northwest Conference play – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Cross Country: The Pittsford girls (LPD4 No. 12) and Battle Creek St. Philip (LPD4 No. 3) boys claimed titles at the Wildcat Jamboree; Pittsford’s girls had the winner and five of the top 20 – Hillsdale Daily News
4. Girls Golf: New Boston Huron improved to 11-0 this season with a 59-stroke win over Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Southgate News Herald
5. Girls Golf: Sturgis also continued an impressive streak with its seventh straight jamboree win in the Wolverine Conference, this time by 13 strokes – JoeInsider.com
6. Girls Golf: LP Division 2 No. 3 St. Joseph claimed its third Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference West jamboree win, shooting a 180 to finish 17 strokes ahead of the field – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
7. Cross Country: Bear Lake swept races at the second West Michigan D jamboree; the girls are No. 10 in LPD4 and the boys are ranked No. 2 – Manistee News Advocate
8. Girls Golf: Portland moved into a three-way tie for first in the Capital Area Activities Conference White with a nine-stroke jamboree win – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
9. Volleyball: Cadillac, a Class B semifinalist last season, took a big step in the Big North Conference by coming back to down Petoskey in five sets – Cadillac News
10. Volleyball: Gwinn broke out in the first set with a 13-0 lead and went on to sweep Manistique – Marquette Mining Journal