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: 1/15/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 15, 2025
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Olivia Flynn reached 2,000 career points in Harbor Springs’ big win over Cheboygan, becoming just the 34th player to do so – Petoskey News-Review
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City Christian’s Reece Broderick drained 15 3-pointers to tie an MHSAA record during a big win over Grand Traverse Academy – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw United handed Flint Carman-Ainsworth its first defeat, 60-46 – WJRT
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bay City John Glenn came back from 11 down at halftime to upset Freeland 70-65 – Bay City Times
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL DeWitt won a matchup of top Lansing-area teams, 62-50 over Haslett – WILX
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain edged Kingsford 56-55 in a matchup of two of the best in the Upper Peninsula – Upper Michigan’s Source
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Chad Brown went over 1,000 career points in Hemlock’s big win over St. Charles – Saginaw News
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon Mona Shores’ Jordan Bledsoe also went over 1,000 career points during a 56-42 win over Jenison – Muskegon Chronicle
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Ethan Esse reached 1,000 career points in Allen Park Inter-City Baptist’s 75-50 victory over Plymouth Christian Academy – Southgate News-Herald
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mio’s Mia McGregor posted her second quadruple-double this season with 46 points, 14 assists, 17 steals and 10 rebounds in a win over Atlanta – Bay City Times