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: 3/10/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Belleville avenged a loss to Howell two weeks earlier with a 58-44 Regional Semifinal win in Division 1 – Detroit News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Petoskey handed Negaunee just its second loss this season, 49-42 in Division 2 – Petoskey News-Review

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tecumseh got past Haslett 60-44 in Division 2 – Adrian Daily Telegram

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Evart advanced in Division 3 with a 50-36 win over Beaverton – Cadillac News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kent City came back from a 17-point deficit to defeat Saugatuck in Division 3, 72-67 – Local Sports Journal

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Frankfort advanced in Division 4 with a 65-34 win over Mio – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Utica Eisenhower moved past Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 48-33 in a matchup of ranked teams in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Plymouth Christian Academy ended the season for last year’s Division 3 runner-up Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest, 60-55 – Oakland Press

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sandusky downed Genesee 44-27 in Division 3 to advance to a fifth-straight Regional Final – Port Huron Times Herald

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portland St. Patrick advanced in Division 4 with a 41-20 win over Climax-Scotts – Lansing State Journal

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL East Lansing’s KJ Torbert was named winner of this year’s Mr. Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press