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: 5/10/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
May 10, 2021
1. Baseball: Blissfield swept Belleville, giving Royals coach Larry Tuttle his 1,315th win to tie him for most in MHSAA history – Toledo Blade
2. Track & Field: St. Louis’ girls – ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – continued their strong spring with a Shepherd Invitational championship – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
3. Softball: Division 4 top-ranked Holton swept White Cloud, with Ryann Robins striking out 21 for the Red Devils in the first game to tie for third-most Ks in a seven-inning game in MHSAA history – Local Sports Journal
4. Softball: Division 3 top-ranked Millington held on for a 7-5 Mother’s Day win over Division 2 No. 4 Escanaba – Escanaba Daily Press
5. Track & Field: The Onsted girls (LPD3 No. 2) and Adrian Madison boys (No. 5) won Wildcat Boosters Invitational championships, Onsted two points ahead of the LPD4 top-ranked Hillsdale Academy girls – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. Boys Golf: Traverse City Central – No 8 in LPD1 – shot a 320 to win the Big North Conference Invitational by eight strokes – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. Track & Field: Corunna swept the small-school championships at its Cavalier Classic; the boys are ranked No. 9 in LPD2 – Owosso Argus-Press
8. Baseball: Undefeated and No. 8-ranked Hartland opened the Bobcat Classic with a 5-1 win over No. 16 Grand Blanc – State Champs Sports Network
9. Boys Golf: Whitehall edged Lowell by seven strokes with a 338 to win the Wildcat Invitational – Local Sports Journal
10. Softball: Three Rivers’ Kali Heivilin did it all during a sweep of Paw Paw, playing every position in the second game and finishing the day a combined 9 for 9 with four home runs – WWMT
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Current Alabama assistant and former Southfield Christian head coach Josh Baker has been hired to take over at River Rouge – Detroit News