Today in the MHSAA: 3/9/18
March 9, 2018
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. Hockey: A third-period goal sent No. 5 Trenton to the Division 2 championship game with a 3-2 Semifinal win over reigning title winner and current No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice – Southgate News Herald
2. Girls Basketball: Wayne Memorial became a first-time Regional champ in girls basketball with a 66-36 win over Belleville in Class A – Observer & Eccentric
3. Girls Basketball: Hamilton claimed its first Regional title in girls basketball, downing Edwardsburg 43-26 in Class B – Holland Sentinel
4. Girls Basketball: Chassell also won its first girls hoops Regional title, downing Bark River-Harris 58-55 in overtime in Class D – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
5. Girls Basketball: Muskegon Oakridge’s 64-59 win in overtime over Grand Rapids South Christian gave the Eagles their first Regional title since 1991 – FOX 17
6. Hockey: No. 3 Hartland moved on to its third Division 2 championship game in six seasons with a 9-1 Semifinal win over No. 9 Grand Rapids Northern/Eastern – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. Girls Basketball: Muskegon scored with 12 seconds left in regulation to send its Regional Final against Hudsonville to overtime, then emerged as a champion in Class A, 51-45 – Local Sports Journal
8. Girls Basketball: Undefeated East Lansing downed Coldwater 54-40 in a matchup of highly-ranked teams in Class A – Lansing State Journal
9. Girls Basketball: Grosse Pointe North stopped Warren Cousino’s pursuit of a third straight Regional title with a 57-45 win in Class A – C&G Newspapers
10. Girls Basketball: Clarkston clinched its first Regional title in 13 years with a 50-33 win over West Bloomfield in Class A – Oakland Press
Today in the MHSAA: 4/23/18
April 23, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
1. Baseball: In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 championship game, won by Saline, the top-ranked Hornets and No. 6 Northville split a doubleheader – Saline Post
2. Softball: Division 3 top-ranked Clinton topped an impressive field at the Milan Invitational with wins over Temperance Bedford, Garden City and Division 2 No. 8 New Boston Huron – Adrian Daily Telegram
3. Girls Soccer: Division 2 No. 3 Richland Gull Lake shut out Division 4 No. 2 Kalamazoo Christian and Kalamazoo Loy Norrix to win the Loy Norrix Invitational – JoeInsider.com
4. Boys Golf: Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 4 Clarkston shot a 305 and Livonia Stevenson’s Connor Jakacki fired a 71 to take the team and individual top honors, respectively, at the Farmington Invitational – Observer & Eccentric
5. Track & Field: The Battle Creek Lakeview girls and boys both won All-City titles for the ninth straight season – Battle Creek Enquirer
6. Track & Field: The Oak Park boys and Lake Orion girls won championships at the annual Oxford Invitational – Oakland Press
7. Track & Field: In something of a preview of an upcoming Lower Peninsula Division 4 Regional, Deckerville’s girls and Ubly’s boys won Deckerville Invitational titles – Huron Daily Tribune
8. Track & Field: The Ann Arbor Skyline girls and Traverse City Central boys topped solid fields at the Graves/Swayze Relays in Midland – Midland Daily News
9. Softball: Division 3 No. 2 Gladstone downed Sturgis, Portland and then Ravenna in the final to win the Hanover-Horton Invitational – Escanaba Daily Press
10. Girls Soccer: Cadillac moved to 4-0 with wins over Three Rivers and the host Dutch at the Holland Invitational – Cadillac News