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: 4/28/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 28, 2021

1. Girls Lacrosse: Emma Murphy had 17 goals and Grace Wilson had 16 assists in Midland’s 30-3 win over Grand Blanc; both are MHSAA single-game records – WJRT

2. Girls Tennis: No. 2 Bloomfield Hills edged No. 3 Birmingham Seaholm 5-3 in a matchup of top teams statewide in Lower Peninsula Division 1 and in the Oakland Activities Association Red – Oakland Press

3. Baseball: No. 10 Bay City John Glenn swept No. 2 Essexville Garber in a matchup of top statewide Division 2 teams – WJRT

4. Baseball: Niles got coach Mike Vota to 400 career wins with a sweep of Division 3 No. 20 Niles Brandywine – Niles Daily Star

5. Softball: Muskegon Oakridge ran its West Michigan Conference streak to 63 straight wins with a sweep of Montague, including an extra-inning victory in the opener – Local Sports Journal

6. Track & Field: The Escanaba girls and Gladstone boys won Delta County Invitational championships – Escanaba Daily Press

7. Track & Field: The Novi boys edged Salem with a win in the final event; Salem’s girls won sweeping the field event first places – MLive-Detroit

8. Softball: Kingsley won 8-7 and 6-5 over Kalkaska both with walk-off singles – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Softball: Millington improved to 13-0 with a sweep of Hemlock – Saginaw News

10. Track & field: Remus Chippewa Hills’ girls are off to another big start after impressive wins over Newaygo and Howard City Tri County – Big Rapids News

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Fremont coach Peter Zerfas has retired with a 318-151 record, nine District and eight league titles over 21 seasons – MI Sports Now

Volleyball: Betsy DeVries will take over three-time Division 2 reigning champion Grand Rapids Christian for retired coach Tiffannie Gates – Grand Rapids Press