Today in the MHSAA: 3/9/20

March 9, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The busiest weekend of the winter postseason saw MHSAA Finals in wrestling, bowling and competitive cheer – final coverage of all three all over Second Half – plus Hockey Quarterfinals, Gymnastics Regionals and Girls Basketball District Finals, coverage of some we’ve gathered below.

1. Hockey: No. 3 Trenton won a Division 2 Quarterfinal matchup of annual contenders, 5-1 over top-ranked Livonia Stevenson – Southgate News-Herald

2. Girls Basketball: Bad Axe downed Cass City 47-31 in Division 3 to claim its first District championship in four decades – Huron Daily Tribune

3. Girls Basketball: Manton locked down rival Lake City 26-17 to win a Division 3 District title; Lake City made the Division 3 Semifinals in 2019 – MI Sports Now

4. Hockey: No. 9 Midland Dow got past No. 10 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 3-2 in triple overtime in Division 3, while No. 2 Saginaw Heritage defeated Kalamazoo 2-1 also in 3 OT in Division 1 – WJRT

5. Girls Basketball: East Grand Rapids came back late to get past East Kentwood 56-53 in a Division 1 District Final – WOOD TV

6. Hockey: No. 5 Marquette advanced to the Division 2 Semifinals with a 5-2 win over No. 6 Traverse City Central – Marquette Mining Journal

7. Gymnastics: Morgan Case led Rockford/Sparta to a Regional championship – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Girls Basketball: Saline got past Ann Arbor Huron 50-44 in Division 1 after Huron finished just head of Saline in their league – State Champs Sports Network

9. Girls Basketball: Three Rivers avenged back-to-back District Final losses with a 48-37 win over Edwardsburg – JoeInsider.com

10. Girls Basketball: Sault Ste. Marie earned a few seasons’ worth of vengeance as well with a 58-43 Division 2 District Final win over Kingsley – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 3/7/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 7, 2025

1. HOCKEY No. 4 Livonia Stevenson advanced to the Division 2 Final with a 6-2 win over No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice – Hometown Life

2. HOCKEY Top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic also advanced to the Division 2 championship game with a 4-3 win over No. 5 Grandville – WOOD TV

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Wayne Memorial clinched a Division 1 Regional title with a 72-70 win over Detroit U-D Jesuit – Detroit News

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Lincoln won a Division 2 Regional title by downing Detroit Old Redford 59-41 – Macomb Daily

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint New Standard clinched its first Regional title with a 64-56 win over Harbor Beach in Division 3 – Flint Journal

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Pickford claimed its first Regional title since 1992 with a 68-46 win over Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian in Division 4 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Marshall downed Holland Christian 61-46 in Division 2 to win its first Regional championship since 1998 – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Lansing Sexton sank a halfcourt shot to down Chelsea 73-71 in a Division 2 Regional Final – Lansing State Journal

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s earned a trip to the Division 1 Quarterfinals with a 54-37 win over Waterford Mott – Oakland Press

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Ishpeming Westwood ended Maple City Glen Lake’s 19-game winning streak with a 62-40 win in Division 3 – MI Sports Now