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: 1/27/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 27, 2025
1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Division 2 No. 2 Allen Park posted the top overall score at the Wyandotte Invitational – Southgate News-Herald
2. WRESTLING Stevensville Lakeshore took back the Greater Berrien County Invitational title, winning for the fifth time in six years – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Erie Mason/Ida – No. 9 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – repeated as winner at the Monroe County Championships – Monroe News
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice edged Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 66-64 in a league matchup of Division 1 statewide contenders – Oakland Press
5. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 6 Cadillac finished first among 42 teams at the Northern Michigan Wrestling Championships – Cadillac News
6. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 7 Riverview repeated as Downriver Classic champion – Southgate News-Herald
7. COMPETITIVE CHEER Gladstone had the overall high score at the Upper Peninsula Cheer Classic – Upper Michigan’s Source
8. WRESTLING The Lenawee County All-Star Meet crowned 20 champions – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Derek Sanders became Brooklyn Columbia Central’s all-time leading scorer during a win over Addison – Jackson Citizen Patriot
10. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Howell downed Division 2 No. 2 Livonia Stevenson 3-2 on a buzzer-beating goal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus