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: 10/8/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 8, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 12 Holland came back from two goals down to defeat Holland Christian 5-4 and clinch a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Black title – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS TENNIS Bay City John Glenn edged Western by two points to win the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

3. GIRLS GOLF Alexis Heinz led No. 4 Freeland to a Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional championship – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS GOLF Grace Slocum and No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis swept championships at their LPD4 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids clinched an eighth-straight league title, this time in the Northern Shores Conference with a 4-1 win over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Fruitport shut out Division 4 No. 9 Grandville Calvin Christian 2-0 to win the O-K Silver Tournament title – MuskegonSports.com

7. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac defeated Clare, Fruitport and Midland in a home quad – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL Ishpeming emerged with a five-set win over Munising – Upper Michigan Source

9. BOYS SOCCER Midland edged Flint Carman-Ainsworth 2-1 – WNEM

10. BOYS SOCCER Ludington finished its regular season with a 2-0 win over Big Rapids – Ludington Daily News