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: 8/31/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 31, 2023
1. GIRLS GOLF Lowell shot a 340 to win the 11-team Whitehall Invitational – Ludington Daily News
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 9 Lansing Christian edged No. 6 Hillsdale Academy 4-3 – Hillsdale Daily News
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 15 Bay City John Glenn took a big step in league play with a 3-1 win over Freeland – Saginaw News
4. CROSS COUNTRY Leslie swept girls and boys championships at the Concord Invitational – Jackson Citizen Patriot | Athletic.net
5. CROSS COUNTRY The Hanover-Horton girls and Hillsdale Academy boys were champs at the Hillsdale Invitational – Hillsdale Daily News | Athletic.net
6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 12 Flint Kearsley scored the game-winner with less than a minute to play in downing Goodrich 4-3 – WJRT
7. GIRLS GOLF Remus Chippewa Hills extended its lead in the Central State Activities Association with a second league meet win – Big Rapids Pioneer
8. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 7 Portage Central edged St. Joseph in a league opener 1-0 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. BOYS SOCCER Isaac Rudd scored three goals in Spring Lake’s 5-0 win over Coopersville – Grand Haven Tribune
10. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central swept Petoskey in a conference match – Up North Live