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: 2/14/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 14, 2023
1. SKIING The Petoskey boys and Harbor Springs girls won Division 2 Regionals – Petoskey News-Review Boys | Girls
2. SKIING The Traverse City Central boys and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern girls won Division 1 Regional championships – Traverse City Record Eagle
3. BOWLING The Ravenna girls and Division 3 No. 3 Muskegon Orchard View boys won West Michigan Conference Tournament championships – Local Sports Journal
4. BOWLING Monroe’s girls defeated Temperance Bedford 22-8 to clinch another Southeastern Conference title – Monroe News
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morenci defeated Adrian Madison 42-37 to clinch a share of the Tri-County Conference championship – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Warren Cousino defeated Fraser 66-46 to earn a share of the Macomb Area Conference Blue title with Utica – Macomb Daily
7. SKIING The Clarkston girls and Fenton/Linden/Lake Fenton boys won Division 1 Regional titles – MHSAA.com
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Hillman delivered Mio’s first loss, 66-41 – Bay City Times
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Lansing Waverly moved into first place alone in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue with a 72-53 win over Okemos – Lansing State Journal
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL New Lothrop edged Genesee Christian 39-38 in overtime – Flint Journal
Also of note …
FOOTBALL The Detroit football community is mourning the death of Al Baumgart, who coached at four schools during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s – Macomb Daily