Today In The MHSAA: 3/9/21
March 9, 2021
Title time continued on the basketball court Monday where at least three teams clinched conference championships to top our list of headliners.
1. Boys Basketball: Romulus Summit Academy handed Detroit Edison its first loss, 49-46, to clinch the Charter School Conference championship – Detroit News
2. Girls Basketball: Brooklyn Columbia Central clinched the Lenawee County Athletic Association title with a 33-30 win over Onsted – Jackson Citizen Patriot
3. Boys Basketball: Otsego claimed a fourth-straight Wolverine Conference title with a 61-36 win over Allegan – Kalamazoo Gazette
4. Boys Basketball: Ke’ontae Barnes became Muskegon Orchard View’s all-time leading scorer during an 86-42 win over Kent City – Local Sports Journal
5. Girls Basketball: Harper Woods Chandler Park won a matchup of title contenders, 79-78 – MLive-Detroit
6. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s downed Ferndale 81-40 as Will Smythe drained 12 3-pointers – Oakland Press
7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 9 Traverse City Central downed Division 1 No. 8 West for the second time in four days, this time 7-1 – Up North Live
8. Girls Basketball: Freeland downed Alma 38-25, but the Panthers’ Alyssa Leister went over 1,000 career points – Saginaw News
9. Girls Basketball: Sarah Marvin posted a triple-double to lead Byron past Linden 71-37 – Owosso Argus-Press
10. Boys Basketball: Reese downed Bad Axe 82-80 in overtime to maintain first place in the Greater Thumb Conference West – Huron Daily Tribune
Also of note …
Wrestling: Montabella’s Shaun Balhorn went over 500 career wins, becoming the 31st coach in his sport to do so – Greenville Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 10/2/17
October 2, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Volleyball: Edwardsburg, after falling to Bronson in pool play, came back to upset the Class C top-ranked Vikings and win their invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
2. Girls Swimming & Diving: Battle Creek Harper Creek (LPD3 honorable mention) edged 14-time reigning champion Battle Creek Lakeview for its first All-City championship in this sport – Battle Creek Enquirer
3. Cross Country: The Rockford (LPD1 No. 2) and Hart (LPD3 No. 1) girls and Grand Haven (LPD1 honorable mention) and Fremont (LPD2 No. 10) boys won Allendale Invitational titles against loaded fields – Athletic.net
4. Cross Country: St. Joseph’s boys placed 15-19 individually to win the Berrien County Invitational by a point, while the girls team won for the eighth straight year as standout Anna Fischer earned her third straight individual title – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. Boys Tennis: Muskegon Mona Shores edged rival Whitehall by two points to take back the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association title – Local Sports Journal
6. Girls Golf: LPD4 No. 4 Harbor Springs added a Lake Michigan Conference title to a fine season so far, finishing 48 strokes ahead of the field at the league tournament – Petoskey News-Review
7. Girls Golf: Lake Odessa Lakewood won its fifth straight Greater Lansing Activities Conference title, claiming the league tournament by eight strokes and 11 in front of Stockbridge, which was tied for first entering the event – Ionia Sentinel-Standard
8. Boys Cross Country: Gaylord St. Mary’s Brendan Delaney won races two days in a row, running his team’s course record Saturday to finish first at the Boyne Falls Logger Invitational – Gaylord Times-Herald
9. Girls Swimming & Diving: Trenton (LPD3 honorable mention) repeated as Downriver Classic champion with a top-three finish in every event – Southgate News Herald
10. Cross Country: Negaunee swept Escanaba Invitational titles with Colton Yesney and Emily Paupore continuing to dominate; both Miners teams are No. 3 in UPD1 – Marquette Mining Journal