Today in the MHSAA: 6/7/19

June 7, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of top girls soccer teams earned opportunities to continue on to the season’s final week by clinching Regional championships Thursday.

1. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked Novi won a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Final, this time taking a Regional title with a 4-0 win over No. 4 Grand Blanc – State Champs Sports Network

2. Girls Soccer: No. 8 Boyne City claimed its first Regional title, downing top-ranked Freeland in a shootout in Division 3 – WPBN

3. Girls Soccer: No. 2 Royal Oak Shrine clinched a Division 4 Regional title with a 1-0 win over two-time reigning champion and current No. 14 Lansing Christian – Lansing State Journal

4. Girls Soccer: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central downed a second ranked opponent this Regional week, this time No. 7 Midland 2-0 – WOODTV

5. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked North Muskegon shut out No. 7 Houghton Lake 4-0 to finish a Division 4 Regional run – Local Sports Journal

6. Girls Soccer: No. 9 Saginaw Nouvel continued an incredible turnaround season with a Division 4 Regional Final win over Marine City Cardinal Mooney – Saginaw News

7. Girls Soccer: No. 2 Warren Regina repeated as a Division 3 Regional champ with a 2-0 win over Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard – C&G Newspapers

8. Girls Soccer: No. 13 Troy clinched a Division 1 Regional title with a 3-0 win over Rochester Adams – Oakland Press

9. Girls Soccer: No. 11 Flint Powers Catholic earned a Division 2 Regional title with a 2-0 win over Fenton – WJRT

10. Baseball: Division 4 No. 6 Brethren claimed an outright West Michigan D League championship with a split against Mesick – Manistee News Advocate

Today In The MHSAA: 3/7/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 7, 2022

1. BOWLING, COMPETITIVE CHEER, WRESTLING All three sports concluded their seasons with Finals competition, and we covered all 25 Finals – Second Half

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 11 Ovid-Elsie’s 53-29 win over Chesaning locked up the program’s first District title since 1984 – Owosso Argus-Press

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Reigning Division 4 champion and current No. 3 Fowler avenged two regular-season losses with a 50-41 District Final win over No. 2 Portland St. Patrick – Ionia Sentinel-Standard

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL A 3-pointer during the final seconds pushed Troy past Warren Cousino 40-37 in Division 1, clinching the Colts their first District title since 2001 – Oakland Press

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Alpena also won its first District title since 2001, defeating Traverse City Central in Division 1 48-46 – Alpena News

6. HOCKEY No. 2 Warren De La Salle Collegiate advanced to the Division 3 Semifinals with a 7-2 win over No. 5 Riverview Gabriel Richard – Macomb Daily

7. GYMNASTICS Grand Ledge was first with a score of 147.125, and Fowlerville second at their Regional – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL No. 5 Athens edged Mendon 49-46 in overtime to claim a Division 4 District title – Sturgis Journal

9. HOCKEY No. 2 Marquette advanced to the Division 2 Semifinals with a 7-1 win over No. 9 Traverse City Central – Marquette Mining Journal

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Negaunee avenged a regular-season loss in defeating No. 9 Houghton 52-41 to claim a Division 2 District title – Marquette Mining Journal

Also of note …

WRESTLING Dundee coach Tim Roberts is retiring after leading his team to its fifth-straight Division 3 title – Jackson Citizen Patriot