Today In The MHSAA: 2/17/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 17, 2021

Two of the state’s skiing best added championships Tuesday on a day otherwise dominated by basketball across both peninsulas.

1. Skiing: The Traverse City Central girls and West boys locked up Big North Conference championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Boys Basketball: Ferndale handed Clarkston its first defeat, 56-49 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Undefeated East Kentwood handed Rockford its first loss, 60-45 – FOX 17

4. Boys Basketball: Foster Wonders scored a career-high 42 points in Iron Mountain’s big win over Kingsford – Iron Mountain Daily News

5. Boys Basketball: Frankenmuth earned a 61-42 win over Bridgeport in a matchup of annual league title contenders – Saginaw News

6. Hockey: Forest Hills Northern/Eastern moved to 4-1 with a 2-0 win over Grand Rapids Christian – FOX 17

7. Boys Basketball: Gladstone outscored Negaunee 10-0 in the extra period of a 62-52 overtime win – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Girls Basketball: Big Rapids moved to 5-0 with a big win over Reed City – Big Rapids News

9. Boys Basketball: Joseph Hayes’ last-second layup gave Shelby a 54-53 overtime win over Mason County Central – Local Sports Journal

10. Boys Basketball: Traverse City West remained undefeated with a 55-54 buzzer-beating win over Cadillac – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Today in the MHSAA: 3/11/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 11, 2024

1. HOCKEY Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central and Byron Center and unranked Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood won Finals championships – MHSAA.com

2. GYMNASTICS Rockford/Sparta ran its team championship streak to three, led by Division 2 individual champion Hailey Hill, and Farmington United’s Leah Hodge claimed the Division 1 individual title – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Ann Arbor Pioneer, Birmingham Groves and Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood all repeated as Finals champions – MHSAA.com

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian clinched a Division 3 District title with a 59-47 win over reigning Finals champion Hemlock – Midland Daily News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Breckenridge clinched its first District championship, edging Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 46-44 in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Royal Oak also won its first District title, also by two points 43-41 over Warren Cousino in Division 1 – Oakland Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Armada clinched its first District title in 42 years with a 49-29 win over Yale in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Byron Center downed East Kentwood 47-44 in overtime to advance in Division 1 – Grand Rapids Press

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Lansing Catholic avenged its recent loss to Portland with a 56-37 Division 2 District Final victory – Lansing State Journal

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ishpeming defeated reigning Division 4 runner-up Baraga 63-31 in a District Final – Marquette Mining Journal