Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/19
February 6, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
We can sense tournament time is coming on quickly after a Tuesday night filled with championship-caliber matchups, upsets and last-second game-winners.
1. Girls Basketball: Southfield Arts & Technology took over first place alone in the Oakland Activities Association Red with a 60-47 win over previously-undefeated Royal Oak – State Champs!
2. Girls Basketball: Rachel Elms connected on a 3-pointer during the final seconds to lead Holland West Ottawa past previously-undefeated Grand Haven 41-39 – Holland Sentinel
3. Boys Basketball: Clarkston clinched a share of the OAA Red title with a 47-31 win over North Farmington – Oakland Press
4. Boys Basketball: Beal City downed Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in overtime, but the Irish’s Colten Nelson set his school’s career scoring record now at 1,204 points – Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart
5. Boys Basketball: Mattawan won a matchup of division leaders 48-47 in overtime over Kalamazoo Central – WWMT
6. Hockey: In a matchup of first-place teams in the Northern Michigan Hockey League, Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City Bay Reps moved to the top of the standings with a 3-2 win over Petoskey – MI Sports Now
7. Boys Basketball: Connor Murphy’s halfcourt buzzer beater carried McBain past Manton 45-42, putting McBain in first alone in the Highland Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle
8. Hockey: South Lyon downed Division 2 No. 11 White Lake Lakeland 4-3 in a key Lakes Valley Conference matchup – Oakland Press
9. Boys Basketball: Brock Mullins’ last-second basket pushed second-place Flat Rock past Huron League leader Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central 50-48 – Monroe News
10. Boys Swimming & Diving: Ann Arbor Pioneer, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, had the winner in every event on the way to downing LPD2 No. 10 Temperance Bedford – We Love Ann Arbor
Also of note …
Boys Swimming & Diving: East Kentwood coach Jock Ambrose announced his retirement after nearly four decades – WOOD TV
Wrestling: In its first season in the league, Caro locked up the Greater Thumb Conference tournament title – Huron Daily Tribune
Today in the MHSAA: 3/9/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 9, 2023
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Hudsonville Unity Christian scored the final go-ahead points during the final seconds to get past Grand Rapids Catholic Central 57-55 in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Grand Rapids Press
2. BOYS BASKETBALL Hart’s Parker Hovey went over 1,000 career points and his team defeated another league champion Big Rapids in a Division 3 Semifinal 62-56 – CatchMark SportsNet
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Cass Tech advanced in Division 1 with a third win this season over Martin Luther King, 71-59 – Detroit News
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Fruitport will play for a possible first District title since 1938 thanks to a 77-69 overtime win over Whitehall in Division 2 – Muskegon Chronicle
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Jakhary Towns scored 47 points as Wyoming Godwin Heights got past Wyoming Lee 83-80 in overtime in Division 2 – FOX 17
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Flat Rock won a Division 2 matchup of Huron League co-champions 60-41 over Riverview – Monroe News
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Holt came back from a 20-point third-quarter deficit to get past Okemos 63-61 in Division 1 – Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Andrew Sniesak went over 1,000 career points to lead Armada past St. Clair 60-55 in Division 2 – Port Huron Times Herald
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Adrian upset top-seeded Onsted 54-50 in a Division 2 District Semifinal – Adrian Daily Telegram
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Jonesville earned its first boys basketball District win since 2012, defeating Jackson Lumen Christi in Division 3 51-36 – Jackson Citizen Patriot