Today in the MHSAA: 3/10/17

March 10, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Thursday's Girls Basketball Regionals and Ice Hockey Semifinals featured at least three first-time accomplishments as teams rose to unprecedented heights.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Girls basketball

Southfield Arts & Technology upset Class A favorite Detroit Martin Luther King 55-51 – MLive-Detroit

Flushing upset another Class A contender, downing Midland Dow 45-39 – Flint Journal

Reigning Class A champion Warren Cousino kept its repeat hope alive with a 41-39 win over Bloomfield Hills Marian – Macomb Daily

Macomb Dakota won its first Regional title in girls hoops with a 63-51 Class A victory over Fenton – C&G Newspapers

Cadillac also won its first Regional title with a 59-58 victory over Kalkaska in Class B – Cadillac News

Williamston won its first Regional title in 24 years, downing Portland 52-29 in Class B – Lansing State Journal

St. Ignace captured its ninth straight Regional title with a win over Calumet in Class C – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Flint Hamady handed Sandusky its first and only loss this season, 38-36 in Class C – Flint Journal

Blissfield’s Kelsey Wyman scored 36 points in a Class C 56-49 double overtime win over Grass Lake – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Crystal Falls Forest Park also needed double overtime to avenge an earlier loss to Bark River-Harris 62-54 in Class D – Iron Mountain Daily News

Hockey

Top-ranked Birmingham Brother Rice got past No. 2 Hartland 5-2 in a Division 2 Semifinal – MLive-Detroit

Grand Rapids Northern/Eastern downed Saline 3-2 to reach the Division 2 Final, its first championship game berth – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 9/6/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 6, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 2 Macomb Lutheran North defeated Division 2 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood in a matchup of previously-undefeated teams – Macomb Daily

2. BOYS TENNIS Gunnar Kruse set Milan’s career singles wins record during his team’s shutout of Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central – Monroe News

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Plainwell defeated Portage Central and Marshall and lost to Division 1 honorable mention Byron Center at Portage Central’s Mini Invite – WWMT

4. BOYS SOCCER Bay City John Glenn moved into first place in the Tri-Valley Conference Red with a 1-0 win over Division 3 No. 11 Alma – Bay City Times

5. BOYS SOCCER Saline and Division 1 No. 14 Ann Arbor Huron played to a scoreless draw – Saline Post

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 15 Troy Athens downed Birmingham Seaholm 2-1 to remain undefeated – Oakland Press

7. VOLLEYBALL Hamilton continued to impress with a sweep of Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel

8. BOYS TENNIS A major singles matchup highlighted St. Joseph’s 6-2 win over Stevensville Lakeshore; the Bears are ranked No. 7 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. CROSS COUNTRY Ludington swept girls and boys championships at the Leanna Wolf Geers Invitational – Ludington Daily News | Athletic.net

10. GIRLS GOLF Big Rapids remained atop the Central State Activities Association standings with a two-stroke win in the latest league jamboree – Big Rapids Pioneer