Today in the MHSAA: 3/1/19
March 1, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first Hockey Regional champion of this week was crowned Thursday, headlining a number of key matchups on the ice, while an upset popped up from Boys Basketball Districts and most girls basketball teams finished their regular seasons – some celebrating championships as well.
1. Hockey: No. 9 Marquette downed rival Escanaba 5-0 to clinch a Division 2 Regional title – Escanaba Daily Press
2. Hockey: No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past No. 4 Brighton 2-1 in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Girls Basketball: Southfield Arts & Technology finished a regular-season sweep of second-place Royal Oak to clinch the outright Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press
4. Girls Basketball: Ann Arbor Pioneer handed Chelsea its first loss in a crossover matchup of Southeastern Conference champions – Chelsea Sun Times News
5. Girls Basketball: Walled Lake Western locked up the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title with a 55-52 overtime win over Walled Lake Central – State Champs!
6. Hockey: No. 3 Livonia Stevenson got past No. 8 Plymouth 5-1 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – Observer & Eccentric
7. Boys Basketball: Dollar Bay avenged two regular-season losses with a 70-55 Division 4 District Semifinal win over Chassell – The Upbeat
8. Girls Basketball: Freeland closed out a fourth straight Tri-Valley Conference Central title with a 44-38 win over Alma – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Girls Basketball: Sydney Shafer scored 29 points in becoming Jackson Northwest’s all-time leading scorer during a win over Lansing Waverly – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
10. Hockey: Top-ranked Hartland advanced to the Division 2 Regional Final with an 8-0 win over Saginaw Swan Valley – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Holland Calvary ran out of players and couldn’t finish its season, so those who remained went into coaching – Holland Sentinel
Today in the MHSAA: 12/8/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 8, 2022
1. WRESTLING Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central opened with a 47-15 win over No. 3 Hartland – Michigan Grappler
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ava Stack scored a school-record 37 points in Utica Eisenhower’s 60-24 win over Sterling Heights Stevenson – Macomb Daily
3. BOYS BOWLING Holton swept Ludington with Tuff Scott rolling a school-record 248 for the boys – Local Sports Journal
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Ambrose Horwath went over 1,000 career points to lead Hudson past Camden-Frontier 64-24 – Adrian Daily Telegram
5. WRESTLING Howard City Tri County edged Belding 39-37 during their match as part of a school assembly – Greenville Daily News
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Landon Klinesmith’s buzzer beater carried Vassar past Harbor Beach 59-57 – Saginaw News
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mackinaw City handed Cedarville/DeTour its first defeat, 57-46 – Petoskey News-Review
8. HOCKEY Traverse City Central scored the game’s lone goal in the second period of its win over Traverse City West – Up North Live
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Loyola scored 14 straight fourth-quarter points to get past Grosse Pointe South 59-56 – Detroit News
10. WRESTLING Reed City opened with wins over Clare and Mount Pleasant – Big Rapids Pioneer