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: 9/13/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 13, 2024
1. GIRLS GOLF Whitehall – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – may be Michigan’s first league champion of this fall after carding 375 to win the West Michigan Conference title – CatchMark SportsNet
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 Hudsonville Unity Christian held off Division 4 No. 8 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian in a matchup of 2023 Finals champions – Local Sports Journal
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 1 East Grand Rapids defeated LPD1 No. 3 Grand Haven 127.5-58.5 – Grand Haven Tribune
4. BOYS TENNIS Ari Ziska became Big Rapids’ all-time singles wins leader during the LPD3 No. 6 Cardinals’ sweep of Vicksburg – Big Rapids Pioneer
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City West shut out rival Traverse City Central 4-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 Hillsdale Academy ran its winning streak to nine with a sweep of Hillsdale High – Hillsdale Daily News
7. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central also shut out a local opponent, Kalamazoo Central 3-0 – FOX 17
8. VOLLEYBALL Suttons Bay twice trailed by a set on the way to defeating Frankfort in five – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. VOLLEYBALL Colon trailed White Pigeon 2-1 but also came back for a five-set victory – Sturgis Journal
10. BOYS SOCCER Birmingham Seaholm turned a 1-1 halftime tie into a 5-1 win over Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press