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: 3/10/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2022

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Coopersville moved on to a Division 1 District Final with a 57-50 win over No. 18 Grand Haven – Local Sports Journal

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Ecorse handed No. 7 Riverview Gabriel Richard its only loss of the season, 73-71 in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian clinched its first District title since 2010 with a 62-55 win over Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian in Division 4 – Petoskey News-Review

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Pickford also clinched a Division 4 District title with a 64-60 overtime win over Cedarville – MI Sports Now

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Top-ranked Detroit U-D Jesuit advanced in Division 1 with an 80-57 win over No. 16 Detroit Renaissance – MLive-Detroit

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Ypsilanti Lincoln defeated a league champion in Division 1, getting past No. 15 Ann Arbor Huron 49-42 – Ann Arbor News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Max Fellows scored at the buzzer to push Essexville Garber past No. 19 Carrollton in Division 2 – Bay City Times

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Brandon Downs went over 1,000 career points as Coldwater downed Richland Gull Lake 57-51 in Division 1 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North moved past Port Huron Northern in Division 1, 55-44 – Macomb Daily

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Otsego outlasted Comstock through two overtimes for a 58-55 win in Division 2 – Kalamazoo Gazette