Today in the MHSAA: 3/17/16

March 17, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The final week of this boys basketball season will feature some of the unexpected and unfamiliar as favorites fell and teams earned Regional titles for the first time in decades Wednesday.

Boys Basketball

In a rematch of last season’s Class A Semifinal, Detroit U-D Jesuit came away the winner this time with a 47-39 win over reigning champion Detroit Western International – Detroit News

In Class C, Kalamazoo Hackett won its first Regional since 1969, downing Homer 66-48 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Ithaca had an even longer wait in Class C, claiming its first Regional on Wednesday since 1956 with a win over Reese – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

North Farmington ended another long wait, claiming its first Regional title with a win over Walled Lake Central in Class A – Oakland Press

Flint Beecher is one of the regulars that will be back next week after a big 78-65 win over Southfield Christian – Flint Journal

Hudsonville is in and Muskegon is out after a 44-40 win by the Eagles in Class A – Grand Rapids Press

Lansing Everett handed East Lansing its first and only loss of the season, upsetting the Trojans in Class A – Lansing State Journal

Sterling Heights Stevenson has its first Regional title since 1983 after downing Roseville 60-44 in Class A – Macomb Daily

Midland won its first Regional since 1979 by edging Saginaw in Class A, 60-56 – Midland Daily News

River Rouge handed Onsted its first and only loss to win a Regional for the first time since 1999 in Class B – MLive-Detroit

Today in the MHSAA: 10/13/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 13, 2023

1. BOYS SOCCER South Lyon East took Novi to a sixth round of penalty kicks in winning their Division 1 District opener – Oakland Press

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Saugatuck boys – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – and No. 4 Gobles girls won Southwestern Athletic Conference championships – Holland Sentinel

3. BOYS TENNIS Top-ranked Midland Dow clinched a 15th-straight Regional title with a perfect score in LPD2 – Midland Daily News

4. VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s swept Macomb Lutheran North to win the Detroit Catholic League Central Tournament championship – Oakland Press

5. BOYS TENNIS No. 2 Traverse City St. Francis was first, No. 4 Ludington second and No. 6 Maple City Glen Lake also qualified from their LPD4 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 honorable mention Clarkston Everest Collegiate swept Ann Arbor Greenhills to clinch the Catholic League St. Anne Tournament title – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed Muskegon Catholic Central 2-0 in a Division 4 District opener – Local Sports Journal

8. BOYS SOCCER Parma Western defeated Jackson 2-1 in overtime in a Division 2 District game – Jackson Citizen Patriot

9. BOYS SOCCER No. 15 Brighton edged Okemos 1-0 in a Division 1 District soccer matchup – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

10. CROSS COUNTRY The Manistee girls and LPD3 No. 5 Reed City boys won Chris Grabowski Memorial Invitational championships – Manistee News-Advocate | Big Rapids Pioneer