Today in the MHSAA: 3/21/18

March 21, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media. Today, we provide coverage of all 16 MHSAA Boys Basketball Quarterfinals.

Class A

Traveon Maddox’s basket at the buzzer gave Novi a 75-73 win at University of Detroit Mercy – Observer & Eccentric

Warren DeLaSalle avenged three regular-season losses to Detroit U-D Jesuit with a 63-58 win – C&G Newspapers

Reigning champion Clarkston earned another trip to Finals weekend with a 52-31 win over Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Oakland Press

Holland West Ottawa held on for a 58-55 win over East Lansing after the teams were tied earlier in the fourth quarter – Holland Sentinel

Class B

Reigning champion New Haven ran its winning streak to 52 with a 78-72 win over Bridgeport – Port Huron Times-Herald

Grand Rapids Catholic Central earned a trip to East Lansing with a 65-43 win over Boyne City – FOX 17

After the teams were tied at halftime, Benton Harbor pulled away from Williamston for a 71-51 win – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

River Rouge earned a return trip to Breslin with a 59-44 win over Dearborn Divine Child – Coverage will be linked when available

Class C

Iron Mountain came back from a big deficit, but Maple City Glen Lake hit another level to advance with a 66-49 win – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Undefeated Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central remains alive thanks to a 31-28 win over Kalamazoo Christian – Monroe News

Reigning runner-up Grand Rapids Covenant Christian earned a return to the Breslin Center with a 53-30 win over Sanford Meridian – Grand Rapids Press

Detroit Edison handed Unionville-Sebewaing its lone loss this season, 73-46 – MLive-Detroit

Class D

Peter Kalthoff had 35 points to lead Hillsdale Academy to a 66-38 win over Marcellus Howardsville Christian – Hillsdale Daily News

Undefeated Dollar Bay earned a trip downstate with a 74-68 win over Cedarville – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Reigning Class D runner-up Buckley handed Hillman its only loss this season, 67-50 – Cadillac News

Southfield Christian will return to the Semifinals thanks to an 88-53 win over Flint International Academy – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: From Monday, Clarkston’s Foster Loyer was named this season’s Mr. Basketball Award winner – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 5/19/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 19, 2023

1. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Okemos got past Division 3 No. 5 Williamston 2-0 to claim the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal

2. BASEBALL Division 4 No. 19 Merrill finished its first league title run since 1985 with a sweep of Coleman in the Mid-State Activities Conference – Saginaw News

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 4 No. 2 North Muskegon’s 3-0 win over Ludington finished a fifth-straight West Michigan Conference title run – CatchMark SportsNet

4. GIRLS SOCCER Walled Lake Northern avenged its only league loss with a 2-1 overtime win over Milford in the Lakes Valley Conference Tournament final – Oakland Press

5. SOFTBALL Division 3 honorable mention Traverse City St. Francis swept Elk Rapids to clinch a third-straight Lake Michigan Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Allen Park finished an outright championship run in the Downriver League with a big win over Trenton – Southgate News-Herald

7. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 2 Bay City Western claimed the Saginaw Valley League championship with a sweep of Davison – Midland Daily News

8. GIRLS SOCCER Cheboygan downed Tawas 3-1 to complete a repeat run in the Northern Michigan Soccer League East – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

9. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 6 Zeeland East clinched the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title outright with a shutout of Grand Rapids Union – Holland Sentinel

10. BASEBALL Marion finished a perfect run through the West Michigan D League with a sweep of Mason County Eastern – Ludington Daily News

Also of note …

SOFTBALL Division 4 honorable mention Indian River Inland Lakes clinched a share of the Ski Valley Conference championship with a sweep of Gaylord St. Mary – Cheboygan Daily News

SOFTBALL Division 4 No. 5 Hillman clinched a share of the North Star League Little Dipper title with a sweep of Posen – Alpena News

SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 7 Hartland and Division 2 top-ranked Gaylord split a high-powered doubleheader – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

BOYS LACROSSE Linden earned its first postseason win, 16-10 over Flint Powers Catholic in a Division 2 Regional, with Mitchel Luck scoring 10 goals – Mid-Michigan Now