Today in the MHSAA: 3/2/17
March 2, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Class A girls basketball bracket was shaken up significantly Wednesday and a Class C favorite exited as well as teams played District Semifinals all over the state.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Basketball
Midland Dow downed Saginaw Valley League rival Saginaw Heritage 37-30 in a matchup of Class A championship contenders – Midland Daily News
Ishpeming handed Munising its first and only loss this season, 79-62 in Class C – Marquette Mining Journal
Macomb Dakota upset another expected Class A contender, downing Port Huron Northern 58-53 – Clinton Township Voice
Springport downed Galesburg-Augusta 60-39 in Class C to set a team record with 18 wins this season – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Schoolcraft ended Centreville’s 19-game winning streak with a 45-31 win in Class C – Kalamazoo Gazette
Veronica Kastelic made two free throws with two seconds to play to get Muskegon Mona Shores past Muskegon High 50-49 in Class A – Muskegon Chronicle
Saginaw Swan Valley earned a shot at its first District title in 11 years with a 48-23 win over Tri-Valley Conference East champion Frankenmuth in Class B – Saginaw News
Hockey
Division 3 No. 6 Allen Park got past Wyandotte Roosevelt in a Regional Semifinal – Southgate News Herald
In Division 1, No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood advanced with an 8-2 Regional Semifinal win over No. 10 Troy – Oakland Press
Good Reads
Hartland’s Joey Livingston had to take off last wrestling season to serve as caretaker for his father, who died Jan. 30. He did return to the mat this winter and used those emotions to fuel a run to this weekend’s MHSAA Individual Finals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
At the 2015 Lower Peninsula Division 2 Swimming & Diving Finals in Holland, a Wyandotte Roosevelt diver had to be revived with CPR and an AED – and then one of the coaches performing CPR had a massive heart attack. This is their updated story, two years later – Detroit Free Press
Today in the MHSAA: 9/12/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 12, 2023
1. GIRLS GOLF Bay City John Glenn won the Bay County championship with a 386, and Kiera Inda was a repeat medalist – Bay City Times
2. GIRLS GOLF Brighton – top-ranked in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – shot a 310 to win its Coach Miller Invitational by 57 strokes – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian earned an impressive 4-2 league win over Division 2 No. 8 Fruitport – FOX 17
4. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 7 Traverse City St. Francis earned a close three-set win over Cadillac as part of a quad – Cadillac News
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 7 Linden and Flushing played to a 2-2 draw – WJRT
6. GIRLS GOLF Freeland shot a 376 to win the Shark Invitational in St. Louis – Big Rapids Pioneer
7. BOYS SOCCER Gladwin got past Clare 5-2 with three goals from Treyton Siegert – MI Sports Now
8. BOYS SOCCER Kyler Marshall led Niles Brandywine past New Buffalo with three goals – Niles Daily Star
9. BOYS SOCCER Kalkaska set itself up to become part of a league title race with a 5-4 win over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. BOYS SOCCER Grand Blanc came back from a one-goal deficit to get past Midland 3-1 – Midland Daily News