Today in the MHSAA: 3/2/18

March 2, 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's Top 10

1. Girls Basketball: Fowlerville won its first District title in girls basketball since 2002 with a 48-33 win over Williamston – Lansing State Journal

2. Hockey: Unranked Lake Orion scored three goals during the first period in upsetting No. 6 Utica Eisenhower 3-2 in a Division 1 Pre-Regional – Macomb Daily

3. Boys Basketball: Clarkston finished an outright Oakland Activities Association Red title with a 48-38 win over Hazel Park despite not having injured star guard Foster Loyer – Oakland Press

4. Hockey: Traverse City West scored with 7.5 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, and then added the game winner in a 5-4 Division 1 Pre-Regional win over the Traverse City Bay Reps co-op – MI Sports Now

5. Hockey: No. 5 Trenton got past No. 6 Saline 4-0 in a Division 2 Pre-Regional game – Southgate News Herald

6. Hockey: No. 8 Grand Rapids Catholic Central got past East Grand Rapids 4-2 in a Division 3 Pre-Regional – FOX 17

7. Boys Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake, Buckley and Frankfort all won to finish a three-way share of the Northwest Conference title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Boys Basketball: Bear Lake claimed a share of the West Michigan D League title with a 93-51 win over Walkerville – Manistee News Advocate

9. Boys Basketball: Calumet downed Hancock 67-42 to guarantee a shared Western Peninsula Athletic Conference title with Iron River West Iron County – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

10. Boys Basketball: Class A contender Holland West Ottawa downed Class B contender Grand Rapids Catholic Central 59-49 – Holland Sentinel

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Ishpeming’s Hart Holmgren became his school’s al-time leading scorer, breaking a record that had stood since 1965 in a 66-60 win over Escanaba – Marquette Mining Journal

Boys Basketball: Norway edged Rapid River 58-56 as the Knights’ Connor Ortman scored his 1,000th career point – Iron Mountain Daily News

Boys Basketball: West Michigan Conference champion North Muskegon downed Lakes 8 Conference title winner Ludington 55-43 – Local Sports Journal

Today in the MHSAA: 10/21/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 22, 2024

1. BOYS CROSS COUNTRY Sault Ste. Marie’s Gabe Litzner broke the all-Upper Peninsula Finals record with his winning time in Division 1; Marquette, Painesdale Jeffers and Engadine won the team titles – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS GOLF Northville, Dexter, Grand Rapids Catholic Central and Kalamazoo Christian claimed Lower Peninsula Finals championships – MHSAA.com

3. GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Marquette, Hancock and Ewen-Trout Creek were team Finals champions, E-TC for the first time – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills and Ann Arbor Greenhills repeated as Lower Peninsula Finals champs, and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern and Detroit Country Day returned to the winners list – MHSAA.com

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Rochester Adams clinched a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over No. 10 Utica Eisenhower in Division 1 – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 9 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian downed No. 6 North Muskegon 4-0 to claim a Division 4 District championship – Local Sports Journal

7. VOLLEYBALL Big Bay de Noc entered as the second seed but won the Northern Lights League Tournament – Escanaba Daily Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Muskegon Mona Shores claimed a third-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Local Sports Journal

9. CROSS COUNTRY Traverse City St. Francis swept girls and boys titles at the Northern Michigan Meet of Champions; the Gladiators girls are ranked No. 4 in LPD3, and the boys are No. 2 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

10. BOYS SOCCER No. 11 Alma also claimed a third-straight District title with a 4-0 win over Ogemaw Heights in Division 3 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun