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: 11/13/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 13, 2024

1. VOLLEYBALL With no set decided by more than three points, No. 2 Northville downed top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy in five in a Division 1 Regional Semifinal – Oakland Press

2. VOLLEYBALL No. 6 Rockford reached the Division 1 Regional Finals for the fifth-straight season with a four-set win over No. 3 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – Grand Rapids Press

3. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Marian and No. 5 Clarkston also went five sets in Division 1, with Marian prevailing – Oakland Press

4. VOLLEYBALL No. 9 McBain downed honorable mention Beal City in five sets in Division 3 – MI Sports Now

5. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart swept honorable mention Onekama in a Division 4 Regional Semifinal – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

6. VOLLEYBALL Kingsley was one point from falling to Kingsford before winning the final four of the fifth set to complete a Division 2 comeback – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. VOLLEYBALL No. 3 Battle Creek Harper Creek came back after losing the first set to defeat Niles in four in Division 2 – Battle Creek Harper Creek

8. VOLLEYBALL Portage Northern twice came back from a set down to defeat Holland West Ottawa in five in Division 1 – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Calumet swept Manistique in a Division 3 Regional Semifinal – Upper Michigan’s Source

10. VOLLEYBALL South Lyon and Orchard Lake St. Mary’s went to five sets in Division 1, with the Lions prevailing – Oakland Press