Today in the MHSAA: 3/23/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 23, 2023

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Romulus Summit Academy earned its first Semifinal trip with a 68-62 win over Chelsea in a Division 2 Quarterfinal – Southgate News-Herald

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Niles Brandywine also will play in its first Semifinal thanks to a 71-62 Division 3 win over Pewamo-Westphalia – Niles Daily Star

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Ecorse handed Laingsburg its lone loss, 57-46 in a Division 3 Quarterfinal – Southgate News-Herald

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Munising advanced to its first Semifinal since 1954 with a 52-43 win over Painesdale Jeffers in Division 4 – Marquette Mining Journal

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Flint Beecher downed Detroit Loyola 55-49 to advance in Division 3 – Mid-Michigan Now

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw is headed back to the Semifinals in Division 2 thanks to a 61-57 win over Cadillac – Saginaw News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Cass Tech is Breslin bound thanks to a 55-49 win over Ann Arbor Huron – MLIVE-Detroit

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Frankfort edged Hillman 59-57 in a Division 4 Quarterfinal – Benzie County Record-Patriot

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s advanced in Division 1 with a 55-44 win over Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Oakland Press

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Marine City Cardinal Mooney earned a Division 4 Semifinals berth with a 59-56 win over Taylor Trillium Academy – Port Huron Times Herald

Also of note …

BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Blanc advanced in Division 1 with a 64-44 win over Rochester Adams – WJRT

BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon will return to Breslin thanks to a 59-43 Division 1 win over East Lansing – MuskegonSports.com

BOYS BASKETBALL Ferndale is moving on in Division 2 with a 71-66 victory over Goodrich – Oakland Press

BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids South Christian advanced with a 61-38 win over Hudsonville Unity Christian in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City St. Francis will be returning to the Semifinals for the first time in more than a decade thanks to a 72-47 win over St. Ignace in Division 3 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

BOYS BASKETBALL Reigning champion Wyoming Tri-unity Christian will return to Finals weekend thanks to a 54-41 win over Kalamazoo Phoenix in Division 4 – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 1/24/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 25, 2022

1. WRESTLING Division 3 top-ranked Dundee was first and Division 4 top-ranked Hudson second at the Tigers’ Super 16 Tournament – Monroe News

2. HOCKEY Division 2 top-ranked Hartland defeated No. 4 Byron Center and then No. 6 Muskegon Mona Shores to win the Westside Invitational – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 17 Ecorse beat the buzzer to hand Division 1 No. 11 River Rouge its first loss, 60-58 – Southgate News-Herald

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Alyssa Hill went over 1,000 career points as Negaunee avenged an earlier loss to Ishpeming Westwood – Marquette Mining Journal

5. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 2 Whitehall won the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship with eight individual titles – Muskegon Chronicle

6. WRESTLING Gladstone won its first Upper Peninsula championship in five years, with Division 4 No. 9 Iron Mountain second – Escanaba Daily Press

7. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Brownstown Woodhaven won the 10-team Downriver Classic – Southgate News-Herald

8. COMPETITIVE CHEER Wyandotte Roosevelt finished first in Division 1 and overall at its invitational – Southgate News-Herald

9. WRESTLING Napoleon was first and Niles Brandywine second at the 26th Shawn Cockrell Memorial Invitational at Quincy – Coldwater Daily Reporter

10. WRESTLING Howell went 5-0 to win Plymouth’s Jimmy Ahearn Memorial Duals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus