Today in the MHSAA: 3/3/17

March 3, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

As the boys basketball regular season came to a close Thursday, the Individual Wrestling Finals got started and Hockey Regionals continued on – all with celebrations of note.

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. 

Boys Basketball

Central State Activities Association division champs Morley Stanwood and Big Rapids faced off, with Morley Stanwood closing the regular season with a 59-56 win – Big Rapids News

Breckenridge clinched its first league title since 1988 with a big win over Coleman in the Mid-State Activities Conference – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Wayne Memorial rode a strong fourth quarter to a 47-44 win over Walled Lake Central in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship game – Oakland Press

Quincy downed Homer 61-41 to claim a share of the Big 8 Conference title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Dollar Bay downed Painesdale Jeffers 54-46 in the Copper Mountain Conference to earn a first league title since 1994 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Calumet earned a share of the West Peninsula Athletic Conference title with a 66-54 win over Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Grand Rapids Christian finished its first perfect regular season with a 53-51 win over Kalamazoo Central – Grand Rapids Press

Michigan Center also completed its first perfect regular season with an 81-49 win over Vandercook Lake – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Hockey

Division 1 No. 8 Utica Eisenhower powered to a 7-4 win over No. 6 Rochester United in a Pre-Regional Final – Macomb Daily

Division 2 No. 6 Trenton came back from trailing 3-0, but No. 5 Livonia Churchill still prevailed 4-3 in overtime – Southgate News Herald

Unranked Alpena upset No. 7 Sault Ste. Marie in Division 3 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Wrestling

Gaylord advanced all five of its MHSAA Individual Finals competitors to the second round in Division 2 on Thursday, with wrestling continuing today – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Hartland senior Reece Hughes, a reigning Division 1 champion, returned to the mat after a shoulder injury kept him out of last week’s Team Finals and won his first match – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Good Read

Amazingly, Dave Mann is coaching three varsity girls basketball teams this season – at Harper Woods Chandler Park, which schedules separately for two teams, and also at Detroit Cornerstone – Detroit News

Today in the MHSAA: 11/1/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 1, 2022

1. VOLLEYBALL Elk Rapids swept No. 9 Traverse City St. Francis in a Division 3 District opener – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. VOLLEYBALL Lowell swept Byron Center to open their Division 1 District – FOX 17

3. VOLLEYBALL No. 7 Shelby continued to surge with an opening sweep of Mason County Central in Division 3 – CatchMark SportsNet

4. VOLLEYBALL St. Joseph hung on to earn a five-set win over Stevensville Lakeshore in a Division 1 District opener – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. VOLLEYBALL No. 7 Battle Creek St. Philip started its pursuit of a 21st-straight District title and third-straight Division 4 championship with a sweep of Bellevue – Battle Creek Enquirer

6. VOLLEYBALL Zeeland East got past neighbor Zeeland West in four sets in Division 1 – Holland Sentinel

7. VOLLEYBALL Bloomfield Hills swept North Farmington to open their Division 1 District – Oakland Press

8. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central swept rival West to advance in Division 1 Up North Live

9. VOLLEYBALL Benzie Central opened its Division 3 District with a sweep of Manistee – Benzie Record Patriot

10. VOLLEYBALL LeRoy Pine River also was a winner to open Division 3 play with a sweep of Evart – Cadillac News