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: 3/8/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 8, 2022

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Detroit Western came back from 17 points down to get past No. 20 River Rouge 75-71 in overtime of a Division 1 District opener – Detroit News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Union City opened Division 3 play with a 59-56 win over White Pigeon thanks to a last-minute 3-pointer – Coldwater Daily Reporter

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Battle Creek Harper Creek defeated Pennfield 63-58 in Division 2, as Pennfield’s Luke Davis became his school’s all-time leading scorer in his final game – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. BOYS BASKETALL No. 13 Elk Rapids opened in Division 3 with a 66-58 win over host Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Pinconning advanced in Division 3 with a 50-45 overtime win over Beaverton – Bay City Times

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Bashir Neely scored 30 points to lead No. 18 Grand Haven past Muskegon Reeths-Puffer 69-57 in Division 1 – Grand Haven Tribune

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Danny Safadi’s last-second basket pushed Midland Dow past Bay City Central 64-62 in Division 1 – Midland Daily News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Ludington opened with a 57-36 win over Reed City in Division 2 – Ludington Daily News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Jackson Northwest pushed ahead at the end to get by Jackson in Division 1, 50-46 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. BOYS BASKETBALL North Muskegon opened its Division 3 District run with a 56-49 win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Local Sports Journal