Today In The MHSAA: 3/4/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 4, 2021

We’re rolling into championship season, and a pair of league title races in hockey and girls basketball were sorted out among many highlights across the state Wednesday.

1. Hockey: Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central downed Division 3 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood 3-0 to win the Detroit Catholic League Tournament – Oakland Press

2. Girls Basketball: West Bloomfield clinched a share of the Oakland Activities Association Red title with an 82-58 win over Clarkston – Oakland Press

3. Hockey: Unranked Midland Dow upended Division 1 No. 4 Saginaw Heritage 4-0 – Midland Daily News

4. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s edged Detroit Martin Luther King 59-55 – MLive-Detroit

5. Girls Basketball: Sault Ste. Marie remained unbeaten with a 45-36 win over St. Ignace – MI Sports Now

6. Hockey: Muskegon Mona Shores avenged its lone loss this winter, downing East Grand Rapids 5-2 – Local Sports Journal

7. Girls Basketball: Bellaire finished a regular-season sweep of Gaylord St. Mary, 37-31 – MI Sports Now

8. Boys Basketball: Pewamo-Westphalia won a matchup of undefeated teams, 46-34 over Dansville – WLNS

9. Boys Basketball: Carrollton handed Standish-Sterling its first defeat, 57-48 – Saginaw News

10. Girls Basketball: Montague remained undefeated with a key 42-25 win over Hart – Muskegon Chronicle

Also of note …

Football: Richmond is mourning the death of football coach John Kocher, who led the program for the past decade – Port Huron Times Herald

Today In The MHSAA: 4/18/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 18, 2022

1. GIRLS SOCCER Unranked Harbor Springs upset Division 4 No. 1 North Muskegon 2-1 – Petoskey News-Review

2. GIRLS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa – No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – swept doubles and split singles flights in defeating LPD2 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 6-2 – Holland Sentinel

3. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 14 New Baltimore Anchor Bay moved to 3-0 with a third shutout, downing No. 2 Troy Athens 2-0 – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 No. 10 Grosse Ile defeated Division 2 No. 7 Trenton 1-0 – Southgate News-Herald

5. TRACK & FIELD The Traverse City West boys and Rockford girls won Muskegon Reeths-Puffer Rocket Invitational Green championships, while the Manistee girls and Saugatuck boys were champions of the White division – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. GIRLS SOCCER Spring Lake remained undefeated with a 2-0 win over North Muskegon – FOX 17

7. BOYS LACROSSE Detroit Country Day led 7-5 at halftime and pulled away to defeat Dow/Midland 20-10 – Midland Daily News

8. BASEBALL Addison defeated Morenci in the final to win its Red Bat Classic – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. BOYS GOLF Ann Arbor Greenhills was first and Williamston second at the Larry Judson Invitational – Owosso Argus-Press

10. BOYS GOLF Tecumseh won the Adrian Madison Ryder Cup – Adrian Daily Telegram

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Detroit is mourning the death of longtime Mackenzie coach Robert Dozier, who guided multiple future NFL players including Jerome Bettis – Detroit Free Press