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: 10/29/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 29, 2021

1. BOYS SOCCER No. 3 New Baltimore Anchor Bay handed top-ranked Troy its only loss, 3-1 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Macomb Daily

2. BOYS SOCCER Top-ranked Richland Gull Lake won a matchup of the top teams in Division 2, downing No. 2 St. Joseph 2-0 to clinch a Regional title – Battle Creek Enquirer

3. BOYS SOCCER Holland Black River earned its first Regional title, doing so with a 3-2 Division 4 win over top-ranked Hartford – Holland Sentinel

4. BOYS SOCCER No. 5 Northville clinched its first Regional title in 14 years, downing No. 2 Clarkston 1-0 in Division 1 – Observer & Eccentric

5. BOYS SOCCER No. 13 Grand Rapids Christian shut out No. 8 Petoskey 2-0 to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Petoskey News-Herald

6. BOYS SOCCER No. 2 Grosse Ile downed Michigan Center 4-1 in Division 3 to secure a fourth-straight Regional title – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS SOCCER Flint Powers Catholic claimed a Division 3 Regional title with a 1-0 win over No. 7 Williamston – WJRT

8. BOYS SOCCER No. 6 Wyoming Potter’s House Christian edged North Muskegon 1-0 to clinch a Division 4 Regional title – Grand Rapids Press

9. BOYS SOCCER Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice outlasted Grosse Pointe North 3-2 in overtime to clinch a Division 2 Regional title – Oakland Press

10. BOYS SOCCER Grosse Pointe South defeated Salem 2-1 in a Division 1 Regional Final – Observer & Eccentric