Today in the MHSAA: 3/5/20

March 5, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A series of hockey Regional championships and a titanic girls basketball District clash headlined a busy Wednesday across Michigan that saw both tournaments continue to advance.

1. Hockey: No. 7 Howell ended at least five seasons of losses to No. 3 Brighton with a 4-2 win in a Division 1 Regional Final – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. Hockey: L’Anse Creuse Unified clinched its first Regional championship, downing Rochester in Division 1 3-0 – C&G Newspapers

3. Girls Basketball: Michigan Center finished a fourth-quarter comeback with a 42-41 win over Grass Lake – State Champs Sports Network

4. Hockey: No. 10 Grand Rapids Catholic Central upset No. 8 Forest Hills Central 5-0 to claim a Division 3 Regional title – FOX 17

5. Girls Basketball: Munising finished the regular season 6-13, but defeated Rapid River 44-31 in Division 4 to claim a third-straight District title – Marquette Mining Journal

6. Hockey: No. 6 Traverse City Central downed Muskegon Mona Shores 6-1 in Division 2 to win the sixth Regional title in program history – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Girls Basketball: Unbeaten Port Huron came back from a double-digit deficit to beat Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 44-41 in a Division 1 District Semifinal – Detroit News

8. Hockey: No. 9 Midland Dow locked up a Division 3 Regional title with a 2-0 win over Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News

9. Hockey: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer came back to defeat Traverse City West and clinch a Division 1 Regional championship – Local Sports Journal

10. Girls Basketball: Centreville got past White Pigeon 63-57 in a Division 3 District matchup of local rivals that split during the regular season – JoeInsider.com

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Chelsea coach Todd Blomquist announced his retirement after 20 seasons and more than 300 wins – Chelsea Sun Times News

Today in the MHSAA: 5/3/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 3, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Milford clinched its first league title in this sport in 37 years with a 6-0 win over White Lake Lakeland in the Lakes Valley Conference – Oakland Press

2. BASEBALL Division 3 No. 9 Charlevoix earned a key Lake Michigan Conference win 4-1 over No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis – MI Sports Now

3. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 10 Frankenmuth went ahead in the seventh inning of a 15-12 win over Division 3 No. 4 Cass City – Mid-Michigan Now

4. BASEBALL Hudsonville downed Division 1 No. 7 Jenison 7-3 after losing the first two games of the series – Grand Rapids Press

5. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 4 Freeland and Division 2 No. 2 Beal City split a pair of one-run games – Saginaw News

6. BASEBALL Division 1 No. 14 Portage Northern and Stevensville Lakeshore also split – Kalamazoo Gazette

7. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 9 Hartland and No. 11 Canton played to a scoreless draw – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. GIRLS SOCCER Undefeated Division 4 No. 8 McBain Northern Michigan Christian and Cheboygan played to a 1-1 tie – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. GIRLS SOCCER Hannah Converse scored three goals as Lake Fenton shut out Fenton – WJRT

10. SOFTBALL Midland Bullock Creek earned a 4-3, 4-0 sweep of Standish-Sterling – Midland Daily News