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: 9/13/24
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 13, 2024
1. GIRLS GOLF Whitehall – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – may be Michigan’s first league champion of this fall after carding 375 to win the West Michigan Conference title – CatchMark SportsNet
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 9 Hudsonville Unity Christian held off Division 4 No. 8 Muskegon Western Michigan Christian in a matchup of 2023 Finals champions – Local Sports Journal
3. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 1 East Grand Rapids defeated LPD1 No. 3 Grand Haven 127.5-58.5 – Grand Haven Tribune
4. BOYS TENNIS Ari Ziska became Big Rapids’ all-time singles wins leader during the LPD3 No. 6 Cardinals’ sweep of Vicksburg – Big Rapids Pioneer
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City West shut out rival Traverse City Central 4-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
6. VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 6 Hillsdale Academy ran its winning streak to nine with a sweep of Hillsdale High – Hillsdale Daily News
7. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Portage Central also shut out a local opponent, Kalamazoo Central 3-0 – FOX 17
8. VOLLEYBALL Suttons Bay twice trailed by a set on the way to defeating Frankfort in five – Traverse City Record-Eagle
9. VOLLEYBALL Colon trailed White Pigeon 2-1 but also came back for a five-set victory – Sturgis Journal
10. BOYS SOCCER Birmingham Seaholm turned a 1-1 halftime tie into a 5-1 win over Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press