Today in the MHSAA: 3/8/19
March 8, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The Division 2 hockey championship game will be a rematch from 2018 after Thursday’s Semifinals, and the night’s Boys Basketball Regional Finals saw the end of this year’s run for a reigning champion.
1. Hockey: Reigning Division 2 champion and top-ranked Hartland upended No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice 6-2 to earn an opportunity to repeat – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. Boys Basketball: Hudsonville Unity Christian held off reigning Class B champion Benton Harbor to win a Division 2 Regional Final 63-54 – WOOD TV
3. Boys Basketball: Freshman Emoni Bates made his second game-winning shot of this week, sending Ypsilanti Lincoln to the Division 1 Quarterfinals with an 81-79 win over Detroit Catholic Central – Detroit News
4. Hockey: No. 2 Trenton shut out No. 9 Marquette 4-0 to return to the Division 2 championship game – Southgate News-Herald
5. Boys Basketball: Flint Beecher avenged its tournament loss to Unionville-Sebewaing from last season, handing USA its only defeat, 65-42, in a Division 3 Regional Final – WJRT
6. Boys Basketball: Sanford Meridian handed Oscoda its only defeat of the season, 65-44, to win a second straight Division 3 Regional title – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Basketball: East Kentwood continued its week of upsets, following up Tuesday’s win over Muskegon with a Division 1 Regional title-clinching 61-60 victory over Hudsonville – FOX 17
8. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids South Christian edged Grand Rapids Catholic Central 64-62 in a Division 2 Regional Final – WZZM
9. Boys Basketball: Cassopolis won its first Regional title in 30 years, downing Schoolcraft 62-51 in Division 3 – South Bend Tribune
10. Boys Basketball: Joe Liedel scored 16 fourth-quarter points as Erie Mason came back to defeat Detroit Loyola 59-53 in Division 3 – Monroe News
Also of note …
Unified Sports: WDIV went in-depth with the nationally-recognized Brighton Unified Sports program and the environment of inclusion it’s created at the school – WDIV
Today in the MHSAA: 3/2/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 2, 2023
1. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 2 Hartland downed No. 4 Clarkston 6-1 to clinch a 12th-straight Regional championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
2. HOCKEY A last-minute goal gave No. 3 Alpena a 4-3 win over No. 2 Marquette and a Division 2 Regional title – Alpena News
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Chelsea edged Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard 51-47 in a District Semifinal matchup of top teams in Division 2 – Ann Arbor News
4. HOCKEY Capital City earned a Division 1 Regional title in one of the longest games in MHSAA history, 1-0 over Eastside in six overtimes – Lansing State Journal
5. HOCKEY No. 10 Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard also was a winner in overtime, claiming a Division 3 Regional title with a 6-5 victory over No. 4 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s – Ann Arbor News
6. BOYS BASKETBALL Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker clinched a share of its first league title since 1998, defeating Vassar in the Greater Thumb Conference West – Huron Daily Tribune
7. HOCKEY No. 5 Saginaw Heritage shut out No. 9 Midland 4-0 in a Division 2 Regional Final – WJRT
8. HOCKEY Top-ranked Byron Center downed No. 8 Grand Rapids Christian 4-2 in another Division 2 Regional Final – FOX 17
9. HOCKEY New Baltimore Anchor Bay avenged two losses to Chippewa Valley United with a 4-2 Regional Final win in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
10. HOCKEY Mattawan finished a season sweep of Portage with a 6-2 Division 2 Regional Final win – WWMT