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: 2/2/24
February 2, 2024
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Mason clinched a share of the Capital Area Activities Conference Red title with a 57-45 win over St. Johns – Lansing State Journal
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cheboygan defeated St. Ignace for the first time since 2015, 33-30 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
3. SKIING Cadillac’s girls and boys teams won their invitational – Cadillac News
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cass City won its M-81 rivalry game with Caro, 50-44 – Huron Daily Tribune
5. WRESTLING Cadillac won close matches over LeRoy Pine River and Reed City to claim the 131 Showdown – Cadillac News
6. BOYS BASKETBALL West Bloomfield came back from 18 points down to defeat Ferndale 79-75 – Oakland Press
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Houghton edged Escanaba 49-46 – Escanaba Daily Press
8. HOCKEY Grand Haven earned a 6-5 overtime win over Hudsonville – Grand Haven Tribune
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Mio earned coach Ty McGregor his 100th victory, 54-49 over St. Helen Charlton Heston Academy – Bay City Times
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Central improved to 9-3 with a 59-52 win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – WWMT