Today in the MHSAA: 3/9/20

March 9, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The busiest weekend of the winter postseason saw MHSAA Finals in wrestling, bowling and competitive cheer – final coverage of all three all over Second Half – plus Hockey Quarterfinals, Gymnastics Regionals and Girls Basketball District Finals, coverage of some we’ve gathered below.

1. Hockey: No. 3 Trenton won a Division 2 Quarterfinal matchup of annual contenders, 5-1 over top-ranked Livonia Stevenson – Southgate News-Herald

2. Girls Basketball: Bad Axe downed Cass City 47-31 in Division 3 to claim its first District championship in four decades – Huron Daily Tribune

3. Girls Basketball: Manton locked down rival Lake City 26-17 to win a Division 3 District title; Lake City made the Division 3 Semifinals in 2019 – MI Sports Now

4. Hockey: No. 9 Midland Dow got past No. 10 Grand Rapids Catholic Central 3-2 in triple overtime in Division 3, while No. 2 Saginaw Heritage defeated Kalamazoo 2-1 also in 3 OT in Division 1 – WJRT

5. Girls Basketball: East Grand Rapids came back late to get past East Kentwood 56-53 in a Division 1 District Final – WOOD TV

6. Hockey: No. 5 Marquette advanced to the Division 2 Semifinals with a 5-2 win over No. 6 Traverse City Central – Marquette Mining Journal

7. Gymnastics: Morgan Case led Rockford/Sparta to a Regional championship – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Girls Basketball: Saline got past Ann Arbor Huron 50-44 in Division 1 after Huron finished just head of Saline in their league – State Champs Sports Network

9. Girls Basketball: Three Rivers avenged back-to-back District Final losses with a 48-37 win over Edwardsburg – JoeInsider.com

10. Girls Basketball: Sault Ste. Marie earned a few seasons’ worth of vengeance as well with a 58-43 Division 2 District Final win over Kingsley – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Today in the MHSAA: 4/12/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 12, 2024

1. GIRLS SOCCER Petoskey improved to 3-0 and without allowing a goal this season after shutting out Division 4 No. 8 Harbor Springs 4-0 – Petoskey News-Review

2. SOFTBALL Kayla Milarch threw a five-inning no-hitter as Buckley split with Fife Lake Forest Area – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS SOCCER Waterford Kettering downed rival Mott 3-0 for the Waterford Cup – Oakland Press

4. GIRLS LACROSSE Grand Blanc edged Dow/Midland 9-8 – Midland Daily News

5. BOYS GOLF Holland shot a 163 to edge Zeeland West by a stroke at the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green jamboree – Local Sports Journal

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Hartland held on for a 2-1 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. GIRLS SOCCER Cadillac improved to 2-1-1 with a 1-0 win over Ludington – Cadillac News

8. SOFTBALL North Muskegon swept Ludington over a combined eight innings – Ludington Daily News