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: 2/13/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 13, 2024

1. SKIING Traverse City West in Division 1 and Harbor Springs in Division 2 swept Regional championships – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. SKIING The Cadillac girls and East Grand Rapids boys also won Division 2 Regional titles – Cadillac News

3. BOYS BASKETBAL Logan Blackledge went over 1,000 career points as Hanover-Horton clinched the Cascades Conference West championship with a 59-42 win over Brooklyn Columbia Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Zander Woodruff scored 52 points to lead undefeated Laingsburg past Division 2 contender Freeland 72-65 – Lansing State Journal

5. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Owosso finished a perfect run through the Flint Metro League dual season with a 108-76 win over Corunna – Owosso Argus-Press

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Lansing Waverly came back to edge Okemos 69-65 in overtime – Lansing State Journal

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Goodrich remains undefeated thanks to a 47-33 victory over New Lothrop – Mid-Michigan Now

8. BOYS BASKETBALL North Muskegon also remained undefeated with a 57-38 win over White Cloud – CatchMark SportsNet

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cass City held on for a 36-30 win over Ubly – Huron Daily Tribune

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Bellaire claimed an impressive nonleague win 51-44 over Charlevoix – Up North Live