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Spring returned to Michigan on Thursday, and today's list includes six sports and notable events from both peninsulas. 

A series of matches among four of the top tennis teams in Michigan ranked first Wednesday as action finally began to pick up across the Lower Peninsula. 

A weather-related shortened schedule statewide leads to another shortened list today, but also an opportunity to include some recent coaching hires and a tribute to one of our own. 

Monday looked more like January than April across our state, but we still have news and notes to pass along with some fun as athletes waited out the winter.

Lower Peninsula teams beat the ice storms to get in a host of events over the weekend including some annual invitationals in golf and track & field.

Top teams statewide met on the softball diamond and soccer field Thursday night, and a northern lacrosse team kicked off its history with a win.

It's starting to look like spring again, at least in the Lower Peninsula, as teams took especially to the diamonds and soccer fields Wednesday. 

Detroit Catholic Central shook up statewide lacrosse for at least one night Tuesday with a historic win over its rival. 

Spring sports are off to a slow start in Michigan because of the wintery weather, so we bring back "Today in the MHSAA" with an abbreviated list of headlines gathered from all over the web.

The final 16 teams playing for MHSAA championships this winter were determined in Boys Basketball Quarterfinals on Tuesday.

The 32 boys basketball teams that will compete for MHSAA championships next week were decided Wednesday with some close calls, a few first-time celebrations and one of the most incredible individual performances we've seen.

All 16 Girls Basketball Quarterfinals were major news Tuesday, so instead of ranking a top 10 today we listed coverage for all of them. 

The boys basketball field was cut to 64 Monday night with Regional Semifinals all over the Lower Peninsula, with a few upsets but more close calls for favorites that moved on.

Boys Swimming & Diving, Gymnastics and Hockey seasons came to a close over the weekend with some impressive streaks broken and upsets adding further intrigue.  

Trenton will face Hartland for the Division 2 hockey championship, and at least three girls basketball teams will play Quarterfinals for the first time after an exciting Thursday across the state. 

Eight more hockey semifinalists earned trips to Plymouth this weekend as that tournament and Boys Basketball Districts rolled through another round Wednesday. 

Our final four Division 2 hockey teams are set after Tuesday's Quarterfinals, and 64 girls basketball teams remain in contention for Regional championships after the first round of that stage of the tournament.

The MHSAA boys basketball tournament tipped off Monday with exciting finishes all over our state, led by an upset of a Class A contender. 

Individual Wrestling, Competitive Cheer and Team and Singles Bowling Finals were the headliners this weekend, but we have plenty to link from MHSAA girls basketball, hockey and gymnastics tournaments as well. 

This will be a weekend of dramatic finishes all over Michigan in a variety of high school sports, and the first bunch emerged Thursday including a girls basketball team celebrating its first District title in nearly two decades.