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The Michigan high school girls basketball district pairings were announced this past Sunday by the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).

We are now down to the final week of the regular season in Michigan high school girls basketball. Just six days remain until the state tournament begins at the district level.

The Michigan high school boys basketball district pairings were announced this past Sunday. And now the 40 or so area teams know who/when/where they're going to play in the 99th Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA) boys basketball state tournament.

Just two weeks remain in the girls basketball regular season. And in the game of the week last week, Portland avenged their only loss of the season by beating defending Division 2 state champion Lansing Catholic at home by a 51-44 count. Guard Malia Thelen was great, scoring 27 points and leading them to victory.

There are no changes in the top six of this week's poll. But below that, there are changes. Haslett falls out of the poll after two losses to Lansing Catholic and Williamston. And so does Leslie after losing in overtime to Marshall on Saturday.

Congratulations to Mason for winning the outright CAAC Red championship last Thursday with their victory over Fowlerville.

This week's top 10 is jumbled around again after last week's (and Monday's) results.

We are now in the home stretch of the boys basketball season. The state tournament starts in three weeks and the draws for the district tournament will be made public next week.

The jumbled mess (and I don't mean that in a derogatory sense) that is the CMAC has moved some teams around this week.