The first round of the 2024-25 Michigan high school girls basketball regionals is in the books, with one Saginaw-area team still standing. Frankenmuth moved on to Wednesday’s regional final at Belding. Check out the updated Saginaw-area girls basketball regional brackets, schedule and upcoming opponents.

We are getting closer to the culmination of high school basketball, with every weekend of March giving us each state's respective state champion. Teams are earning their way into the final team rankings of the year with strong finishes and impressive résumés.

It was gratifying to cover this season of girls high school basketball. Steve Tucker, who died last May, did a tremendous job of covering girls basketball for the Sun-Times for years. Mike Clark resumed coverage for the newspaper a couple of years ago.