Today in the MHSAA: 1/22/19

January 22, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The weekend was filled with county and league championship competition and highly-anticipated invitationals – plus scroll to the bottom of today’s list for a number of basketball achievements, including an MHSAA record setter.

1. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 1 Dundee finished half a point ahead of Division 2 No. 8 St. Johns to win the Hudson Super 16 Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison downed Pewamo-Westphalia 54-39 in a rematch from last season's Class C Semifinals – The Bleacher Denizen

3. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 2 Brighton took first at the 41-team Maumee Bay Classic, six points ahead of Ohio power Elyria – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Bowling: Lapeer’s girls finished ahead of Flint Kearsley to win the Flint Metro Invitational, but Kearsley’s Imari Blond rolled a 300 and a 749 series – Flint Journal

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: East Grand Rapids, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, finished first and LPD1 honorable mention Grand Haven second at the EGR Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 3 Whitehall won its 13th straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Bowling: The undefeated Traverse City West girls clinched their ninth straight Great Northern High School Bowling Conference championship with a win over previously undefeated Cadillac Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow, No. 4 in LPD2, won its 17th straight Tri-Cities Championship, finishing ahead of runner-up and LPD2 honorable mention Saginaw Heritage – Midland Daily News

9. Bowling: Utica Ford’s boys and St. Clair Shores Lake Shore’s girls won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily

10. Bowling: South Lyon’s girls and Farmington-Harrison’s boys won Oakland County titles – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: From Thursday, Romeo Weems scored 30 points against Grosse Pointe South to break the New Haven record of 1,840 career points set by Eli Sims in 1971 – Port Huron Times-Herald

Girls Basketball: Elie Smith scored her 1,000th career point Friday in Fowlerville’s win over St. Johns – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Basketball: Coldwater’s Gage McGuire set his school’s scoring record Friday, breaking the previous mark of 1,179 set by Rick Gates – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Girls Basketball: Posen’s Brooke Ciarkowski also went over 1,000 career points Friday, in a win over Hillman – MI Sports Now

Girls Basketball: Kent City made 25 3-pointers in an 89-33 win over Holton to break the MHSAA single-game record for long-distance shots – Local Sports Journal

Girls Basketball: The Monroe News caught up with 98-year-old Marie Kinne to talk about her high school basketball career at Petersburg High School during the late 1930s – Monroe News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/1/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 1, 2024

1. BOYS TENNIS Bay City John Glenn clinched its first Tri-Valley Conference championship after finishing runner-up a year ago – Bay City Times

2. GIRLS GOLF Carleton Airport carded a 370 to win the Monroe County championship – Monroe News

3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 15 Fennville clinched a third-straight Southwestern Athletic Conference Lakeshore title with a 3-0 win over Watervliet – Holland Sentinel

4. BOYS SOCCER Big Rapids earned a spot in the Central State Activities Association Tournament final with a 5-1 win over Howard City Tri County – MI Sports Now

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 4 No. 6 North Muskegon earned an important 2-2 draw with Ludington – Ludington Daily News

6. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Heights Crestwood downed Division 3 No. 7 Grosse Ile 3-2 – Dearborn Press & Guide

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 11 Grayling improved to 17-1 with an 8-2 win over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba continued its successful fall with a sweep of Iron Mountain – Escanaba Daily Press

9. BOYS SOCCER Midland came back from a goal down to defeat Mount Pleasant 2-1 – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS SOCCER North Farmington won its Senior Night 6-1 over Ferndale – Oakland Press