Today in the MHSAA: 2/17/17

February 17, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

At least eight girls basketball league championships were decided in some way Thursday night, and we’ve linked up to media coverage for all of them, plus another on the boys hoops side and an impressive skiing accomplishment.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Girls Basketball

Grass Lake won its first Cascades Conference championship in more than a decade, clinching with a 59-55 win over Manchester – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Comstock clinched a share of its first league title in 24 years with a 50-28 win over Bridgman – Kalamazoo Gazette

Frankenmuth clinched a share of an 11th straight Tri-Valley Conference East title with a 61-33 win over Otisville-LakeVille – Saginaw News

Reese downed Bad Axe 54-21 to earn a ninth straight Greater Thumb Conference West title – Saginaw News

Sandusky won the GTC East championship with a 47-30 victory over Harbor Beach – Huron Daily Tribune

In their second matchup this month, Marquette avenged an earlier loss by handing Houghton its first defeat this season – Marquette Mining Journal

Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference title with a 39-32 win over Alpena – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Centreville downed Bronson 42-30 to win the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Blue title – Sturgis Journal

Bloomfield Hills secured an outright Oakland Activities Association White title after earning the first share a week ago – Oakland Press

Boys Basketball

Owendale-Gagetown secured a share of the Inner State Athletic Conference title with a 49-45 win over Burton Faith – Huron Daily Tribune

Skiing

For the first time in Brighton history, both the girls and boys teams won Regional championships – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Good Read/Watch

Grand Rapids-based WZZM featured Beaverton boys basketball coach Roy Johnston as part of its "Our Michigan Life" series after the Beavers' leader broke the MHSAA career coaching wins record in the sport – WZZM

Today in the MHSAA: 10/8/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 8, 2024

1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 12 Holland came back from two goals down to defeat Holland Christian 5-4 and clinch a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Black title – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS TENNIS Bay City John Glenn edged Western by two points to win the Bay County championship – Bay City Times

3. GIRLS GOLF Alexis Heinz led No. 4 Freeland to a Lower Peninsula Division 3 Regional championship – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS GOLF Grace Slocum and No. 10 Traverse City St. Francis swept championships at their LPD4 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 12 Elk Rapids clinched an eighth-straight league title, this time in the Northern Shores Conference with a 4-1 win over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Fruitport shut out Division 4 No. 9 Grandville Calvin Christian 2-0 to win the O-K Silver Tournament title – MuskegonSports.com

7. VOLLEYBALL Cadillac defeated Clare, Fruitport and Midland in a home quad – Cadillac News

8. VOLLEYBALL Ishpeming emerged with a five-set win over Munising – Upper Michigan Source

9. BOYS SOCCER Midland edged Flint Carman-Ainsworth 2-1 – WNEM

10. BOYS SOCCER Ludington finished its regular season with a 2-0 win over Big Rapids – Ludington Daily News