Today In The MHSAA: 2/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2021

More league champions were celebrated in skiing Wednesday, with regional champions rising in Muskegon-area bowling and statewide elite facing off in competitive cheer, basketball and hockey.

1. Skiing: Harbor Springs’ girls clinched their 13th-straight Lake Michigan Conference title, and Great North Alpine claimed the boys title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Skiing: The Onekema girls and Benzie Central boys finished league title runs in the Lake Michigan Ski Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Bowling: Whitehall’s girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship, while Fruitport’s boys repeated – Local Sports Journal

4. Competitive Cheer: Reigning Division 2 champion Allen Park topped reigning runner-up Gibraltar Carlson after the powers were separated by less than a point after Round 2 – Southgate News-Herald

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic shut out Division 1 No. 4 Saginaw Heritage 5-0 – WJRT

6. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past Grand Blanc 65-52 in a matchup of highly-regarded contenders – Oakland Press

7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice downed Division 1 No. 2 Brighton 4-2 – Observer & Eccentric

8. Hockey: Division 1 No. 6 Traverse Bay Reps downed Division 2 No. 8 Traverse City Central 3-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Basketball: Carly McCrum went over 1,000 career points as Bay City John Glenn downed Alma 41-32 – Bay City Times

10. Girls Basketball: Although New Lothrop lost 52-47 to Linden, the Hornets’ Brooke Wenzlick went over 1,000 career points – Owosso Argus-Press

Also of note …

Athletic Directors: East Grand Rapids’ Tim Johnston, an MHSAA Bush Award honoree this past year, will retire this summer after 38 years in educational athletics – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 12/20/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 20, 2022

1. HOCKEY Devin McIntyre became Chelsea’s all-time leading scorer during a 7-1 win over Livonia Franklin – Ann Arbor News

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Carleton Airport’s Olivia Gratz scored a school-record 38 points to lead her team past Milan 76-51 – Monroe News

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Zoie Bamm scored a school-record 34 points to lead Brooklyn Columbia Central past Michigan Center 55-30 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Ty Kohlmann tied New Lothrop’s single-season school scoring record with 45 points in a win over Webberville – Owosso Argus-Press

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Alpena edged Hillman 57-54, but Hillman’s Trenton Taratuta tied a school record with 41 points – Alpena News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Morley Stanwood improved to 5-0 with a 63-62 overtime win over Cadillac – Big Rapids Pioneer

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mason County Central held off a Ludington comeback attempt for a 41-34 win – Local Sports Journal

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portland came back from a halftime deficit to defeat East Lansing 35-28 – Lansing State Journal

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Concord moved past Sturgis 48-40 in overtime – Sturgis Journal

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Charlevoix edged Kingsley 49-47 – Petoskey News-Review

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Longtime Rockford coach Ralph Munger, one of the winningest in state history, is expected to take over at Newaygo – Grand Rapids Press