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: 12/19/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 19, 2022

1. HOCKEY Houghton finished a winning weekend with a 5-1 victory over Division 1 No. 3 Hartland, giving coach Corey Markham his 379th victory – breaking the school record of past coach Don Miller; both are among the winningest coaches in MHSAA history – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

2. WRESTLING South Lyon won its first Oakland County championship in this sport – Oakland Press

3. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 3 Bronson went 5-0 to win the Coldwater Classic, including edging No. 6 Union City 39-34 – Coldwater Daily News

4. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 3 Bay City John Glenn won a fourth-straight Bay County championship – Bay City Times

5. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 4 Riverview Gabriel Richard claimed its Christmas Tournament title for the second-straight year with a pair of 9-1 victories – Southgate News-Herald

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL East Grand Rapids edged Redford Westfield Prep 61-56 at the West Michigan Hoops Summit – FOX 17

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Central capped its Don Jackson Invitational with a 63-61 win over Saginaw – WWMT

8. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 4 Iron Mountain was among teams to impress at the Marquette Challenge – Upper Michigan Source

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon opened with a 71-38 win over Rockford – Muskegon Chronicle

10. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 6 Alpena finished its weekend with a 4-1 win over Traverse City Central – Alpena News