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: 12/6/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 6, 2022

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Orchard Lake St. Mary’s held on for a 57-50 win over Detroit Renaissance in a season opener – MLIVE-Detroit

2. HOCKEY Cadillac improved to 5-0 with a 2-1 win over Traverse City West – Cadillac News

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Ogemaw Heights came back from a 15-point halftime deficit to get past Sanford Meridian 63-57 – Bay City Times

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Ryan Hurst starred as North Farmington opened with a 49-36 win over Detroit Martin Luther King – Hometown Life

5. BOYS BASKETBALL New Baltimore Anchor Bay came back from 18 points down to get past Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 62-60 – Macomb Daily

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ryleigh Zinn sits at 990 career points after Genesee’s big win over International Academy of Flint – Flint Journal

7. BOWLING The Adrian girls and Tecumseh boys won season-opening matches – Adrian Daily Telegram

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL East Jordan bounced back from its first loss with its second win, 50-24 over Cheboygan – Petoskey News-Review

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central enjoyed a season-opening win over Lutheran Westland that saw all 14 players score – Monroe News

10. BOYS BASKETBALL New Haven opened with a big win over Southfield Bradford – Macomb Daily