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: 9/1/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 1, 2022

1. GIRLS GOLF Oxford carded a 329 to win the Oakland Country Division 2 championship – Oakland Press

2. BOYS SOCCER Arturo Romero scored all six of his team’s goals in a win over Fremont to set Muskegon Oakridge’s school record, now at 28 – MuskegonSports.com

3. BOYS TENNIS Saginaw Nouvel delivered coach Scott Symons his 200th win with a victory over Bay City Western – Saginaw News

4. GIRLS TENNIS Negaunee shut out Ishpeming Westwood; Westwood was first and Negaunee second at last season’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 Finals – Upper Michigan Source

5. GIRLS GOLF Sparta was first and Montague second at the Whitehall Invitational – Ludington Daily News

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Tecumseh girls and Adrian boys won Cebulski Invitational championships in Adrian – Adrian Daily Telegram

7. GIRLS GOLF Big Rapids moved to 2-for-2 in Central State Activities Association league competitions – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. GIRLS GOLF Vicksburg won the opening Wolverine Conference jamboree of this season – JoeInsider.com

9. GIRLS GOLF Midland Dow won the latest Saginaw Valley League event – Midland Daily News

10. BOYS SOCCER South Lyon and South Lyon East played to their second draw this season – Observer & Eccentric