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: 5/10/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 10, 2022

1. TRACK & FIELD The Remus Chippewa Hills girls secured their 19th-straight league title with a win at the Central State Activities Association Gold championship meet – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

2. GIRLS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa – No. 6 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – earned a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title with a shutout of Jenison – Holland Sentinel

3. BASEBALL Midland Bullock Creek swept Division 3 No. 3 Hemlock – Midland Daily News

4. SOFTBALL Division 3 No. 4 Traverse City St. Francis moved to 15-0-1 with a sweep of honorable mention Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BASEBALL On the baseball diamond, Charlevoix earned the sweep of Division 3 No. 19 St. Francis – Petoskey News-Review

6. SOFTBALL Sydney Shammo became Temperance Bedford’s career hits leader during a doubleheader sweep of Monroe – Monroe News

7. BOYS GOLF LPD2 No. 5 Flint Powers Catholic won its inaugural Charger Invitational with a 318 – Flint Journal

8. BASEBALL Chesaning’s Tyler Sager ran his no-hitter streak to four with a win over Mt. Morris; Chesaning is No. 13 in Division 3 – Owosso Argus-Press

9. BASEBALL Clarkston’s Trevor Busyn won a matchup of future Central Michigan pitchers 2-1 over Lake Orion – Oakland Press

10. GIRLS SOCCER Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian ran its winning streak to 11 with a victory over Grand Rapids Christian – FOX 17