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: 1/25/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 25, 2024

1. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 10 Clarkston clinched a third-consecutive Oakland Activities Association Red championship with a 36-32 win over No. 4 Oxford – Oakland Press

2. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 6 White Lake Lakeland earned a share of a fourth-straight Lakes Valley Conference title by downing Fenton/Linden 10-2 – Oakland Press

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Averie Zinn scored a school record 50 points in Genesee’s 70-45 victory over Burton Bendle – WJRT

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Zeek Jackson scored a school-record 48 points as Grand Rapids Wellspring edged Fruitport Calvary Christian 92-89 despite 46 points from Bradley Richards – Grand Rapids Press

5. WRESTLING Midland finished the Saginaw Valley League dual season 7-0 with a 57-24 victory over Lapeer – Midland Daily News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dansville pulled away from Fowler in double overtime for a 57-47 win – Lansing State Journal

7. WRESTLING Reed City earned coach Roger Steig his 600th career coaching win, a victory over Big Rapids – Big Rapids Pioneer

8. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 2 Hartland downed No. 5 Brighton 50-22 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Holland Christian rebounded with a 64-38 win over Spring Lake – Muskegon Chronicle

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Ann Arbor Huron handed Ypsilanti Lincoln its only league loss, 58-45 – Ann Arbor News