Today in the MHSAA: 2/19/20

February 19, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A pair of championship celebrations long in the making top one of our fullest lists of headliners this season as league titles were clinched in three sports and star performances shined on the court, ice and hill – not to mention the winningest baseball coach in state history announced his retirement.

1. Boys Basketball: Ravenna downed Muskegon Oakridge 70-36 to earn a share of its first West Michigan Conference title since 1980 – Local Sports Journal

2. Girls Basketball: Lake City clinched a share of the Highland Conference title, its first league championship since 2001, with a 36-26 win over second-place Manton – Cadillac News

3. Boys Basketball: Howell claimed the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title with a 75-71 triple-overtime win over Canton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Girls Basketball: Hartland avenged its lone loss and moved into first alone in the KLAA West with a 36-33 win over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 6 Houghton downed top-ranked Calumet for the first time this season, 3-2 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

6. Skiing: Petoskey’s boys and Traverse City Central’s girls clinched Big North Conference championships – Petoskey News-Review

7. Girls Basketball: Ubly earned a share of the Greater Thumb Conference East title with a 42-31 win over Sandusky – Huron Daily Tribune

8. Girls Basketball: Adrian Madison locked up a share of the Tri-County Conference title with a 49-23 win over Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Girls Basketball: Kingsley moved into a tie for first in the Northwest Conference with a 50-38 win over co-leader Maple City Glen Lake – MI Sports Now

10. Boys Basketball: East Lansing downed Okemos 45-43 on a last-second shot, putting the teams in a tie for first in the Capital Area Activities Conference Blue – Lansing State Journal

Also of note …

Baseball: Grand Ledge coach Pat O’Keefe, the state’s winningest all-time in the sport with 1,315 victories, retired – Lansing State Journal

Girls Basketball: East Grand Rapids finished a repeat run in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold with a 63-59 win over Grand Rapids Christian – FOX 17

Boys Basketball: Ann Arbor Huron earned the Southeastern Conference Red title with a 57-48 win over Saline – Ann Arbor News

Boys Basketball: Muskegon earned a share of a seventh-straight league title, downing Jenison 86-47 in the O-K Black – Muskegon Chronicle

Boys Basketball: Emoni Bates had 63 points and 21 rebounds to lead Ypsilanti Lincoln past Chelsea 108-102 in double overtime – Ann Arbor News

Boys Basketball: Shamar Howard went over 1,000 career points in Lansing Everett’s 57-55 win over Grand Ledge – Lansing State Journal

Boys Basketball: Brett LaFord went over 1,000 career points in Carney-Nadeau’s 62-56 win over Bark River-Harris – Escanaba Daily Press

Today in the MHSAA: 9/20/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 20, 2023

1. VOLLEYBALL No. 4 Brighton won the first set, but top-ranked Northville won the next three of this matchup between top teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 top-ranked Richland Gull Lake delivered Division 1 No. 8 Portage Central’s first defeat this fall, 2-0 – WWMT

3. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 7 Lake City swept Manton in Highland Conference play – Cadillac News

4. BOYS SOCCER Chesaning won a matchup of first-place teams in the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference, 1-0 over Byron – WJRT

5. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention South Lyon East stands atop the Lakes Valley Conference thanks to a four-set win over Walled Lake Northern – Oakland Press

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 12 Royal Oak remains first in the Oakland Activities Association White after a scoreless draw with Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press

7. BOYS SOCCER Petoskey sits alone atop the Big North Conference after a 6-1 win over Cadillac – Petoskey News-Review

8. VOLLEYBALL Davison earned a five-set road win at rival Grand Blanc – Mid-Michigan Now

9. VOLLEYBALL Escanaba won the third set 31-29 to finish a sweep of Gladstone – Escanaba Daily Press

10. VOLLEYBALL Three of four sets were decided by three points or fewer as Union City got past Concord – Coldwater Daily Reporter