Today in the MHSAA: 1/21/20
January 21, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Major matchups at basketball events honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s memory made for a highlight-filled weekend and Monday across Michigan, and girls basketball, wrestling, competitive cheer, hockey and boys swimming & diving also contributed headliners as teams braved the mid-January weather.
1. Boys Basketball: Division 3 Flint Beecher downed Division 1 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 70-61 in a matchup of MHSAA championship contenders – State Champs Sports Network
2. Girls Basketball: Howell handed Brighton its first loss, 43-41, with Maeve St. John connecting on two last-minute free throws – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 7 Hart defeated No. 6 Leroy Pine River 40-20 in the championship match of the Fallen Bucks Memorial Tournament – Cadillac News
4. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Christian remained undefeated with a 66-64 win over Wyoming, which also was unbeaten entering the contest – WOOD TV
5. Girls Basketball: Reeya Patel’s basket with 2.5 seconds to play pushed Ann Arbor Huron past previously-undefeated Temperance Bedford 53-51 – State Champs Sports Network
6. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow – No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – locked up its 18th-straight Tri-Cities championship, nearly doubling up the field – Midland Daily News
7. Boys Basketball: Detroit Martin Luther King got past Detroit Douglass 55-46 in a matchup of two more Finals hopefuls – Detroit Free Press
8. Boys Basketball: Emoni Bates led Ypsilanti Lincoln on a 13-2 run to close a 75-68 win over Detroit Edison – Detroit News
9. Hockey: Division 3 No. 10 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central avenged a late December loss to rival Forest Hills Northern/Eastern, winning this time 3-1 – FOX 17
10. Cheer: Stevensville Lakeshore won the Division 2 and overall championships at the Coloma Invitational – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Although Niles fell to St. Joseph 59-54, Alycia Patterson went over 1,000 career points – Niles Daily Star
Boys Basketball: Reese Hazelton scored his 1,000th career point on a game-winner to lead Maple City Glen Lake past Saginaw Heritage 51-49 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Girls Basketball: Elise Besonen also went over 1,000 career points in leading Ewen-Trout Creek past Ontonagon – The Upbeat
Today In The MHSAA: 3/18/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 18, 2021
Wrestling joined the postseason flurry Wednesday with the start of Team District competition, while hockey continued through Regionals and a few more basketball teams celebrated championships and individual achievements.
1. Hockey: No. 6 Houghton advanced in a Division 3 Regional with a 5-1 win over No. 7 Hancock – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
2. Wrestling: Ravenna downed Hesperia and then Mason County Central to claim its first District title since 2011, in Division 4 – Local Sports Journal
3. Wrestling: Charlotte edged Eaton Rapids 36-33 to claim a Division 2 District championship – Lansing State Journal
4. Girls Basketball: Clawson defeated Eastpointe 47-37 to clinch the Macomb Area Conference Bronze championship – Oakland Press
5. Girls Basketball: Hannah Vallier scored 37 points to become Vicksburg’s all-time leading score during a 58-31 win over Niles – Kalamazoo Gazette
6. Boys Basketball: Hunter Soper went over 1,000 career points in Croswell-Lexington’s 81-51 win over Almont – Port Huron Times Herald
7. Hockey: Top-ranked Byron Center came back from a third-period deficit to defeat Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern/Eastern 3-2 in a Division 2 Regional Semifinal – FOX 17
8. Wrestling: No. 10 Clarkston downed Troy and Waterford Kettering in Division 1 to claim a 15th-straight District title – Oakland Press
9. Wrestling: Holland ran its District title streak to three with wins over Hamilton and Zeeland East in Division 2 – Holland Sentinel
10. Boys Basketball: Sterling Heights Parkway Christian clinched the Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Red title with a 71-61 win over Lutheran Westland – Macomb Daily
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Elk Rapids defeated Kalkaska to clinch its first Lake Michigan Conference title, and first league championship in 28 years – MI Sports Now