Today In The MHSAA: 12/15/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 15, 2021

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sault Ste. Marie scored seven points over the final 23 seconds to edge Gaylord 59-57 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

2. WRESTLING Gibraltar Carlson defeated Dearborn Fordson and Dearborn Heights Crestwood, and Carlson’s Deisel Gessner won his two matches by pin in a combined 46 seconds – Monroe News

3. HOCKEY Riverview Gabriel Richard scored the game’s lone goal with 1:02 to play to get past Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City St. Francis opened with a key league win, 59-40 over Charlevoix – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Swan Valley used a strong defensive performance to get past Reese 54-43 – Saginaw News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Owosso followed sophomore Skotti Ball-Duley to a 42-34 win over Fenton – Owosso Argus-Press

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Central outlasted St. Joseph 76-73 in double overtime – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Portage Central came back from a halftime deficit to defeat Richland Gull Lake 49-34 – Kalamazoo Gazette

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon opened its season with a 59-35 win over Traverse City Central – Local Sports Journal

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Sub Ashton Tomassi was super in Brighton’s 66-47 win over Lapeer – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Today in the MHSAA: 2/16/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 16, 2023

1. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 5 Plainwell earned its first Regional championship in this sport with a 32-30 clinching win over No. 4 Allendale – FOX 17

2. WRESTLING No. 3 Algonac defeated No. 5 Richmond 34-31 to clinch a Division 3 Regional title – Macomb Daily

3. WRESTLING No. 6 Romeo edged No. 4 Macomb Dakota 36-30 to clinch its first Regional title since 2012, in Division 1 – Macomb Daily

4. WRESTLING Top-ranked Dundee won its 31st-straight Regional championship, in Division 3 – Monroe News

5. HOCKEY Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic edged Division 2 No. 10 Midland 4-3 in overtime to clinch a share of the Saginaw Valley League title – Mid-Michigan Now

6. WRESTLING No. 8 Temperance Bedford advanced in Division 1 with wins over No. 10 Westland John Glenn and Belleville – Monroe News

7. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 3 Alpena clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a 6-1 win over Cadillac – Alpena News

8. BOWLING The Fruitport girls and Division 3 No. 3 Muskegon Orchard View boys won Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championships – MuskegonSports.com

9. WRESTLING No. 7 Rockford defeated No. 9 Grandville and Hudsonville by slim margins to advance in Division 1, while top-ranked Lowell won its matches big to move on in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

10. WRESTLING Hart defeated Remus Chippewa Hills and Clare to clinch its fourth-straight Regional title, in Division 3 – MI Sports Now

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Edwardsburg coach Kevin Bartz is retiring after 28 seasons and 216 victories – Niles Daily Star