Today in the MHSAA: 1/22/19

January 22, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The weekend was filled with county and league championship competition and highly-anticipated invitationals – plus scroll to the bottom of today’s list for a number of basketball achievements, including an MHSAA record setter.

1. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 1 Dundee finished half a point ahead of Division 2 No. 8 St. Johns to win the Hudson Super 16 Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison downed Pewamo-Westphalia 54-39 in a rematch from last season's Class C Semifinals – The Bleacher Denizen

3. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 2 Brighton took first at the 41-team Maumee Bay Classic, six points ahead of Ohio power Elyria – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. Bowling: Lapeer’s girls finished ahead of Flint Kearsley to win the Flint Metro Invitational, but Kearsley’s Imari Blond rolled a 300 and a 749 series – Flint Journal

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: East Grand Rapids, No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 3, finished first and LPD1 honorable mention Grand Haven second at the EGR Invitational – Grand Haven Tribune

6. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 3 Whitehall won its 13th straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Bowling: The undefeated Traverse City West girls clinched their ninth straight Great Northern High School Bowling Conference championship with a win over previously undefeated Cadillac Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. Boys Swimming & Diving: Midland Dow, No. 4 in LPD2, won its 17th straight Tri-Cities Championship, finishing ahead of runner-up and LPD2 honorable mention Saginaw Heritage – Midland Daily News

9. Bowling: Utica Ford’s boys and St. Clair Shores Lake Shore’s girls won Macomb County championships – Macomb Daily

10. Bowling: South Lyon’s girls and Farmington-Harrison’s boys won Oakland County titles – Oakland Press

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: From Thursday, Romeo Weems scored 30 points against Grosse Pointe South to break the New Haven record of 1,840 career points set by Eli Sims in 1971 – Port Huron Times-Herald

Girls Basketball: Elie Smith scored her 1,000th career point Friday in Fowlerville’s win over St. Johns – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Basketball: Coldwater’s Gage McGuire set his school’s scoring record Friday, breaking the previous mark of 1,179 set by Rick Gates – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Girls Basketball: Posen’s Brooke Ciarkowski also went over 1,000 career points Friday, in a win over Hillman – MI Sports Now

Girls Basketball: Kent City made 25 3-pointers in an 89-33 win over Holton to break the MHSAA single-game record for long-distance shots – Local Sports Journal

Girls Basketball: The Monroe News caught up with 98-year-old Marie Kinne to talk about her high school basketball career at Petersburg High School during the late 1930s – Monroe News

Today in the MHSAA: 10/15/18

October 15, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

1. Cross Country: The DeWitt girls, No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 2, and No. 12 Corunna boys claimed Greater Lansing Invitational championships – Lansing State Journal girls | boys

2. Cross Country: Traverse City St. Francis’ girls (LPD3 No. 6) and boys (No. 15) swept Lake Michigan Conference titles, and Harbor Springs’ Jeremy Kloss won his fourth league individual championship – Petoskey News-Review

3. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 10 Fruitport downed No. 9 Whitehall to win its third Greater Muskegon Athletic Association tournament in four seasons – Local Sports Journal

4. Boys Tennis: Unranked Traverse City Central and No. 6 Midland Dow shared their Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional title – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. Boys Tennis: LPD1 No. 5 Northville locked up its first Regional tennis title since 1995 – Observer & Eccentric

6. Volleyball: Division 3 No. 9 Centreville avenged a loss to Division 4 No. 2 Mendon to win the Southwest 10 Conference tournament title – JoeInsider.com

7. Volleyball: Division 1 honorable mention Battle Creek Lakeview locked up its third straight All-City title – Battle Creek Enquirer

8. Volleyball: Division 3 honorable mention Adrian Madison edged Onsted by two points in both sets to win the Lenawee County tournament for the third straight season – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. Cross Country: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer swept championships at the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association city meet – Local Sports Journal

10. Volleyball: Pentwater defeated Marion to earn the West Michigan D League tournament title – Manistee News Advocate

Also of note:

Girls Swimming & Diving: From Thursday, LPD1 No. 8 Brighton clinched a share of the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West title with a win over honorable mention Hartland – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Soccer: Marysville claimed its second straight Macomb Area Conference Gold title with a 2-0 win over Roseville – Port Huron Times-Herald

Boys Tennis: From Thursday, Gibraltar Carlson claimed its fourth straight Regional title, in LPD2 – Southgate News-Herald