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: 2/21/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 21, 2025
1. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City West clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a 76-65 win over Petoskey as Lincoln Lockhart reached 1,000 career points, and Buckley’s Landon Kulawiak went over 2,000 in his team’s 65-34 win over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tara Kurncz became DeWitt’s all-time leading scorer and helped the Panthers finish an outright title run in the Capital Area Activities Conference Red with a 58-36 win over Lansing Waverly – Lansing State Journal
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Mikey Carlson scored his 1,000th career point and Pentwater clinched the West Michigan D League title with a 70-42 win over Mesick – Ludington Daily News
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hemlock locked up a third-straight Tri-Valley Conference Blue title with a 49-38 win over Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary – Saginaw News
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Kingsford clinched a share of the Great Northern Conference title with a 72-60 win over Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints clinched a share of the Big Thumb Conference Red title with a 51-40 win over Owendale-Gagetown – Bay City Times
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Addison Cullen reached 1,000 career points during St. Ignace’s 65-33 win over Brimley – MI Sports Now
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Sean Wesolek scored his 1,000th career point during Bay City John Glenn’ s 61-51 win over Gaylord – Bay City Times
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Linden’s Jase Becher reached 1,000 career points during his team’s 69-40 win over Owosso – WJRT
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Redford Thurston’s Daniel Winston III reached 1,000 career points during his team’s 66-62 loss to Roseville – Hometown Life