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: 12/9/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
December 9, 2022
1. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 6 Clarkston scored all three of its goals during the third period to come back and defeat No. 7 Lake Orion 3-1 – Oakland Press
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Evart handed Lake City its first loss when Kyrah Gray’s last-second jumper fell to make the final score 42-40 – Cadillac News
3. BOYS BASKETBALL MJ Yeager scored 42 points and brother Donny added 28 as Saginaw Nouvel downed Reese 85-62 – WJRT
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ludington moved ahead late in edging Muskegon Oakridge 39-36 – Ludington Daily News
5. BOYS BASKETBALL Christian Silveus scored 39 points to lead Alanson past Wolverine 88-63 – Petoskey News-Review
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Chelsea handed Clarkston its first defeat, 62-35 – Oakland Press
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Montague picked up for an injured teammate to get past Whitehall 44-34 – CatchMark SportsNet
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Jayden Beck scored 26 points as St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran defeated Our Lady of the Lake 36-29 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Eastin Kegley scored 32 points as Monroe Jefferson won big over Taylor Prep – Monroe News
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Mackinaw City held on for a 76-70 win over Onaway – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
Also of note ...
MULTI-SPORT PARTICIPATION We talked with The Sports Report about the benefits of multi-sport participation over specialization for athletes in school sports – The Sports Report