Today in the MHSAA: 2/11/19
February 11, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
League titles were earned in hockey, bowling and basketball over the weekend, and hundreds of Michigan wrestlers took their first steps toward this season’s Individual Finals at Ford Field.
1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Edison edged Saginaw Heritage 41-37, although Edison was missing two starters with injuries and Heritage was without injured star Moira Joiner – MLive-Detroit
2. Hockey: The Division 1 No. 11 Traverse City Bay Reps downed Petoskey 5-4 in overtime to secure the Northern Michigan Hockey League championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Basketball: Linden downed Flushing 48-35 to clinch a share of its first league title since 1996 – WNEM
4. Boys Basketball: Kalamazoo Central won its fifth straight Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference East title with a 73-41 victory over Loy Norrix – JoeInsider.com
5. Girls Basketball: St. Ignace remains undefeated after handing two-loss Kingsley a 68-37 defeat – MI Sports Now
6. Girls Basketball: Hartland handed Brighton its first defeat, 46-35, to move into a first-place tie in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West – State Champs!
7. Wrestling: No. 5 Hartland and No. 2 Brighton both advanced all 14 of their wrestlers from Division 1 Individual District competition – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
8. Bowling: Midland Bullock Creek locked up both the girls and boys Tri-Valley Conference Central titles – Midland Daily News
9. Competitive Cheer: Sanford Meridian won Division 4 and the overall meet title with a season-high 774.02 at the Houghton Lake Invitational – Midland Daily News
10. Wrestling: Division 4 No. 3 Clinton advanced all 14 of its wrestlers among 56 total from Lenawee County to move on from Individual District competition – Adrian Daily Telegram
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Morley Stanwood clinched a share of the Central State Activities Association Silver title with a 62-50 win over Kent City – Big Rapids News
Girls Basketball: Ellie Klein scored her 1,000th career point in Essexville Garber’s 53-44 win over Bridgeport – Bay City Times
Boys Basketball: Traverse City Central’s Tobin Schwannecke went over 1,000 career points in his team’s 48-33 win over Traverse City West – Traverse City Record-Eagle
Boys Basketball: Joseph Kimmerer scored 23 points including the 1,000th of his career in Hale’s 54-49 win over AuGres-Sims – WBKB
Boys Basketball: Kinross Maplewood Baptist’s Isaiah May went over 1,000 career points in a 57-43 win over Beaver Island – MI Sports Now
Today in the MHSAA: 10/1/20
October 1, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Wednesday was girls golf championship day for a number of downstate leagues and counties, as Forest Hills Northern continued an incredible winning streak and Marian started one in memorable fashion.
1. Girls Golf: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – posted its 31st straight win, taking first at the Ottawa-Kent Conference White Tournament – Grand Rapids Press
2. Girls Golf: LPD3 top-ranked Bloomfield Hills Marian won its first Oakland County Division 1 championship, against a field including LPD2 No. 2 South Lyon and LPD1 No.1 Rochester Adams – Oakland Press
3. Girls Golf: St. Joseph shot 373 to clinch a win in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament and its eighth-straight league title – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. Girls Golf: LPD3 No. 2 Macomb Lutheran North broke Utica Eisenhower’s two-year winning streak at the Macomb County Invitational – Macomb Daily
5. Girls Golf: LPD2 No. 6 Muskegon Mona Shores shot a 359 to win the O-K Green Tournament – Local Sports Journal
6. Girls Golf: LPD4 No. 3 Kalamazoo Hackett Catholic Prep shot a 379 to win the Kalamazoo Valley Association Tournament – Niles Daily Star
7. Boys Soccer: Midland handed reigning Saginaw Valley League champion Dow its first league loss, 4-1 – Midland Daily News
8. Boys Soccer: Riverview moved to 11-0 with a 2-1 win over New Boston Huron – Southgate News-Herald
9. Boys Soccer: Fenton handed Goodrich its first defeat this season, 3-1 – WJRT
10. Boys Soccer: Tristan Feighner scored seven goals to lead Leslie past Stockbridge 7-1 – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Also of note …
Girls Golf: From Monday, Gibraltar Carlson won its first Monroe County Championship title – Monroe News