Today in the MHSAA: 2/11/20
February 11, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first MHSAA Tournament events of this winter season played out on the slopes Monday, while a number of girls basketball teams also made headlines.
1. Girls Basketball: Detroit Renaissance and Detroit Cass Tech earned berths in the Detroit Public School League Tournament championship game – Detroit News
2. Skiing: The Petoskey girls and boys swept Division 2 Regional titles – Petoskey News-Review Girls | Boys
3. Skiing: East Grand Rapids also swept Division 2 Regional championships – Cadillac News
4. Girls Basketball: Oscoda clinched the North Star League Big Dipper title with a 41-34 win over Alcona – WBKB
5. Girls Basketball: Maple City Glen Lake handed Cadillac its first loss this season, 43-37 – Up North Live
6. Girls Basketball: East Lansing won a matchup of Division 1 contenders, 50-41 over Flint Carman-Ainsworth – Flint Journal
7. Girls Basketball: Fowler handed Byron its first loss of the season, 54-47 – Flint Journal
8. Boys Basketball: Ishpeming came back from an early 18-point deficit to get past Bark River-Harris 67-56 – Marquette Mining Journal
9. Boys Basketball: Hanover-Horton got past Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 79-49 – Jackson Citizen-Patriot
10. Girls Basketball: Lake City held off Evart 30-20 – Big Rapids News
Also of note …
Wrestling: From Saturday, Sanford Meridian closed out its run to the overall Jack Pine Conference championship – Midland Daily News
Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/16
February 26, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Thursday was a big night statewide for girls basketball and this morning nearly as significant with the announcement of this season's Miss Basketball finalists.
Girls Basketball
The Detroit Free Press and Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan introduced this season’s Miss Basketball finalists: Bay City John Glenn’s Cassidy Boensch, Muskegon’s Mardrekia Cook, Detroit Renaissance’s Siyeh Frazier, Benton Harbor’s Kysre Gondrezick and Goodrich’s Alexis Sevillian – Detroit Free Press
In an Operation Friendship matchup of Detroit Public School League and Catholic League champions, Detroit Martin Luther King downed Bloomfield Hills Marian 66-47 – Oakland Press
Bark River-Harris tied its best record ever with one of its best wins of the season, downing rival Crystal Falls Forest Park – Escanaba Daily Press
Croswell-Lexington clinched its fourth straight Blue Water Athletic Conference title with a 51-42 win over Imlay City – Port Huron Times Herald
From Tuesday, Calumet finished its first 20-0 regular season with a win over Lake Linden-Hubbell – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Ice Hockey
Gaylord’s Gage Andrews scored the game-winner 39 seconds into overtime to lead his team past rival Petoskey, 3-2 – Gaylord Herald Times