Today in the MHSAA: 2/12/19
February 12, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Postponements the last few weeks helped make for the busiest Monday of this winter as Wrestling Team Districts joined Skiing Regionals among other headline-making events across the state.
1. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 4 Remus Chippewa Hills downed Big Rapids and Reed City to clinch its 15th straight team District title – Big Rapids News
2. Skiing: Petoskey’s girls repeated as Division 2 Regional champs, while Great North Alpine’s boys won ahead of the reigning Finals champ Northmen – Petoskey News Review girls | boys
3. Skiing: Hartland’s boys won their first league title and Brighton’s girls won for the first time since 2014 by taking first at the Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship meet – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Skiing: Traverse City Central’s girls and Marquette’s boys won Division 1 Regional titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. Girls Basketball: East Grand Rapids downed Grand Rapids South Christian 71-51 to clinch a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold championship – FOX 17
6. Wrestling: St. Louis won its fourth straight District title, downing Beaverton and Blanchard Montabella in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
7. Boys Basketball: Brownstown Woodhaven won a share of a fourth straight Downriver League title with a 54-52 win over Dearborn Edsel Ford – Southgate News-Herald
8. Boys Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing won its 35th straight regular-season game, but needed four overtimes to get past Saginaw Valley Lutheran 65-60 – Huron Daily Tribune
9. Wrestling: Midland repeated as a Division 1 District champ with wins over Dow and Bay City Western – Midland Daily News
10. Wrestling: Gladwin avenged last season’s District loss to Ogemaw Heights on the way to winning its Division 3 District – Midland Daily News
Also of note …
Girls Basketball: Royal Oak Shrine’s Grace Murray scored her 1,000th career point in her team’s win over Ann Arbor Greenhills – Oakland Press
Boys Basketball: Walkerville’s Adrian Haligus scored 52 points on the way to going over 1,000 during a win against Marion – Muskegon Chronicle
Boys Basketball: From Friday, Ann Arbor Pioneer’s Drew Lowder went over 1,000 points in a win over Ann Arbor Huron – We Love Ann Arbor
Today in the MHSAA: 2/7/17
February 7, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A pair of high-caliber basketball games topped Monday’s statewide action, but we also looked back at a couple performances we missed over the weekend in bowling and gymnastics.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Basketball
Undefeated Houghton needed double overtime to hand Marquette its second loss this season, 46-40 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Boys Basketball
Clarkston remained undefeated despite a strong test from Wayne Memorial, holding on for a 73-68 win – Detroit News
Girls Bowling
From Sunday, Jackson’s girls (ranked No. 2 in Division 2) won their fourth tournament of this season, downing Sturgis in the final at the Trojan Invitational – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Boys Bowling
Also Sunday, the Division 2 No. 4 Sturgis boys won their side of their home invitational, besting 13 teams – Sturgis Journal
Gymnastics
From Saturday, Farmington and Canton continued their back-and-forth this season with Farmington winning the Canton Invitational, frequently considered the strongest regular-season meet in the state – Observer & Eccentric