Today in the MHSAA: 2/1/24

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 1, 2024

1. COMPETITIVE CHEER Paw Paw clinched the Wolverine Conference championship with a victory at the league meet – Sturgis Journal

2. HOCKEY Bloomfield Hills secured a share of the Oakland Activities Association White title with an 11-3 win over Farmington – Oakland Press

3. HOCKEY Big Rapids finished a comeback with a 4-3 win over Division 2 No. 10 Traverse City Central – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. WRESTLING Division 3 top-ranked Dundee won every match but one in downing Division 1 No. 3 Temperance Bedford 61-3 – Monroe News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Jayden Hanson went over 1,000 career points in Bellaire’s 52-44 win over Gaylord St. Mary – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Connor Rouse went over 1,000 career points as Genesee downed Deckerville 46-44 – WJRT

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Charles came back to edge Breckenridge 36-33 – Saginaw News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL North Muskegon remains undefeated after a 46-45 win over Montague – CatchMark SportsNet

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Escanaba downed Marquette 50-47 in overtime – Escanaba Daily Press

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Warren Fitzgerald improved to 11-1 with a 65-48 win over Madison Heights Lamphere – Macomb Daily

Also of note …

FOOTBALL Muskegon coach Shane Fairfield has been named an NFL National Coach of the Year – Muskegon Chronicle

Today In The MHSAA: 3/14/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 14, 2022

1. GYMNASTICS, HOCKEY, BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Seven team championships and a number of individual titles were awarded over the weekend as these three sports concluded their seasons, and we had coverage of all seven events – Second Half

2. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 10 Detroit Cass Tech avenged a regular-season loss with a Division 1 District Final win over No. 3 Detroit Martin Luther King, 58-54 in overtime – Detroit News

3. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 6 Grand Rapids Catholic Central handed No. 2 Hudsonville Unity Christian its lone loss, 68-48 in Division 2 – Grand Rapids Press

4. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 2 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s avenged a pair of regular-season defeats by downing No. 5 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice in Division 1 – MLive-Detroit

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michigan Center emerged as champion of a Division 3 District featuring the top three teams in the Cascades Conference, defeating No. 16 Napoleon 63-47 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

6. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 12 Grandville Calvin Christian also avenged an earlier loss, defeating No. 8 Grand Rapids Covenant Christian 61-55 in Division 3 – FOX 17

7. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 5 Parchment edged Otsego 58-55 to clinch a Division 2 District title – Kalamazoo Gazette

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Vestaburg defeated Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart in Division 4 to win its first District title since 2002 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. BOYS BASKETBALL No. 19 Benzie Central trailed into the fourth quarter but came back to down No. 4 Traverse City St. Francis in Division 3, 70-57 – Manistee News Advocate

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Ishpeming Westwood held off No. 20 Painesdale Jeffers’ comeback to secure a 76-65 Division 3 District Final victory – Marquette Mining Journal

Also of note …

GIRLS BASKETBALL Detroit Edison’s Ruby Whitehorn has been named Miss Basketball by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan – Detroit Free Press