Today in the MHSAA: 2/14/20
February 14, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The first round of the Team Wrestling Tournament finished up Thursday with a dramatic ending in Division 2 leading a loaded list of headliners from across the state and five sports.
1. Wrestling: Caleb McNeil’s last-match comeback gave No. 8 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer a District Semifinal win over No. 4 Whitehall, and the Rockets then shut out Muskegon to win the title in Division 2 – Local Sports Journal
2. Hockey: Division 2 top-ranked Livonia Stevenson shut out Division 1 No. 3 Brighton 4-0 in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship game – Observer & Eccentric
3. Wrestling: Bark River-Harris defeated Manistique in Division 4 to claim its first District title in this sport – Escanaba Daily Press
4. Wrestling: Unranked Union City got past No. 8 Mendon in Division 4 to earn its first District title since 2008 – Coldwater Daily News
5. Wrestling: Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice earned its first District title in this sport in a decade with a 51-20 win over Birmingham Seaholm in Division 1 – Oakland Press
6. Boys Basketball: Fraser’s 50-48 overtime win over St. Clair gave St. Clair and Port Huron Northern a shared Macomb Area Conference Gold title, Northern’s first league championship since 2001 – Port Huron Times-Herald
7. Boys Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa clinched a share of a sixth-straight Ottawa-Kent Conference Red title with a 187-118 win over Grand Haven – Holland Sentinel
8. Girls Basketball: Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart took back the Mid-State Activities Conference championship with a 63-48 win over Coleman – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Boys Basketball: Marquette edged Escanaba 68-64 to clinch the Great Northern Conference title – Marquette Mining Journal
10. Girls Basketball: Oscoda clinched a second-straight North Star League Big Dipper title with a 64-27 win over Whittemore-Prescott – Alpena News
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: Detroit Cass Tech advanced to the Detroit Public School League final with a 53-44 win over Detroit Communication & Media Arts – State Champs Sports Network
Boys Basketball: Muskegon Orchard View’s Ke’Ontae Barnes scored 30 points in a 58-43 win over Muskegon Catholic Central to go over 1,000 for his career – Muskegon Chronicle
Girls Basketball: Saline junior Ella Stemmer went over 1,000 points for her career with 19 in a 59-31 win over Monroe – Ann Arbor News
Today in the MHSAA: 2/18/20
February 18, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A mostly quiet Monday across Michigan still had loud newsmakers, as a matchup of 2019 girls basketball champions, a league title clinched, a hockey upset and a 1,000-point scorer led the way.
1. Girls Basketball: Reigning Division 2 champion Detroit Edison defeated reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian 67-62 – Adrian Daily Telegram
2. Girls Basketball: Camden-Frontier earned a share of the Southern Central Athletic Association East title with a 56-46 win over Pittsford – Hillsdale Daily News
3. Hockey: Clarkston downed Division 1 No. 5 Macomb Dakota 5-1 in the OAA/MAC Showcase – Macomb Daily
4. Girls Basketball: Emma Anderson went over 1,000 career points in helping Menominee past Kingsford 61-53 – Iron Mountain Daily News
5. Girls Basketball: Deckerville extended its winning streak to 13 with a 67-47 win over Dryden – Huron Daily Tribune
6. Hockey: Bloomfield Hills earned a 4-3 shootout win over Clinton Township Chippewa Valley also as part of the OAA/MAC Showcase – Macomb Daily
7. Hockey: Birmingham United edged Romeo 4-3 at the OAA/MAC Showcase – Macomb Daily
8. Girls Basketball: Midland Calvary Baptist improved to 14-0 with a 53-28 win over Mayville – Midland Daily News
9. Girls Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary improved to 14-4 with a 46-33 win over Engadine – Traverse City Record-Eagle
10. Boys Basketball: Alanson improved to 12-3 with a 56-54 win over Kinross Maplewood Baptist – MI Sports Now