Today in the MHSAA: 2/16/17
February 16, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
An action-packed Wednesday saw the final 32 wrestling contenders advance with Regional titles, including DeWitt for the first time and Hartland for the 16th straight.
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
The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan has released its five finalists for this season’s Miss Basketball Award – Detroit Free Press
Boys Basketball
In a matchup of teams both now 12-3, Negaunee emerged as overtime winner over Gladstone 75-71 – Marquette Mining Journal
Bowling
Fruitport’s girls and Muskegon Mona Shores’ boys won Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championships – Muskegon Chronicle
Hockey
Chelsea downed Ann Arbor Skyline 5-4 to clinch its 10th straight Southeastern Conference title – Ann Arbor News
Hartland, ranked No. 2 in Division 2, added a win over Division 1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central 4-2 and has beaten all three of the top-ranked teams in Division 1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Skiing
The East Grand Rapids boys and Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central girls won Division 2 Regional titles as both Cadillac teams also advanced – Cadillac News
Wrestling
Caro came back from a 24-point deficit in its Division 3 Regional Semifinal against Beaverton and went on to defeat the Beavers and Ogemaw Heights and win the title – Saginaw News
Division 2 No. 7 DeWitt won its first Regional title in wrestling, avenging an earlier loss to No. 10 Mason with a 48-17 win – Lansing State Journal
Division 1 No. 5 and reigning MHSAA champion Hartland earned a trip to the Quarterfinals for the 16th straight season, downing No. 8 Walled Lake Central and Warren Mott after losing to Central earlier this winter – Detroit Free Press
No. 3 Macomb Dakota edged No. 9 New Baltimore Anchor Bay 31-23 to also move on in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
No. 7 Carson City-Crystal downed St. Louis and Hart by a combined eight points to advance in Division 4 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Good Read
In the midst of ramping up to make a run at repeating as Class B champion, Marshall’s girls basketball team also has found itself in another fight after sophomore Maddie Reynolds was diagnosed recently with cancer – Battle Creek Enquirer
Today in the MHSAA: 2/15/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 15, 2023
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Dansville clinched a share of the Central Michigan Athletic Conference championship with a 43-38 overtime win over Fowler – Lansing State Journal
2. SKIING The Cadillac girls and East Grand Rapids boys claimed Division 2 Regional titles – Cadillac News
3. BOWLING Bay City John Glenn swept the Bay County Championships for the third-straight season – Bay City Times
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon earned a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Green championship with a 68-41 win over Grand Rapids Union – Local Sports Journal
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Blissfield clinched a share of the Lenawee County Athletic Association title with a 62-30 win over Dundee – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs defeated Elk Rapids 53-40 as Olivia Flynn went over 1,000 career points as only a sophomore – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Kalamazoo Central edged Benton Harbor 74-69 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
8. BOYS BASKETBALL East Kentwood and Hudsonville remain tied for first in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red after wins – FOX 17
9. BOYS BASKETBALL Iron Mountain swept a season series with Kingsford, this time 62-58 in overtime – Iron Mountain Daily News
10. SKIING Brighton swept Division 1 Regional championships, as did Pontiac Notre Dame Prep in Division 2 – MHSAA.com
Also of note …
GIRLS BASKETBALL Gabby Reynolds went over 1,000 career points as Holland West Ottawa defeated Caledonia 64-57 – Holland Sentinel
GIRLS BASKETBALL Siena McNitt went over 1,000 career points as Garden City downed Southgate Anderson 47-21 – Observer & Eccentric
BOYS/GIRLS BASKETBALL Burton Madison Academy/Flint New Standard’s Terrence Smith went over 1,000 career points in his team’s big win over International Academy of Flint, and Burton Bentley’s Naavia Jones went over 1,000 points in her team’s loss to Flint Hamady – Flint Journal
BOYS BASKETBALL MJ Yeager went over 1,000 career points for Saginaw Nouvel during a 71-65 loss to Standish-Sterling – Saginaw News