Today in the MHSAA: 2/18/19

February 18, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Wrestling Regionals, Cheer Districts and more than a dozen hockey, basketball and bowling league championships won over the weekend make today’s list of high achievers perhaps the longest so far this 2018-19 school year – and check elsewhere on Second Half for coverage of our first winter Finals in Upper Peninsula swimming & diving.

1. Boys Basketball: Oscoda tied a school record with its 17th win and clinched the North Star League Big Dipper title, its first conference championship since 1991, with a 61-39 victory over Whittemore-Prescott – WBKB

2. Hockey: Division 3 No. 9 Alpena downed Traverse City Central 5-0 to clinch its first Big North Conference title since 2004-05 – Alpena News

3. Girls Basketball: Detroit Mumford repeated as Detroit Public School League Tournament champion with a 59-49 win over Detroit Martin Luther King – State Champs!

4. Wrestling: No. 2 Brighton qualified a Livingston County-record 13 for the Individual Finals from Saturday’s Division 1 Regional – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Boys Basketball: Wyoming Godwin Heights clinched its 10th straight Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver title with a 63-44 win over Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian – FOX 17

6. Boys Basketball: Detroit U-D Jesuit clinched its seventh straight Detroit Catholic League A-B Tournament title with a 63-54 win over Detroit Catholic Central – Detroit News

7. Boys Basketball: Detroit Cass Tech downed Detroit Renaissance 80-56 to win the Detroit PSL Tournament title – Detroit News

8. Boys Basketball: Benton Harbor won a matchup of Division 2 championship contenders, 72-62 over River Rouge – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

9. Basketball: Kinross Maplewood Baptist’s girls and boys basketball teams won Northern Lights Conference Tournament titles, Ellie Bell going over 1,000 career points for the girls during their run – MI Sports Now

10. Competitive Cheer: Reigning Division 2 champion Allen Park won its District, ahead of runner-up Dearborn Divine Child – Southgate News-Herald

Also of note …

Gymnastics: Jackson Area finished first and Coldwater second at the South Central Gymnastics League Championship meet, Coldwater finishing its highest since 1989 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Boys Bowling: Gaylord put the finishing touches on a second straight Northern Michigan Bowling Conference championship – Gaylord Herald Times

Boys Bowling: Division 4 top-ranked Bronson clinched the Kensington Valley Association championship – Sturgis Journal

Boys Basketball: Josh Palo went over 1,000 career points in Howell’s 57-45 win over Novi – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Basketball: Ovid-Elsie claimed a share of the Mid-Michigan Activities Conference title with a 69-66 double-overtime win over Mount Morris – Owosso Argus-Press

Boys Basketball: Richmond clinched its second straight Blue Water Area Conference title with a 51-41 win over Almont – Port Huron Times-Herald

Bowling: The Rockford girls and Caledonia boys claimed O-K Red championships at the league tournament – Grand Haven Tribune

Boys Basketball: Ionia clinched the outright Capital Area Activities Conference White title with a big win over Lansing Catholic – Greenville Daily News

Girls Basketball: Muskegon clinched the O-K Black championship with a 72-66 win over Jenison – Local Sports Journal

Boys Basketball: Fremont clinched the Central State Activities Association Gold title with a 60-58 overtime win over Grant – Local Sports Journal

Bowling: New Boston Huron’s girls and boys teams swept the Monroe County Invitational titles; the girls are ranked No. 4 and the boys No. 10 in Division 2 – Monroe News

Boys Basketball: Royal Oak Shrine defeated Ann Arbor Greenhills to win the Catholic League C-D title – Oakland Press

Today in the MHSAA: 3/12/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 12, 2025

Boys Basketball Quarterfinals

DIVISION 1

East Lansing 72, Ann Arbor Huron 49 The Trojans avenged last season’s Quarterfinal loss to the River Rats – Lansing State Journal

Flint Carman-Ainsworth 54, Byron Center 51 Fred Thomas IV sank the game-winner at the buzzer for Carman-Ainsworth – WNEM

Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 73, Macomb L’Anse Creuse North 42 The reigning champion Eaglets will play for a repeat opportunity – MLIVE-Detroit

Wayne Memorial 70, Detroit Martin Luther King 44 Wayne followed Carlos Medlock Jr. in continuing its run – Detroit Free Press

DIVISION 2

Grand Rapids Catholic Central 59, Marshall 43 The Cougars will return to Breslin for the fourth time over the last seven seasons – Grand Rapids Press

Kingsford 48, Freeland 46 The Flivvers held off the Falcons’ comeback attempt to earn a trip to East Lansing -- MyUPNow

Romulus Summit Academy North 68, Lansing Sexton 41 Summit will return to the Breslin Center for the second time in three seasons – WILX

Warren Lincoln 49, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep 30 The reigning Division 2 champion earned a return trip to Finals weekend – Macomb Daily

DIVISION 3

Riverview Gabriel Richard 62, Jackson Lumen Christi 30 Gabriel Richard finished a three-game sweep of the league-rival Titans – Southgate News-Herald

Arts & Technology Academy of Pontiac 74, Flint New Standard Academy 44 ATAP earned its first trip to the Semifinals to go with last week’s first Regional title – Oakland Press

Ishpeming Westwood 48, McBain 40 The Patriots extended their trip downstate into Finals weekend by holding off the Ramblers – Upper Michigan’s Source

Pewamo-Westphalia 50, Schoolcraft 45 The Pirates came back from a halftime deficit to advance – WLNS

DIVISION 4

Allen Park Inter-City Baptist 63, Kingston 50 Inter-City will make a repeat trip to Breslin after winning this Quarterfinal rematch from a year ago – Southgate News-Herald

Crystal Falls Forest Park 45, Pickford 43 Forest Park scored the game-winning points during the final minute to pull past Pickford – Upper Michigan’s Source

Fowler 65, Bellaire 27 The Eagles earned their first Semifinals trip since 2002 – Lansing State Journal

Wyoming Tri-unity Christian 56, Adrian Lenawee Christian 43 The reigning champ Defenders will continue to pursue a repeat – WOOD TV