Today In The MHSAA: 2/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2021

More league champions were celebrated in skiing Wednesday, with regional champions rising in Muskegon-area bowling and statewide elite facing off in competitive cheer, basketball and hockey.

1. Skiing: Harbor Springs’ girls clinched their 13th-straight Lake Michigan Conference title, and Great North Alpine claimed the boys title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Skiing: The Onekema girls and Benzie Central boys finished league title runs in the Lake Michigan Ski Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Bowling: Whitehall’s girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship, while Fruitport’s boys repeated – Local Sports Journal

4. Competitive Cheer: Reigning Division 2 champion Allen Park topped reigning runner-up Gibraltar Carlson after the powers were separated by less than a point after Round 2 – Southgate News-Herald

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic shut out Division 1 No. 4 Saginaw Heritage 5-0 – WJRT

6. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past Grand Blanc 65-52 in a matchup of highly-regarded contenders – Oakland Press

7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice downed Division 1 No. 2 Brighton 4-2 – Observer & Eccentric

8. Hockey: Division 1 No. 6 Traverse Bay Reps downed Division 2 No. 8 Traverse City Central 3-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Basketball: Carly McCrum went over 1,000 career points as Bay City John Glenn downed Alma 41-32 – Bay City Times

10. Girls Basketball: Although New Lothrop lost 52-47 to Linden, the Hornets’ Brooke Wenzlick went over 1,000 career points – Owosso Argus-Press

Also of note …

Athletic Directors: East Grand Rapids’ Tim Johnston, an MHSAA Bush Award honoree this past year, will retire this summer after 38 years in educational athletics – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 2/21/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 21, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Traverse City West clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a 76-65 win over Petoskey as Lincoln Lockhart reached 1,000 career points, and Buckley’s Landon Kulawiak went over 2,000 in his team’s 65-34 win over Kingsley – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tara Kurncz became DeWitt’s all-time leading scorer and helped the Panthers finish an outright title run in the Capital Area Activities Conference Red with a 58-36 win over Lansing Waverly – Lansing State Journal

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Mikey Carlson scored his 1,000th career point and Pentwater clinched the West Michigan D League title with a 70-42 win over Mesick – Ludington Daily News

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hemlock locked up a third-straight Tri-Valley Conference Blue title with a 49-38 win over Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Kingsford clinched a share of the Great Northern Conference title with a 72-60 win over Marquette – Upper Michigan’s Source

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City All Saints clinched a share of the Big Thumb Conference Red title with a 51-40 win over Owendale-Gagetown – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Addison Cullen reached 1,000 career points during St. Ignace’s 65-33 win over Brimley – MI Sports Now

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Sean Wesolek scored his 1,000th career point during Bay City John Glenn’ s 61-51 win over Gaylord – Bay City Times

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Linden’s Jase Becher reached 1,000 career points during his team’s 69-40 win over Owosso – WJRT

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Redford Thurston’s Daniel Winston III reached 1,000 career points during his team’s 66-62 loss to Roseville – Hometown Life