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: 2/4/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 4, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sanford Meridian earned a share of its first Jack Pine Conference title since 2006 with a 62-39 win over Pinconning – Midland Daily News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 12 Onaway set a state record with 49 points during the first quarter of a big win over Fife Lake Forest Area – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Madison Smith went over 1,000 career points in Division 4 No. 20 Mackinaw City’s big win over Ellsworth – Cheboygan Daily Tribune

4. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Essexville Garber won every swim event in a 106-74 meet win over Bay City John Glenn, but John Glenn diver Jamie Miller won his event and broke the school record from 2004 with a score of 303.45 – Bay City Times

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 19 Harbor Springs moved into first in the Lake Michigan Conference with a 57-47 win over former co-leader Traverse City St. Francis – Traverse City Record-Eagle

6. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 5 Salem defeated Division 3 No. 9 Midland Dow 4-3 with a shootout at the MIHL Hockey Showcase – State Champs!

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Mesick pulled closer to the West Michigan D League lead with a 31-21 win over first-place Manistee Catholic Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 8 LeRoy Pine River will enter its league tournament coming off a 41-31 win over Reed City – Big Rapids News

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 8 Hart moved to 10-0 in West Michigan Conference play with a big win over third-place Shelby – Muskegon Chronicle

10. BOYS BASKETBALL A big fourth quarter sent Division 2 No. 11 Carrollton past Saginaw Nouvel 61-53 – Saginaw News