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: 12/13/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 13, 2021

1. WRESTLING Clinton edged Division 1 Macomb Dakota 36-33 to clinch the Westland John Glenn Invitational championship – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. HOCKEY Hartland won its Adam Mitchell KLAA/MIHL Memorial Showcase matchup with Trenton 3-1 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. WRESTLING Bronson defeated Manchester 46-30 in the final to win the Jackson Area Wrestling Showdown – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. HOCKEY In a rematch of last season’s Division 1 Semifinal, Detroit Catholic Central downed Brighton 3-0 in the KLAA/MIHL Memorial Showcase – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Birmingham Groves finished atop a strong field at the Waterford Warrior Relays – Chelsea Sun Times News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs freshman Olivia Flynn put up her second 30-point game in a big win over Grayling – Petoskey News-Review

7. HOCKEY Marquette handed Muskegon Mona Shores its first defeat of the season, 3-1 – MuskegonSports.com

8. HOCKEY Howell defeated Detroit U-D Jesuit in a shootout to finish with a 2-1 win at the KLAA/MIHL Memorial Showcase – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. HOCKEY Midland Dow came back from a Friday loss to Chelsea to defeat Detroit Country Day at the D3 Challenge – Midland Daily News

10. WRESTLING Union City won the 13-team Concord Grover Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter