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: 9/14/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 14, 2021
1. BOYS SOCCER Spring Lake earned an impressive 3-0 win over Division 3 top-ranked Hudsonville Unity Christian – Grand Haven Tribune
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked New Baltimore Anchor Bay emerged from a matchup of unbeatens with a 2-1 win over No. 10 Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily
3. BOYS SOCCER Dearborn Edsel Ford remained undefeated in the Downriver League by handing Lincoln Park its first loss overall this fall, 6-1 – Southgate News-Herald
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 13 Boyne City picked up a road shutout, 3-0 at Charlevoix – Petoskey News-Review
5. VOLLEYBALL Buchanan traded sets but won the deciding fifth against Stevensville Lakeshore – Niles Daily Star
6. BOYS SOCCER Oscoda moved to 6-0 with a big win over Alcona – WBKB
7. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 8 Elk Rapids shined again in a shutout of Grayling – Up North Live
8. BOYS SOCCER A late first-half goal stood for the entirety as Bloomfield Hills edged Pontiac 1-0 – Oakland Press
9. BOYS SOCCER Kirby Eggers scored four goals to lead Division 3 No. 2 Holland Christian past Allendale – Holland Sentinel
10. VOLLEYBALL Mason County Eastern is off to a 1-0 start in the West Michigan D League thanks to a four-set win over Walkerville – Local Sports Journal