Today in the MHSAA: 2/19/16

February 19, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A couple of streaks are worth noting in today’s report – one for winning an incredible number of consecutive league games, and the other for success reaching more than a decade.

Girls Basketball

In a matchup of two of the best in the Upper Peninsula, Marquette held on to down Houghton 42-37 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Muskegon Oakridge won its 50th straight game in the West Michigan Conference for finish undefeated champion of the league for the third season in a row – Muskegon Chronicle

Newberry won a matchup of 16-1 teams, defeating St. Ignace 54-50 to win the Straits Area Conference in what also was its first win over the Saints since 1992 – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Boys Basketball

Wyoming Potter’s House Christian celebrated a 30-point win over Kalamazoo Heritage Christian, but Heritage Christian’s Bryant Cross did score the 1,000th point of his career – Grand Rapids Press

Utica Ford earned arguably the night’s biggest upset statewide, handing a second loss this season to New Haven, 73-71 – Macomb Daily

Saginaw remains in first place in the Saginaw Valley League North, but Midland continued to enjoy its best league run in decades with a 58-51 win over the Trojans – Midland Daily News

Wrestling

From Thursday, Hartland won its 15th straight Regional title, dominating in Division 1 against Walled Lake Central and Warren Mott – Livingston Daily

Today In The MHSAA: 12/20/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 20, 2021

1. WRESTLING Casey Swiderski’s performance highlighted Division 3 top-ranked Dundee’s Monroe County Sheriff’s Invitational championship – Monroe News

2. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 9 Bay City John Glenn won 12 individual championships in claiming the overall Bay County title – Bay City Times

3. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 5 Macomb Dakota was first and Division 3 No. 6 Algonac second at the Macomb County Invitational – Macomb Daily

4. CHEER Allen Park was the overall champion at the Flat Rock Invitational – Southgate News-Herald

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ypsilanti Arbor Prep downed Plymouth Christian Academy 72-55; PCA’s Anna Fernandez went over 1,000 career points – Observer & Eccentric

6. BOWLING The Coldwater girls and boys teams swept Sturgis Baker Bash championships – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. HOCKEY Petoskey went 2-0 at the Cheboygan Showcase to set a program record by extending its winning streak to seven – Petoskey News-Review

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Macey Fegan went over 1,000 career points in Standish-Sterling’s big win over St. Louis – Bay City Times

9. WRESTLING Durand won a second-consecutive tournament title, this time at Grayling – Owosso Argus-Press

10. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 7 Grandville was the highest-placing Michigan school, finishing second, as Pulaski, Wis., won the Marquette Challenge – Marquette Mining Journal