Today in the MHSAA: 2/20/19

February 20, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Basketball and skiing dominated headlines from Tuesday as the league championship train continued to rumble through the Lower Peninsula.

1. Skiing: Harbor Springs’ girls won their 11th straight Lake Michigan Conference championship, while Great Northern Alpine’s boys finished a sweep for their title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Girls Basketball: Hamilton claimed its third straight Ottawa-Kent Conference Green title with a big win over second-place Byron Center – Holland Sentinel

3. Boys Basketball: Quincy clinched its third straight Big 8 Conference title with a big win over Bronson – Coldwater Daily Reporter

4. Boys Basketball: Big Rapids Crossroads won its first outright West Michigan D League title since 2011 with a 55-44 win over Bear Lake – Big Rapids News

5. Boys Basketball: Oxford claimed a share of the Oakland Activities Association Blue title by finishing a season sweep of second-place Pontiac – Oakland Press

6. Girls Basketball: Cadillac clinched the Big North Conference title with a 49-39 win over Traverse City West – Cadillac News

7. Boys Basketball: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern clinched a share of the O-K White title with a big win over rival Forest Hills Central – WOOD TV

8. Boys Basketball: Pellston won a share of the Ski Valley Conference title in defeating Onaway 92-66 – Petoskey News-Review

9. Skiing: Petoskey’s boys and Traverse City Central’s girls finished Big North Conference title runs – Petoskey News-Review

10. Boys Basketball: Muskegon clinched a share of the O-K Black title with a big win over Mona Shores – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

Bowling: Sturgis’ boys downed Bronson’s 25-5 in a matchup of top-ranked teams in Divisions 2 and 4, respectively – Sturgis Journal

Boys Basketball: Petersburg-Summerfield locked up the outright Tri-County Conference title with a 55-33 win over Sand Creek – Monroe News

Girls Basketball: Fruitport Calvary Christian finished an outright Alliance League title run with a 52-40 win over Kentwood Grand River Prep – Local Sports Journal

Girls Basketball: Coleman downed Breckenridge 49-40 as Jaden Berthume became the first 1,000-point scorer in Comets history – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Boys Basketball: Britton-Deerfield came back to defeat Addison in overtime with Zac Clark scoring his 1,000th point during the win – Adrian Daily Telegram

Boys Basketball: Hale defeated Posen 70-56, but Posen’s Jared Sharpe reached 1,000 career points – Alpena News

Girls Basketball: Matti Rayman went over 1,000 career points as Otsego defeated Comstock 62-50 – WWMT

Girls Basketball: Caitlyn Bruff went over 1,000 career points in New Lothrop’s 50-34 win over Birch Run – Flint Journal

Boys Basketball: From Monday, Ypsilanti Lincoln clinched the Southeastern Conference White title with a 73-65 win over Jackson – Detroit News

Boys Basketball: From Monday, Sturgis downed Edwardsburg 49-40 to claim the Wolverine Conference South championship – JoeInsider.com

Today in the MHSAA: 1/8/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 8, 2025

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Gary Barns became the Flint area’s winningest coach in his sport with 519 as Goodrich downed Ortonville Brandon – WJRT

2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Holland Christian – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – defeated Holland West Ottawa in a dual for the first time since 1999, 101-85 – Holland Sentinel

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Tara Kurncz reached 1,000 career points during DeWitt’s 61-44 win over East Lansing – Lansing State Journal

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Centreville’s Matthew Swanwick and Marcellus Howardsville Christian’s John Paul Rose both reached 1,000 career points in their teams’ respective wins – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Okemos delivered coach Jeff Wonch’s 300th win with a 72-51 victory over Holt – WILX

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Leland won a matchup of undefeated teams 46-36 over Onekama – Up North Live

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Northview’s Brady Swartz scored a school-record 50 points during a 93-69 win over Wyoming – Grand Rapids Press

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Muskegon remained undefeated with a 63-56 win over Hudsonville – Local Sports Journal

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Paw Paw followed AJ Rickli to a 71-61 win over Kalamazoo Christian – Kalamazoo Gazette

10. HOCKEY Cormac Young scored his first career goal to pull Romeo past Utica/Fraser 4-3 – Macomb Daily