Today in the MHSAA: 2/20/20

February 20, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Special for Second Half

Four teams celebrated their first MHSAA Team Wrestling Regional championships Wednesday as the field of 32 was determined across the state. We were able to gather coverage of two of those title celebrations, plus a number of other championship runs on the mat, ice and bowling lanes.

1. Wrestling: No. 7 Muskegon Reeths-Puffer won its first Team Regional title in this sport, downing Greenville and Allendale in Division 2 – Local Sports Journal

2. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 7 Fremont also won its first Regional title on the mat, with wins over Muskegon Orchard View and Comstock Park – Muskegon Chronicle

3. Wrestling: After falling to No. 9 Westland John Glenn in the postseason three straight seasons, No. 5 Temperance Bedford won the latest meeting to claim a Division 1 Regional title – Monroe News

4. Wrestling: No. 2 Gaylord edged No. 3 DeWitt 33-30 to lock up a Division 2 Regional championship – Gaylord Herald-Times

5. Wrestling: Mason upset No. 4 Eaton Rapids 33-27 on the way to claiming a Division 2 Regional title – Lansing State Journal

6. Wrestling: No. 3 Brighton got past No. 6 Holt 55-8 to clinch a Division 1 Regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

7. Wrestling: No. 5 Hart downed Whittemore-Prescott to clinch a Division 4 Regional title, its first Regional championship since 1990 – Muskegon Chronicle

8. Hockey: Division 1 No. 2 Saginaw Heritage downed Division 3 No. 9 Midland Dow 2-0 to lock up the Saginaw Valley League championship – Midland Daily News

9. Wrestling: A last-second pin gave No. 10 New Boston Huron a 38-37 win over Gibraltar Carlson and a Division 2 Regional championship, its first Regional title since 2003 – Monroe News

10. Bowling: The Ravenna girls and Fruitport boys won Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championships – Local Sports Journal

NOTE: Croswell-Lexington and Kingsley also won their first Wrestling Team Regional championships Wednesday.

Also of note …

Football: Flint Beecher coach and athletic director Courtney Hawkins will be leaving the Bucs to join the Michigan State football staff – WJRT

Today in the MHSAA: 6/3/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

June 3, 2022

1. GOLF/BOYS TENNIS The Cedarville/DeTour girls golf team, Powers North Central boys golf team and Ishpeming Westwood boys tennis team claimed Upper Peninsula Finals championships – Second Half

2. GIRLS SOCCER Milan earned its first District title in this sport, downing No. 12 Clinton 6-3 in Division 3 – Monroe News

3. GIRLS SOCCER Farmington Hills Mercy edged No. 8 Livonia Stevenson 1-0 in overtime in a Division 1 District Final – Observer & Eccentric

4. GIRLS SOCCER No. 7 Haslett avenged two straight District Final losses to No. 14 DeWitt with an 8-0 win in Division 2 – Lansing State Journal

5. GIRLS SOCCER No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Marian got past No. 8 Cranbrook Kingswood 1-0 also in Division 2 – Observer & Eccentric

6. GIRLS SOCCER No. 6 Harbor Springs advanced in Division 4 with a 4-1 District title win over Maple City Glen Lake – Petoskey News-Review

7. GIRLS SOCCER Hannah Kastamo scored all three goals to take No. 3 Hartland past South Lyon 3-2 in a Division 1 District Final – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. BOYS GOLF Macomb Dakota shot a 320 to edge three teams that tied for second at their Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS SOCCER No. 5 Elk Rapids finished a Division 3 District title run with a 6-0 win over Boyne City – Up North Live

10. GIRLS SOCCER Meah Bajt scored five more goals as No. 3 Spring Lake clinched a Division 2 District title with a 7-1 win over Whitehall – Muskegon Chronicle