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: 5/18/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 18, 2022

1. BOYS GOLF Big Rapids claimed its 16th-straight league championship, clinching the Central State Activities Association title with a 351 at Cedar Chase – Big Rapids Pioneer

2. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 2 South Lyon swept honorable mention South Lyon East to run its Lakes Valley Conference title streak to four – Oakland Press

3. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 4 Gaylord locked up the Big North Conference championship with a sweep of Traverse City Central – MI Sports Now

4. TRACK & FIELD The Hart girls – No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and LPD2 No. 2 Whitehall boys won West Michigan Conference league meet championships – Ludington Daily News

5. SOFTBALL Lake Orion split with Rochester Hills Stoney Creek, clinching the Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press

6. BASEBALL Division 2 top-ranked Ada Forest Hills Eastern and Division 1 No. 7 Grand Rapids Kenowa Hills are still tied atop the Ottawa-Kent Conference Gold after a Tuesday split – FOX 17

7. SOFTBALL Division 1 honorable mention Zeeland West moved into first place alone in the O-K Green with a sweep of Zeeland East – Holland Sentinel

8. SOFTBALL Coldwater earned a split with Division 2 top-ranked Jackson Northwest, falling 4-0 before winning 3-1 in the second game – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. SOFTBALL Division 2 No. 3 Escanaba claimed a 6-0 win over Division 3 honorable mention Gladstone – Escanaba Daily Press

10. SOFTBALL Evart moved closer to a potential Highland Conference championship with a sweep of McBain – Cadillac News