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: 10/8/21
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 8, 2021
1. BOYS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake handed top-ranked St. Joseph its first loss, 4-2, to win the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference Tournament championship – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
2. VOLLEYBALL No. 2 Adrian Lenawee Christian swept No. 1 Athens in a matchup of Division 4 contenders – Adrian Daily Telegram
3. GIRLS GOLF No. 5 Rochester Adams broke a three-team tie with the low fifth scorer to claim a Lower Peninsula Division 1 Regional title just ahead of No. 7 Troy Athens and No. 10 Bloomfield Hills – Oakland Press
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 6 Clarkston downed top-ranked Berkley 3-1 in league play – Oakland Press
5. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 5 Okemos defeated No. 13 East Lansing 3-1 to claim the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – Lansing State Journal
6. BOYS TENNIS Bloomfield Hills and Troy – tied for the top spot in LPD1 – both won Regional titles – Oakland Press
7. BOYS TENNIS Petoskey edged St. Johns to clinch an LPD3 Regional championship – Cadillac News
8. VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 6 Centreville clinched a share of the Southwest 10 Conference championship with a sweep of Hartford – JoeInsider.com
9. BOYS SOCCER Howard City Tri Country advanced to the Central State Activities Association championship match with a shootout win over Big Rapids – Big Rapids Pioneer
10. VOLLEYBALL Division 1 honorable mention Davison remained undefeated in Saginaw Valley League play with a four-set win over Flint Powers Catholic – Flint Journal