Today in the MHSAA: 2/21/18
February 21, 2018
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.
Today's Top 10
1. Girls Basketball: Reigning Class C champion Detroit Edison edged Saginaw Heritage 57-55 in double overtime, handing the Class A Hawks their first defeat this season – Saginaw News
2. Girls Basketball: Kingsley capped a perfect regular season and outright Northwest Conference title with a 70-66 win over second-place Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. Boys Basketball: Muskegon secured its fifth straight league title in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Black with a 67-46 win over Jenison – Local Sports Journal
4. Boys Basketball: Kalamazoo Christian downed Delton Kellogg 59-21 to clinch a share of the Southwestern Athletic Conference West title – FOX17
5. Girls Basketball: Hamilton downed Zeeland West 53-15 to secure the outright O-K Green title – Holland Sentinel
6. Girls Basketball: Walled Lake Western clinched the Lakes Valley Conference title with a 59-19 win over White Lake Lakeland – Oakland Press
7. Girls Basketball: Muskegon finished its outright O-K Black title with a 59-45 win over Jenison – Muskegon Chronicle
8. Girls Basketball: Lauren Turner became the first player in Sterling Heights Parkway Christian basketball history, girls or boys, to score 1,000 career points when she reached the milestone in a win over Warren Michigan Collegiate – Macomb Daily
9. Boys Basketball: Grant downed Fremont and Reed City defeated Big Rapids to keep the night’s losing teams tied for first place in the Central State Activities Association Gold – Muskegon Chronicle
10. Boys Basketball: Calumet downed Iron River West Iron County 58-46 to climb into a first-place tie with the Wykons in the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Today in the MHSAA: 1/23/17
January 23, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
With the start of the wrestling postseason just under three weeks away, Michigan’s best on the mat continued tuning up against opponents from all divisions in highlighting this weekend’s action across the state.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Boys Basketball
Mount Pleasant downed Saginaw for the first time since 2010, 68-60 – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
Ludington’s Calvin Hackert went over 1,000 career points in his team’s 69-43 win over Muskegon Catholic Central – Ludington Daily News
Bowling
Utica Ford’s girls repeated as Macomb County champions downing Warren Mott by 125 pins in the final match of the county tournament – Macomb Daily
Clinton Township Chippewa Valley won the boys Macomb County title, downing Roseville by 47 pins in the final – Macomb Daily
Competitive Cheer
Adrian Madison won the Division 4 competition and scored the highest of any team at the Whitmore Lake Trojan Invitational – Adrian Daily Telegram
Hockey
Jackson extended its series streak to four straight over rival Jackson Lumen Christi with a 5-2 win – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Division 2 No. 10 Marquette came back from a 5-2 loss to No. 2 Birmingham Brother Rice on Friday to down Canton 4-2 on Saturday at the Sault Ste. Marie Lions Showcase – Marquette Mining Journal
Boys Swimming & Diving
Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 10 Detroit Catholic Central repeated in winning the prestigious East Grand Rapids Invitational ahead of the host Pioneers (top-ranked in LPD3) and Hudsonville – Observer & Eccentric
Battle Creek Lakeview won Battle Creek’s all-city championship for the 26th straight season – Battle Creek Enquirer
Wrestling
Division 3 No. 4 Whitehall won its 11th consecutive Greater Muskegon Athletic Association tournament with four champions plus six more runners-up – Muskegon Chronicle
Division 2 top-ranked Lowell won its Gary Rivers Memorial Tournament, downing Division 1 No. 6 Grandville and then No. 2 Davison 45-22 in the final after Davison had beaten reigning Division 1 champion (and current No. 3) Hartland in a semifinal – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Division 3 No. 3 Remus Chippewa Hills won the Williamston Jim Mooney Classic ahead of reigning Division 1 champion (and current No. 7) Brighton – Big Rapids News
Division 3 No. 1 Dundee claimed the Hudson Super 16 Tournament ahead of the host Tigers (No. 1 in Division 4), Division 2 No. 4 St. Johns and Division 1 No. 5 Oxford – Adrian Daily Telegram