Today in the MHSAA: 2/21/20

February 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Long-range shooting ruled Thursday evening as a triple-overtime 3-pointer finished a league title bout and the state record for 3-pointers in one game was toppled.

1. Girls Basketball: A last-minute 3-pointer in triple overtime pushed Montague past Hart 49-46 and won the Wildcats the West Michigan Conference championship – Local Sports Journal

2. Girls Basketball: Gabrielle Lutchka scored 58 points with an MHSAA-record 16 3-pointers in leading Grass Lake past Manchester 95-31 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

3. Girls Basketball: St. Joseph Michigan Lutheran earned a share of the Berrien-Cass-St. Joseph Conference White title with a 36-20 win over Three Oaks River Valley – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

4. Girls Basketball: Auburn Hills Avondale downed Oxford 60-47 to clinch the Oakland Activities Association White championship outright – Oakland Press

5. Girls Basketball: Litchfield downed Waldron 49-20 to clinch the Southern Central Athletic Association Central title, its first league championship since 2012-13 – Hillsdale Daily News

6. Bowling: The Division 2 No. 10 Chelsea boys finished a run of two wins in three matches this week to lock up the Southeastern Conference White title – Chelsea Sun Times News

7. Hockey: Power plays paid off big in Division 2 No. 5 Marquette’s 3-1 win over Division 3 No. 6 Houghton – Marquette Mining Journal

8. Boys Basketball: Cadillac moved into first place alone in the Big North Conference with a 65-59 win over Petoskey – Cadillac News

9. Boys Basketball: Marquette avenged its earlier loss to Negaunee with a 61-54 victory in the rematch – Marquette Mining Journal

10. Girls Basketball: Erin Barrette set Menominee’s school record for steals in her team’s 65-17 win over Stephenson – The Upbeat

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Flat Rock earned the outright Huron League title with a 60-44 win over Milan – Monroe News

Skiing: From Tuesday, the Harbor Springs girls and Great North Alpine boys clinched Lake Michigan Conference championships – Petoskey News-Review

Girls Basketball: The three finalists for this year’s Miss Basketball Award were announced – Detroit Free Press

Today in the MHSAA: 8/21/20

August 21, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Golf again dominated the headlines Thursday as Traverse City West finished a major comeback for an impressive opening-week win. 

1. Girls Golf: Traverse City West came back from a 16-stroke first-round deficit to shoot a two-day 675 and edge Flint Powers Catholic at the Lober Classic; Anci Dy was medalist with a 137 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Golf: Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern shot a 311 to win the Kent County Classic by 43 strokes – Local Sports Journal

3. Girls Golf: Muskegon Mona Shores shot a 371 to win the Zeeland East Invitational by 22 strokes – Local Sports Journal

4. Boys Tennis: Holland West Ottawa won both of its Portage Invitational matches, over Portage Central and Mason – Holland Sentinel

5. Boys Tennis: Midland opened by edging Traverse City West to win Saginaw Heritage’s Jim Teal Invitational – Midland Daily News

6. Girls Tennis: Reigning Upper Peninsula Division 1 champion Marquette opened the season with a sweep of Gladstone – Escanaba Daily Press

7. Girls Tennis: Menominee opened with a 7-1 win over Escanaba – Escanaba Daily Press