Today In The MHSAA: 2/21/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 21, 2022
1. SWIMMING & DIVING Marquette opened six weekends of winter MHSAA Finals with a sweep of Upper Peninsula swimming & diving championships – Second Half
2. WRESTLING Hartland’s Eliana Bommarito was among headlining champions from the first MHSAA Girls Regionals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. COMPETITIVE CHEER Rochester Adams won a strong Division 1 District at Rochester High, and Troy Athens set three school records in qualifying fourth for Regionals – Oakland Press
4. COMPETITIVE CHEER For the fifth-straight season, Allen Park was first and Dearborn Divine Child second at their Division 2 District – Southgate News-Herald
5. WRESTLING Lenawee County advanced 35 wrestlers to the MHSAA Individual Finals – Adrian Daily Telegram
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 19 Bloomfield Hills Marian finished a highlight-filled week with a 44-36 win over No. 10 Dearborn Divine Child in the Detroit Catholic League Bishop Final – Observer & Eccentric
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 8 East Lansing clinched the outright Capital Area Activities Conference Blue title with a 68-63 win over Okemos – Lansing State Journal
8. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 6 Onsted improved to 17-0 and clinched a share of the Lenawee County Athletic Association title with a 67-50 win over Blissfield – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hillman downed Atlanta 55-22 to claim a share of the North Star League Little Dipper title – WBKB
10. BOWLING Bay City John Glenn swept the Bay County Championships; the girls team is ranked No. 7 and the boys No. 6 in Division 2 – Bay City Times
Today in the MHSAA: 12/4/19
December 4, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Girls basketball season has begun across the state, and we also included a big-time hockey rivalry game in today’s first “Today” of the winter season.
1. Girls Basketball: Jenison picked up an impressive 59-52 win over Hamilton, a Division 2 semifinalist last season – Holland Sentinel
2. Girls Basketball: Two-time reigning Class D/Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian opened with a 59-48 win over Michigan Center – JTV
3. Girls Basketball: Flint Carman-Ainsworth outlasted Kearsley 57-51 in a rematch of last season’s Division 1 District Final – Flint Journal
4. Girls Basketball: Escanaba earned its first win over Marquette since 2012, 55-46 – Escanaba Daily Press
5. Girls Basketball: Midland Dow downed Freeland 42-26, as the Falcons began their season without recently-deceased coach Tom Zolinski – Midland Daily News
6. Girls Basketball: Traverse City West came back from a 15-point deficit to get past Benzie Central 50-46 in overtime – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. Girls Basketball: Kent City trailed by 15 early but came all the way back for a 51-48 win over Comstock Park – FOX 17
8. Hockey: Division 2 No. 5 Marquette took a 6-1 win from Escanaba in the Redmen’s home opener – Escanaba Daily Press
9. Girls Basketball: Port Huron Northern outscored St. Clair 16-4 in the fourth quarter to pull away for a 46-32 win – Port Huron Times-Herald
10. Girls Basketball: East Jordan’s Jayden Weber scored 32 points to lead her team past Mancelona 52-27 – Petoskey News-Review
Also of note ...
Unified Sports: From Saturday, Hugh Bernreuter explained some of the success story behind the growing Unified Sports effort as flag football games were played at Ford Field for the second-straight year – Saginaw News