Today in the MHSAA: 2/22/19
February 22, 2019
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
More league championships were awarded Thursday as boys basketball teams finished up their regular season and girls teams closed in on the final week of theirs – and we’re also glad to especially highlight an impressive United Sports effort that brought more than 250 athletes to Novi.
1. Unified Basketball: Novi and the Kensington Lakes Activities Association hosted 10 schools for a league tournament that showcased the growing Unified Sports effort – Detroit News
2. Boys Basketball: Canton downed Howell 78-58 to clinch the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament championship – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. Boys Basketball: Walled Lake Northern earned the inaugural Lakes Valley Conference Tournament title with a 29-26 win over White Lake Lakeland – State Champs!
4. Girls Basketball: A big win over Memphis helped Harbor Beach earn a share of the Greater Thumb Conference East title – Huron Daily Tribune
5. Girls Basketball: St. Ignace defeated Cheboygan to clinch the outright Straits Area Conference championship – The Upbeat
6. Boys Basketball: Otsego finished the regular season 20-0 with a 75-61 win over Sturgis in the Wolverine Conference championship game – JoeInsider.com
7. Boys Basketball: Bear Lake’s Trey Gilbert scored 50 points in a 71-48 win over Baldwin to go over 1,000 for his career – Manistee News Advocate
8. Boys Basketball: Pellston secured the outright Ski Valley Conference title with a 54-39 win over Gaylord St. Mary – Petoskey News-Review
9. Boys Basketball: Ovid-Elsie downed New Lothrop 48-28 to secure the outright Mid-Michigan Activities Conference title – Owosso Argus-Press
10. Boys Basketball: Kyle Hulett went over 1,000 career points with 31 for Byron in a 74-72 win over Mount Morris – Flint Journal
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: New Haven’s Romeo Weems, Detroit Renaissance’s Chandler Turner, Canton’s B. Artis White and Westland John Glenn’s Joe Moon were named finalists for the Mr. Basketball Award – State Champs!
Boys Basketball: Gladstone downed Kingsford, but Kingsford’s Tyler Beauchamp became the program’s all-time leading scorer and teammate Luke Terrian scored his 1,000th point – Iron Mountain Daily News
Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Hale defeated Posen to claim its third straight North Star League Little Dipper title – WBKB
Today In The MHSAA: 2/10/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 10, 2022
1. HOCKEY Petoskey won its first Big North Conference championship on the ice, clinching it outright with a 5-2 win over Traverse City West – Petoskey News-Review
2. HOCKEY Division 2 top-ranked Hartland shut out No. 2 Livonia Stevenson to claim the overall Kensington Lakes Activities Association title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
3. WRESTLING No. 9 St. Joseph rode out a comeback to edge No. 5 Stevensville Lakeshore 36-35 in a Division 2 District Final – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
4. WRESTLING No. 7 Mason avenged last season’s Regional loss to Charlotte with a Division 2 District Final win, the Bulldogs’ 13th-straight – Lansing State Journal
5. WRESTLING Cheboygan claimed its first District title in this sport since 2000 with a 42-29 win over Boyne City in Division 3 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune
6. SKIING Onekama swept Lake Michigan Conference championships – Manistee News & Advocate
7. WRESTLING Remus Chippewa Hills claimed its 18th-straight District title with a 47-29 win over Reed City in Division 3 – Big Rapids Pioneer
8. HOCKEY Division 3 top-ranked Flint Powers Catholic got past Division 1 No. 5 Saginaw Heritage 6-4 – Mid-Michigan Now
9. WRESTLING Petoskey clinched its first District title since 2007, defeating Escanaba and Marquette in Division 2 – Petoskey News-Review
10. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 4 Macomb Dakota won its 10th-straight District title, getting past Clinton Township Chippewa Valley in the finale – Macomb Daily