Today In The MHSAA: 2/24/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 24, 2022

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Onaway clinched its first league title in this sport since 1963, downing Mancelona to win the Ski Valley Conference outright – Up North Live

2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gibraltar Carlson edged Trenton 48-47 to clinch the Downriver League title outright, its first league championship in this sport since 2006 – Southgate News-Herald

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 3 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s advanced to the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship game with a 65-43 win over top-ranked Detroit U-D Jesuit – MLive-Detroit

4. HOCKEY No. 9 Traverse City Central edged Big North Conference champ Petoskey 2-1 to advance in their Division 2 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Big Rapids defeated Grant to clinch a share of the Central State Activities Association Gold title – Big Rapids News

6. BASKETBALL The Big Bay de Noc girls and Hannahville boys won Northern Lights League Tournament championships – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

7.  BOYS BASKETBALL Division 4 No. 15 Ubly got past Marlette 42-39 to claim the Greater Thumb Conference East title outright – Huron Daily Tribune

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Mesick downed Baldwin to complete an outright title run in the West Michigan D League – Cadillac News

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kendall Zoulek went over 1,000 career points in Shelby’s 37-34 win over Whitehall – CatchMark SportsNet

10. HOCKEY Fenton/Linden played through four overtimes to get past White Lake Lakeland 3-2 in a Division 2 Regional game – WJRT

Today in the MHSAA: 5/6/19

May 6, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Special for Second Half

Finishes both close and historic highlighted the first weekend of May as top teams navigated the rain in many places in kicking off the final month of the regular season.

1. Softball: Grace Lehto nearly threw a perfect game as Division 2 No. 3 Eaton Rapids edged Division 3 top-ranked Millington to win the “marquee matchup” of the MI Stars Tournament – State Champs Sports Network 

2. Boys Golf: By way of a fifth-golfer tie-breaker, Gaylord – No. 10 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – edged LPD1 No. 6 Grosse Pointe South to win its invitational with a near-school record score – Gaylord Herald Times

3. Track & Field: Zeeland West’s boys won their 12th-straight Holland West Ottawa Von Ins Relays, while Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 6 Grand Haven and No. 7 West Ottawa’s girls shared their meet championship – Holland Sentinel

4. Boys Golf: Nathan Taylor finished as medalist to lead Muskegon Mona Shores to the Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship, 30 years after his father won the same tournament – Muskegon Chronicle

5. Track & Field: The Muskegon Reeths-Puffer girls won their 10th straight GMAA title, and the Fruitport boys won their sixth straight – Local Sports Journal

6. Softball: Division 3 No. 7 Standish-Sterling edged No. 3 Sanford Meridian 5-4 to win Meridian’s invitational – Midland Daily News

7. Softball: Division 2 No. 4 Stevensville Lakeshore defeated Schoolcraft in the final to win its invitational for the first time – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. Boys Golf: Troy edged Rochester by 12 strokes to win the Oakland County Division 2 championship – Oakland Press

9. Softball: Muskegon Reeths-Puffer and Division 2 No. 5 Oakridge both won their fourth straight GMAA softball titles – Muskegon Chronicle

10. Track & Field: A total of 61 teams including a number of the best from multiple divisions participated at the Triangle Invitational at Saline – Athletic.net