Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/18

February 26, 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. Wrestling: Lowell downed Gaylord to tie the record for most consecutive Team Finals championships with its fifth straight, while Detroit Catholic Central shut out Brighton, Dundee edged Richmond and Hudson repeated Saturday at Wings Events Center. All four entered the postseason ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions – Second Half

2. Competitive Cheer: No. 2 Sanford Meridian Early College edged top-ranked Farwell by three points to claim its second Division 4 Regional title in three seasons – Midland Daily News

3. Boys Swimming & Diving: Lower Peninsula Division 1 honorable mention Novi upset No. 5 Northville by just 20 points to claim its second straight Kensington Lakes Activities Association championship – Observer & Eccentric

4. Boys Basketball: Detroit U-D Jesuit came back from six down in the fourth quarter to win its sixth straight Catholic League A-B championship with a 64-55 win over Warren DeLaSalle – Detroit Free Press

5. Girls & Boys Bowling: The Division 1 No. 5 Brownstown Woodhaven girls and Division 2 No. 5 New Boston Huron boys repeated as Regional champions – Southgate News Herald

6. Boys Bowling: The No. 7 Sturgis boys edged No. 4 Battle Creek Pennfield to claim a Division 2 Regional title – Sturgis Journal

7. Girls Bowling: Unranked Muskegon Mona Shores won the Division 2 Regional at Sherman Lanes by more than 300 pins – Local Sports Journal

8. Boys Swimming & Diving: Allen Park and Gibraltar Carlson tied for first at the Downriver League meet, giving Allen Park the overall league title – Southgate News Herald

9. Hockey: Lake Orion came back during the third period to down Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 3-2 and claim a second straight Oakland Activities Association Red title – Oakland Press

10. Boys Basketball: Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood claimed its first Catholic League tournament title with a 52-36 win over Madison Heights Bishop Foley – Observer & Eccentric

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Coldwater needed overtime but finished a comeback win over Hastings 61-54 to earn the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Boys Basketball: Undefeated Unionville-Sebewaing claimed a share of the Greater Thumb Conference West title with a 51-35 win over Elkton-Pigeon-Bayport Laker – Huron Daily Tribune

Boys Basketball: Bear Lake clinched a share of the West Michigan D League championship with a win over Pentwater – Manistee News Advocate

Boys Swimming & Diving: Ludington clinched the Coastal Conference championship – Ludington Daily News

Hockey: Holland West Ottawa earned a share of the Ottawa-Kent Conference Tier 2 title with a 6-5 win over Byron Center – Holland Sentinel

Boys Bowling: Scottville Mason County Central freshman Michael Lammi won a Division 4 Regional singles championship – Ludington Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 5/16/17

May 16, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

More league championships were clinched Tuesday, with the most notable matchups pitting ranked teams from the Kensington Lakes Activities Association in three sports.

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.

Baseball

Division 1 No. 2 Sterling Heights Stevenson rode a one-hitter by Garrett Navarra to a 7-0 win over Macomb Dakota to clinch a share of an eighth straight league title – Macomb Daily

Division 1 No. 3 Birmingham Groves swept Seaholm to earn a share of the Oakland Activities Association White championship – Oakland Press

Girls Lacrosse

Division 1 No. 7 Brighton downed No. 6 Northville 20-12, avenging a 2016 loss, to win the Kensington Lakes Activities Association title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Boys Lacrosse

Division 1 No. 3 Hartland clinched its first KLAA boys lacrosse title with an 11-4 win over No. 10 South Lyon United – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Softball

In a matchup of two of the top teams statewide in Division 1, No. 8 Howell downed No. 3 White Lake Lakeland to claim the KLAA Kensington title and avenge its only loss this spring – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Girls Tennis

From Saturday, Lower Peninsula No. 4 Allegan won its 13th straight Wolverine Conference championship and 20th league title over the last 21 seasons – AlleganAthletics.com

Track & Field

Houghton’s girls and boys continued their domination of the northern Upper Peninsula with titles at the Copper Country Invitational at Calumet – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

From Saturday, Otsego swept the Wolverine Conference championships, the boys edging Vicksburg and the girls finishing nearly 60 points ahead of the field – Athletic.net

Good Read

Tennessee Titans lineman and St. Clair grad Tim Lelito is leading a charge to help pay for participation fees for athletes in the Port Huron area – Port Huron Times Herald