Today in the MHSAA: 2/26/20

February 26, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A number of remaining girls basketball league championships were decided Tuesday, while the Hockey Regional Tournament sped ahead with February winding down.

1. Girls Basketball: Kingsley and Maple City Glen Lake settled on a shared Northwest Conference title with their wins in league finales – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. Girls Basketball: Ithaca clinched a share of the Tri-Valley Conference West title with a 41-39 win over Ithaca – Saginaw News

3. Boys Basketball: Petersburg Summerfield clinched the Tri-County Conference title with a 47-26 win over Adrian Madison, and Dundee’s Dallas Bolster went over 1,000 career points in his team’s 72-36 win over Morenci – Monroe News

4. Girls Basketball: Dexter secured a share of the Southeastern Conference White title with a 65-36 win over Pinckney, while Chelsea claimed the other share with a 64-48 win over Tecumseh – Chelsea Sun Times News

5. Boys Basketball: Coldwater clinched a share of the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title with a 56-44 win over Battle Creek Harper Creek – Coldwater Daily Reporter

6. Boys Basketball: Waterford Mott clinched a share of the Lakes Valley Conference title with a 76-37 win over South Lyon East – Oakland Press

7. Girls Basketball: Posen earned a share of the North Star League Little Dipper championship with a 74-19 win over Atlanta – Alpena News

8. Girls Basketball: Centreville locked up the Southwest 10 Conference title with a 48-29 win over Mendon – Sturgis Journal

9. Hockey: No. 3 Trenton got past Ann Arbor Skyline 3-1 in a first-round Division 2 Regional game – Southgate News-Herald

10. Hockey: Freshman Brady Breit’s two goals helped No. 10 Byron Center to a 4-0 Division 1 win over Jenison – FOX 17

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Jeffery Carrier set the Mason County Central career scoring record during a 53-41 loss to Muskegon Oakridge – Local Sports Journal

Girls Basketball: Grass Lake edged reigning Division 4 champion Adrian Lenawee Christian 62-57 in double overtime – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Today in the MHSAA: 1/23/19

January 23, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

The last few weeks have been filled with basketball players setting school scoring records or going over 1,000 career points – and Tuesday saw four more join that mix.

1. Girls Basketball: Sophia Wiard scored 30 points and broke the Muskegon Oakridge career record of 1,586 in her team’s big win over Montague – Muskegon Chronicle

2. Boys Basketball: Chris DeRocher broke the Alpena career scoring record of 1,436 points with his 29th and final in a big win over Sault Ste. Marie – Alpena News

3. Boys Basketball: TJ McKenzie scored 23 points to go over 1,000 for his career in North Muskegon’s 69-42 win over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Local Sports Journal

4. Girls Basketball: Scout Nelson scored a school-record 43 points to lead Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart past Beal City – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

5. Girls Basketball: Rochester won a matchup of first-place teams in the Oakland Activities Association Blue, 46-33 over Berkley – Oakland Press

6. Boys Basketball: Wyoming Potter’s House Christian improved to 11-1 with a 54-53 win over Alliance League rival Wyoming Tri-unity Christian – FOX17

7. Boys Basketball: Saginaw Swan Valley delivered Alma its first defeat this season, 61-60 in overtime – Saginaw News

8. Boys Basketball: Clinton Township Chippewa Valley upset Macomb Dakota 64-57, knocking Dakota out of a tie for first in the Macomb Area Conference Red – Macomb Daily

9. Girls Basketball: Gladstone held on late for a 40-36 upset of Menominee – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Boys Basketball: Cadillac gave McBain the latter’s second loss of this winter, 44-38 – MI Sports Now