Today In The MHSAA: 2/26/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 26, 2021

For the second-straight day Thursday, a school all-time scoring record fell – and this time two were broken as the Hamilton girls and Oscoda boys now have new career points leaders.

 

1. Girls Basketball: AJ Ediger set Hamilton’s career scoring record during a big win over Coopersville – Holland Sentinel

2. Boys Basketball: Nik Alda became Oscoda’s all-time leading scorer in his team’s win over Whittemore-Prescott – WBKB

3. Girls Basketball: Mancelona held on to first place in the Ski Valley Conference with a 67-56 win over Gaylord St. Mary, and Jayden Alfred went over 1,000 career points – Gaylord Herald Times

4. Girls Basketball: Kalamazoo Central’s Morasha Wiggins went over 1,000 career points in her team’s win over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix – Kalamazoo Gazette

5. Boys Basketball: Bo Lincoln sank the last-second overtime winner to keep Olivet undefeated with a 61-59 win over formerly-unbeaten Leslie – WLNS

6. Girls Basketball: Troy downed Rochester Hills Stoney Creek 39-36 to move into first place in the Oakland Activities Association White – Oakland Press

7. Girls Basketball: Sault Ste. Marie came back to defeat Escanaba 60-51 – Escanaba Daily Press

8. Girls Basketball: Eastpointe moved into first place alone in the Macomb Area Conference Bronze by doubling up Warren Lincoln – Macomb Daily

9. Gymnastics: Plymouth defeated Coldwater in a matchup of teams with big aspirations this winter – Coldwater Daily Reporter

10. Girls Basketball: Coleman came back from a halftime deficit to defeat Carson City-Crystal 46-32 – Midland Daily News

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: From Wednesday, Lillian Jackson became the first Grand Rapids Wellspring Prep player to score 1,000 points, doing so during a victory over Holton – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 3/1/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 1, 2022

1. SKIING Cadillac’s girls won their first Finals championship since 1990 while Traverse City Central’s girls, Traverse City West’s boys and Petoskey’s boys all repeated as champions – Second Half

2. HOCKEY Romeo advanced with a 4-0 Division 2 Regional championship win over New Baltimore Anchor Bay – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS BASKETBALL By way of Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart’s 48-46 win over St. Charles, Coleman won a share of the Mid-State Activities Conference title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Traverse City West upset Big North Conference champion Petoskey 32-18 in a Division 1 District opener – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Farmington and Lake Orion both earned their first District wins in at least a decade – Oakland Press

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL North Muskegon avenged two regular-season losses with a 37-35 Division 3 District win over Shelby – Local Sports Journal

7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Phoenix Burden-Smith’s game winner sent Saginaw Arts & Sciences past Midland Calvary Baptist 40-38 in a Division 4 District opener – Saginaw News

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Owen Varnado went over 1,000 career points in Muskegon Western Michigan Christian’s 58-44 win over Manistee – Grand Haven Tribune

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Walled Lake Northern broke a nine-game, four-year losing streak against Walled Lake Central with a 40-37 Division 1 District Win – Spinal Column

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Greenville earned its first District win since 2016, 43-38 over Cedar Springs in Division 2 – Greenville Daily News