Today in the MHSAA: 2/27/20

February 28, 2020

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
 

As winter speeds to a close, we’re working to keep up with all of the headlines – including Wednesday’s from cheer, boys basketball and hockey, and plenty of news to add from Tuesday as well.

1. Competitive Cheer: Muskegon Mona Shores won its 11th-straight Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship with a score of 779.900 – Muskegon Chronicle

2. Boys Basketball: Ellsworth finished a run to the outright Northern Lakes Conference title with a 68-38 win over Boyne Falls – Petoskey News-Review

3. Hockey: A short-handed goal in double overtime sent Gibraltar Carlson past Wyandotte Roosevelt in a Division 3 Regional matchup – Monroe News

4. Boys Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary put itself in position to at least share the Ski Valley Conference title with a 58-50 win over Pellston – Gaylord Herald Times

5. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s advanced to the Detroit Catholic League Bishop championship game with a 74-40 win over Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice – State Champs Sports Network 

6. Hockey: Bay City Wolves had two short-handed goals and another on the power play in a 4-2 Division 1 Regional win over Midland – Midland Daily News

7. Hockey: Cooper Furtaw had four points in New Baltimore Anchor Bay’s 6-3 win over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Macomb Daily

8. Hockey: Alpena moved on its in Division 3 Regional with a 4-1 win over Cheboygan – Alpena News

9. Boys Basketball: Bay City Central got past Reese 73-71 on a last-second overtime putback – Bay City Times 

10. Hockey: Saginaw Heritage opened Division 1 play with an 8-0 win over Bay Area – WJRT

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Trenton locked up the outright Downriver League title with a 47-28 win over Taylor – Southgate News-Herald

Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Beal City’s Logan Chilman went over 1,000 career points during a 59-53 loss to Manton – Mount Peasant Morning Sun

Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Houghton’s Brad Simonsen became his school’s all-time leading scorer during a 68-60 win over Lake Linden-Hubbell – Marquette Mining Gazette

Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Muskegon Catholic Central’s Jared Dugener became his school’s all-time leading scorer during a 51-31 win over Byron Center Zion Christian – Muskegon Chronicle 

Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Grandville Calvin Christian’s Brock Stevens went over 1,000 career points in a 75-47 win over Wyoming Godwin Heights – Grand Rapids Press

Girls Basketball: From Tuesday, Springport’s Alana Nelson set a single-season scoring record in a 50-35 win over Reading – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Today in the MHSAA: 1/21/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 21, 2026

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vanessa Rodriguez became Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard’s all-time leading scorer during a 56-46 win over Toledo St. Ursula – Ann Arbor News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL North Muskegon handed Ludington its first loss, 63-54 – Muskegon Chronicle

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Croswell-Lexington handed Yale its first defeat, 64-57 in overtime – Port Huron Times Herald

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Clayton Heuker reached 1,000 career points in McBain’s 64-33 win over Traverse City St. Francis – Cadillac News

5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Plymouth Christian Academy downed Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest 64-52 in a matchup of Michigan Independent Athletic Conference Blue co-leaders – Oakland Press

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Catholic Central held off Grand Rapids Christian 48-43 – Grand Rapids Press

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Holland West Ottawa upset Grand Haven 68-58 – Holland Sentinel

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Whitmore Lake also downed a ranked opponent, Southfield Christian, 71-68 – Ann Arbor News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Maple City Glen Lake moved into first place alone in the Northwest Conference with a 71-49 win over Benzie Central – MI Sports Now

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Hartland sits alone in first in the Kensington Lakes Activities Association West thanks to a 64-57 victory over Brighton – Livingston Daily Press & Argus