Today in the MHSAA: 2/29/16

February 29, 2016

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

This was a weekend filled with championships – Team Finals in wrestling, Regionals in competitive cheer and bowling and league in basketball, hockey, and swimming & diving. We’ve found coverage of at least some from every sport.

Boys Basketball

Kalamazoo Hackett won its first league title in 26 years, downing rival Kalamazoo Christian to clinch its division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference – Kalamazoo Gazette

Haslett’s Brandon Allen became the leading scorer in his school’s history, adding 14 points for a total of 1,629 in a win over Lansing Waverly – Lansing State Journal

Detroit U-D Jesuit won big against Warren DeLaSalle, 70-45, to claim a fourth straight Detroit Catholic League A-B title – MLive-Detroit

Royal Oak Shrine downed Waterford Our Lady 49-38 to win the C-D Catholic League Tournament, its first league title since 1978 – Oakland Press

Brandon Winchester-Jones became the fourth player in Dowagiac history to score 1,000 points, doing so in a 65-60 win over Vicksburg – Niles Daily Star

Gage Kreski continued to climb the career scoring ladder, adding 46 points in a win over Pellston to set the Upper Peninsula record with 2,141 total – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News

Girls Basketball

Frankenmuth pushed its Tri-Valley Conference East winning streak to 96 straight with a big victory over Millington – Saginaw News

Bowling

The Tecumseh girls won their 10th straight Regional, besting the field in Taylor by 221 pins – Adrian Daily Telegram

Caledonia’s Brittney Schnicke won the first individual Regional bowling title in her school’s history – pulling off the feat less than a year after accidentally severing the tips of two of her fingers – Grand Rapids Press

Competitive Cheer

Sanford Meridian edged Houghton Lake by a mere four tenths of a point to earn a Division 4 Regional championship – Midland Daily News

Ice Hockey

Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard finished with its best record in school history, shutting out Dearborn Divine Child to move to 18-5 – Ann Arbor News

Boys Swimming & Diving

Spring Lake won 11 of 12 events in its final Coastal Conference meet to claim the league meet championship on its way to moving to the Ottawa-Kent Conference Blue next season – Grand Haven Tribune

Wrestling

After a number of runner-up finishes, Hartland won its first MHSAA team championship, downing Davison – Second Half

Lowell earned its third straight Division 2 title, besting rival St. Johns in what has become a near-annual Finals matchup – Second Half

Dundee remained Division 3 champion, but this time with a perfect record – Second Half

New Lothrop also ran its championship streak to three with a win over frequent Finals opponent Hudson – Second Half

Good Read

Richmond brothers Zack and Alex Roberts competed in Friday’s MHSAA Wrestling Quarterfinals at the wish of their mother Shelly, who was placed in hospice last week amid a fight with cancer – Macomb Daily

Today in the MHSAA: 2/20/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 20, 2026

1. BOWLING Top-ranked Swartz Creek’s girls edged No. 2 Flint Kearsley to win a Division 2 Regional championship, and the No. 3-ranked Kearsley boys were champs as well – Flint Journal

2. TEAM WRESTLING No. 12 Rochester Adams claimed its first Regional title since 1999 with wins over No. 14 Romeo and Dearborn Fordson in Division 1 – Oakland Press

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Baldwin clinched an outright West Michigan D League championship with a 61-46 win over Bear Lake – Big Rapids Pioneer

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Caro clinched a Big Thumb Conference White title outright with a 36-27 win over Millington – Saginaw News

5. TEAM WRESTLING No. 3 Algonac claimed its second Regional title in this sport with wins over Madison Heights Lamphere and Warren Woods-Tower in Division 2 – Macomb Daily

6. BOWLING The Ionia girls and Portland boys won Division 2 Regional championships – WILX

7. ICE HOCKEY Jackson Lumen Christi advanced in its Division 3 Regional with a 1-0 win over Grand Rapids Catholic Central – Jackson Citizen Patriot

8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Sadie Day became Midland Calvary Baptist’s all-time leading scorer during a loss to Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Midland Daily News

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Cam Gunsell scored his 1,000th career point during Ludington’s 68-55 win over Manistee – Muskegon Chronicle

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Haslett won a matchup of league champions, downing Holt 64-61 – Lansing State Journal