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: 10/31/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 31, 2022

1. CROSS COUNTRY Ann Arbor Skyline’s No. 8-ranked boys edged reigning Lower Peninsula Division 1 champion and current No. 5 Brighton by two points to claim a Regional title – We Love Ann Arbor

2. BOYS SOCCER Muskegon Western Michigan Christian advanced to this week’s Division 4 Semifinals with a 3-2 win over top-ranked Hartford – MuskegonSports.com

3. BOYS SOCCER Leland finished a Division 4 Regional title run with a 2-0 win over McBain Northern Michigan Christian – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 6 Goodrich girls placed all five of their runners among the top 11 placers in winning their LPD2 Regional – Flint Journal

5. CROSS COUNTRY Brighton’s No. 4-ranked girls qualified for the Finals for the 17th-straight season by winning their LPD1 Regional – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

6. CROSS COUNTRY Romeo swept LPD1 Regional championships; Romeo’s girls are ranked No. 6, and the boys are No. 11 – Macomb Daily

7. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 2 Holland West Ottawa girls placed four among the top 10 in winning their LPD1 Regional – Holland Sentinel

8. CROSS COUNTRY Pinckney’s No. 3-ranked boys won their third-straight LPD2 Regional title – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 7 Rochester Hills Lutheran Northwest girls put four placers among the top 10 in winning their LPD4 Regional – Oakland Press

10. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 11 Mason County Eastern boys won their LPD4 Regional, and Pentwater advanced to the Finals for the first time since 1999 – Ludington Daily News