Today in the MHSAA: 2/6/17
February 6, 2017
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Wrestling teams across the state finished regular-season competition over the weekend with District meets lined up for this week. We picked out a few that especially stuck out along with the usual highlights from other sports across both peninsulas.
Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state.
Girls Basketball
Jordan Walker scored a school-record 39 points to lead Muskegon Mona Shores past Muskegon 72-47 – Muskegon Chronicle
Boys Basketball
Bay City All Saints clinched its second league title in program history with a 46-25 win over Saginaw Arts & Sciences Academy – Bay City Times
Ypsilanti Community clinched a share of the Southeastern Conference White with an overtime win over Dexter – Ann Arbor News
Howell beat Pinckney 59-51 to clinch a share of its first league title since 1996 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Hockey
Grosse Pointe South, No. 3 in Division 2, downed Division 1 top-ranked Brighton 4-0 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
Division 3 No. 5 Calumet edged Division 2 No. 10 Romeo 4-3 at the MIHL Showcase on Saturday – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
Skiing
Charlevoix’s girls and boys teams combined to win the Benzie Central Invitational – Petoskey News-Review
Boys Swimming & Diving
Birmingham Brother Rice, No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, claimed the Oakland County championship meet, finishing nearly 50 points ahead of runner-up and No. 4 Novi – Oakland Press
LPD2 No. 4 Warren DeLaSalle claimed the Macomb County meet championship for the fifth straight season, finishing 70 points ahead of second-place Macomb Dakota – Macomb Daily
Wrestling
Division 4 No. 3 Springport won its eighth straight Big Eight Conference championship, finishing ahead of Reading – Jackson Citizen Patriot
Ishpeming Westwood won its first Mid-Peninsula Conference tournament title in 13 years – Iron Mountain Daily News
Division 2 No. 4 Niles won its fourth straight Southern Michigan Athletic Conference championship finishing 14.5 points ahead of Stevensville Lakeshore – Niles Daily Star
Today in the MHSAA: 3/10/16
March 10, 2016
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
The final eight MHSAA hockey semifinalists were determined Wednesday night, and the boys basketball tournament rolled through Semifinals to line up Friday’s championships matchups.
Boys Basketball
In a Class A matchup of teams with a combined record of 37-3, East Lansing came out on top of DeWitt 70-52 – Lansing State Journal
Hudsonville needed overtime to get past Wyoming 55-52 in a Class A matchup of top teams from the Grand Rapids area – Grand Rapids Press
Dowagiac downed Benton Harbor 68-60 in a meeting of annual Class B contenders – Niles Daily Star
Also in Class B, Hudsonville Unity Christian was taken to triple overtime by Allendale before prevailing 58-52 – Grand Rapids Press
East Jordan set a school record for wins with its 20th in a Class C victory over Harbor Springs, 48-41 – Petoskey News
Reese just clipped Saginaw Michigan Lutheran Seminary 52-50 in Class C, although the Cardinals’ Andrew Schroeder did go over 1,000 points for his career – Saginaw News
Ice Hockey
Brighton is headed back to the Division 1 Semifinals thanks a to a 4-2 win over East Kentwood – Livingston Daily
Detroit U-D Jesuit also is headed back to the Division 1 Semifinals after a 6-2 win over Utica Eisenhower – Oakland Press
Grandville also advanced in Division 1, with a 5-2 win over Rockford – Grand Rapids Press
Detroit Catholic Central cruised to a 9-1 win over Saginaw Swan Valley/Tri-Valley in a Division 1 Quarterfinal – Oakland Press
Grand Rapids Catholic Central eliminated top-ranked Saginaw Heritage, 6-1, in Division 3 – Grand Rapids Press
Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood scored with fewer than 30 seconds to play to advance in Division 3 with a 2-1 win over Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press
Chelsea scored with fewer than two minutes to play in its Division 3 game to get past Gibraltar Carlson 2-1 – Ann Arbor News
Hancock defeated Sault Ste. Marie 5-2 in a Division 3 Quarterfinal – 9&10 News