Today In The MHSAA: 3/10/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 10, 2022

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Coopersville moved on to a Division 1 District Final with a 57-50 win over No. 18 Grand Haven – Local Sports Journal

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Ecorse handed No. 7 Riverview Gabriel Richard its only loss of the season, 73-71 in Division 3 – Southgate News-Herald

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs Harbor Light Christian clinched its first District title since 2010 with a 62-55 win over Burt Lake Northern Michigan Christian in Division 4 – Petoskey News-Review

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Pickford also clinched a Division 4 District title with a 64-60 overtime win over Cedarville – MI Sports Now

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Top-ranked Detroit U-D Jesuit advanced in Division 1 with an 80-57 win over No. 16 Detroit Renaissance – MLive-Detroit

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Ypsilanti Lincoln defeated a league champion in Division 1, getting past No. 15 Ann Arbor Huron 49-42 – Ann Arbor News

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Max Fellows scored at the buzzer to push Essexville Garber past No. 19 Carrollton in Division 2 – Bay City Times

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Brandon Downs went over 1,000 career points as Coldwater downed Richland Gull Lake 57-51 in Division 1 – Coldwater Daily Reporter

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North moved past Port Huron Northern in Division 1, 55-44 – Macomb Daily

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Otsego outlasted Comstock through two overtimes for a 58-55 win in Division 2 – Kalamazoo Gazette

Today In The MHSAA: 2/18/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 18, 2021

More league champions were celebrated in skiing Wednesday, with regional champions rising in Muskegon-area bowling and statewide elite facing off in competitive cheer, basketball and hockey.

1. Skiing: Harbor Springs’ girls clinched their 13th-straight Lake Michigan Conference title, and Great North Alpine claimed the boys title – Petoskey News-Review

2. Skiing: The Onekema girls and Benzie Central boys finished league title runs in the Lake Michigan Ski Conference – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. Bowling: Whitehall’s girls won their first Greater Muskegon Athletic Association championship, while Fruitport’s boys repeated – Local Sports Journal

4. Competitive Cheer: Reigning Division 2 champion Allen Park topped reigning runner-up Gibraltar Carlson after the powers were separated by less than a point after Round 2 – Southgate News-Herald

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 3 Flint Powers Catholic shut out Division 1 No. 4 Saginaw Heritage 5-0 – WJRT

6. Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s got past Grand Blanc 65-52 in a matchup of highly-regarded contenders – Oakland Press

7. Hockey: Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice downed Division 1 No. 2 Brighton 4-2 – Observer & Eccentric

8. Hockey: Division 1 No. 6 Traverse Bay Reps downed Division 2 No. 8 Traverse City Central 3-1 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. Girls Basketball: Carly McCrum went over 1,000 career points as Bay City John Glenn downed Alma 41-32 – Bay City Times

10. Girls Basketball: Although New Lothrop lost 52-47 to Linden, the Hornets’ Brooke Wenzlick went over 1,000 career points – Owosso Argus-Press

Also of note …

Athletic Directors: East Grand Rapids’ Tim Johnston, an MHSAA Bush Award honoree this past year, will retire this summer after 38 years in educational athletics – Grand Rapids Press