Today In The MHSAA: 3/1/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 1, 2021

County championships, a league title and more power-packed matchups across multiple sports headlined a weekend that also saw another handful of basketball stars achieve career milestones.

 

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Birmingham Seaholm – No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – won the Oakland County meet championship, breaking LPD1 No. 2 Detroit Catholic Central’s three-season hold on the title – Oakland Press

2. Wrestling: Division 3 top-ranked Dundee swept a home quad defeating Division 1 No. 10 Clarkston, Division 2 No. 2 Warren Woods Tower and Brownstown Woodhaven – Monroe News

3. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD2 No. 3 Ann Arbor Skyline dealt No. 10 Dexter its first loss, 100-80 – We Love Ann Arbor

4. Boys Basketball: Oscoda clinched a third-straight North Star League Big Dipper championship with a big win over Whittemore-Prescott – WBKB

5. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Macomb Dakota repeated as Macomb County champion – Macomb Daily

6. Hockey: Division 3 No. 2 Calumet finished a weekend sweep of No. 5 Hancock with a 4-1 win – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

7. Boys Basketball: Brendan Young became Fowlerville’s all-time leading scorer with 33 points in his team’s 72-55 win over Holt – Lansing State Journal

8. Girls Basketball: Abbey Kimball went over 1,000 career points as Grand Rapids West Catholic doubled up Hamilton – Grand Rapids Press

9. Boys Basketball: Flint Beecher handed Flint Carman-Ainsworth its first defeat, 65-63 in double overtime – WJRT

10. Hockey: Division 2 No. 1 Byron Center downed Division 1 No. 7 Traverse Bay Reps 4-0 – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Also of note …

Girls Basketball: Kara Stutzman went over 1,000 career points in Blissfield’s big win over Clinton – Adrian Daily Telegram

Girls Basketball: Mya Petticord went over 1,000 career points as Ypsilanti Arbor Prep rode a big second half past Chelsea – Ann Arbor News

Boys Basketball: Gavin Miller scored 41 points in Leland’s win over Buckley to go over 1,000 for his career – Traverse City Record-Eagle

Baseball: Kalkaska baseball coach Bill Vandergriff announced his retirement after 41 seasons – MI Sports Now

Today In The MHSAA: 2/21/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 21, 2022

1. SWIMMING & DIVING Marquette opened six weekends of winter MHSAA Finals with a sweep of Upper Peninsula swimming & diving championships – Second Half

2. WRESTLING Hartland’s Eliana Bommarito was among headlining champions from the first MHSAA Girls Regionals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. COMPETITIVE CHEER Rochester Adams won a strong Division 1 District at Rochester High, and Troy Athens set three school records in qualifying fourth for Regionals – Oakland Press

4. COMPETITIVE CHEER For the fifth-straight season, Allen Park was first and Dearborn Divine Child second at their Division 2 District – Southgate News-Herald

5. WRESTLING Lenawee County advanced 35 wrestlers to the MHSAA Individual Finals – Adrian Daily Telegram

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 19 Bloomfield Hills Marian finished a highlight-filled week with a 44-36 win over No. 10 Dearborn Divine Child in the Detroit Catholic League Bishop Final – Observer & Eccentric

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 8 East Lansing clinched the outright Capital Area Activities Conference Blue title with a 68-63 win over Okemos – Lansing State Journal

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 6 Onsted improved to 17-0 and clinched a share of the Lenawee County Athletic Association title with a 67-50 win over Blissfield – Adrian Daily Telegram

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Hillman downed Atlanta 55-22 to claim a share of the North Star League Little Dipper title – WBKB

10. BOWLING Bay City John Glenn swept the Bay County Championships; the girls team is ranked No. 7 and the boys No. 6 in Division 2 – Bay City Times