Today in the MHSAA: 3/2/20
March 2, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
Four MHSAA team wrestling champions were celebrated Saturday – find coverage of all four Finals to the right – while Regional competitive cheer and bowling and league meets in boys swimming & diving added to an otherwise loaded basketball weekend across Michigan.
1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Holland West Ottawa – tied for No. 2 in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – locked up its seventh-straight Ottawa-Kent Conference Red championship, finishing just ahead of No. 4 Hudsonville at the league meet – Holland Sentinel
2. Competitive Cheer: Allen Park edged Gibraltar Carlson in a Division 2 Regional that likely previewed the top contenders at this week’s Final – Southgate News-Herald
3. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD2 honorable mention Pinckney won its first league championship, sharing the Southeastern Conference White title with No. 8 Dexter thanks to a league meet win – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
4. Bowling: The Essexville Garber girls won their first Regional title, topping runner-up Ovid-Elsie in Division 3 – Bay City Times
5. Girls Basketball: Charlevoix defeated Traverse City St. Francis to finish a Lake Michigan Conference title run, while welcoming back all-stater Elise Stuck after she missed the majority of the regular season with a knee injury – Petoskey News-Review
6. Boys Basketball: Riverview Gabriel Richard locked up its first Detroit Catholic League Tournament title since 1999 with a 63-56 win over Marine City Cardinal Mooney in the Cardinal division – State Champs Sports Network
7. Bowling: The Vandercook Lake boys and No. 7 Quincy girls won competitive Division 4 Regionals that featured the reigning team champions from Bronson; the Vikings girls are ranked No. 2 – Coldwater Daily Reporter
8. Boys Basketball: Central Montcalm clinched a share of the Central State Activities Association Gold title, its first since 2002, with a 70-48 win over Howard City Tri County – Greenville Daily News
9. Competitive Cheer: Rochester Adams outpaced Plymouth, Utica Eisenhower and Rochester to win their Division 1 Regional – Oakland Press
10. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD1 honorable mention Zeeland won the O-K Green title by finishing first at the league meet after tying with LPD3 No. 2 Holland Christian during the dual season – Holland Sentinel
Also of note …
Boys Basketball: The Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan announced its Mr. Basketball Award finalists: Detroit Cass Tech’s Tyson Acuff, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s Lorne Bowman, Benton Harbor’s Carlos Johnson, Clarkston’s Matt Nicholson and Flint Beecher’s Jalen Terry – MLive-Detroit
Girls Basketball: Ishpeming Westwood locked up both the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference East and Mid-Peninsula Conference titles with a 38-27 win over Gwinn – Marquette Mining Journal
Girls Basketball: Parma Western downed Battle Creek Harper Creek 51-35 to clinch the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference title – JTV
Boys Basketball: Orchard Lake St. Mary’s won its first Detroit Catholic League Tournament title since 2008 with a 61-54 Bishop victory over Detroit U-D Jesuit – State Champs Sports Network
Boys Basketball: Pickford edged Rudyard 71-65 to claim the Eastern Upper Peninsula Conference championship – Sault Ste. Marie Evening News
Girls Basketball: Kinde-North Huron netted a share of the North Central Thumb League Stripes title with a big win over Akron-Fairgrove – Huron Daily Tribune
Boys Basketball: Unionville-Sebewaing clinched a share of the Grater Thumb Conference West title with a 65-53 win over Bad Axe – Huron Daily Tribune
Girls Basketball: Big Rapids downed Grant 41-34 to lock up a shared CSAA Gold title with Fremont – Big Rapids News
Boys Basketball: Ovid-Elsie locked up the outright Mid-Michigan Activities Conference title with a 52-36 win over second-place New Lothrop – Mid-Michigan Now
Boys Basketball: Muskegon Western Michigan Christian and Ludington finished as co-champs in the Lakes 8 Activities Conference – Grand Haven Tribune
Girls Basketball: Alycia Patterson became Niles’ all-time leading scorer during a 28-point performance in a big win over Stevensville Lakeshore – Niles Daily Star
Boys Basketball: Brennen McNeil went over 1,000 career points with 14 in a win over Colon – Hillsdale Daily News
Football: Former Grand Rapids West Catholic coach Dan Rohn has been hired to take over Warren De La Salle Collegiate – Detroit Free Press
Today in the MHSAA: 2/19/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 19, 2025
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Fremont finished a repeat run in the West Michigan Conference Lakes with a title-clinching win over Muskegon Oakridge – CatchMark SportsNet
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Midland claimed a share of the Saginaw Valley League title with a 46-24 win over Grand Blanc – Midland Daily News
3. BOYS BASKETBALL Greenville finished an outright title run in the River Cities Alliance with a 55-45 victory over Cedar Springs – Grand Rapids Press
4. BOYS BASKETBALL Standish-Sterling downed Pinconning 75-56 to win the inaugural Jack Pine Conference championship game – Bay City Times
5. SKIING The Traverse City Central girls and boys finished a sweep of Big North Conference titles – Traverse City Record-Eagle Girls | Boys
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Harbor Springs clinched the Northern Shores Conference title outright with a 57-36 win over Kingsley – Petoskey News-Review
7. BOYS BASKETBALL McBain downed LeRoy Pine River 58-48 to clinch the Highland Conference title outright – Cadillac News
8. BOYS BASKETBALL East Jordan earned a share of the Ski Valley Conference championship with a 69-29 win over Onaway – Petoskey News-Review
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Anna Rodriguez reached 1,000 career points and Charlotte Miller 400 career assists as Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard down Chelsea 64-43 – Ann Arbor News
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saline’s Keira Roehm reached 1,000 career points during a win over Ann Arbor Huron – Ann Arbor News
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Tristan Comer reached 1,000 career points for Freeland during a 66-50 win over Cadillac – Saginaw News
GIRLS BASKETBALL AJ Rickli again broke Paw Paw’s single-game scoring record and also reached 1,000 career rebounds during an 82-75 win over Buchanan – Kalamazoo Gazette