Today In The MHSAA: 3/8/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

March 8, 2021

Two league champions, three 1,000-point scorers, an MHSAA wrestling record setter and five matchups of ranked hoops teams made for a memorable first full weekend of March.

1. Girls Basketball: Posen and Oscoda both clinched championships in their respective divisions of the North Star League – WBKB

2. Boys Basketball: Grand Blanc downed River Rouge 77-61 in a faceoff of title contenders – WJRT

3. Wrestling: Alma’s Jacob Munger set an MHSAA record at 171 pounds with a four-second pin – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

4. Boys Basketball: Williamston edged Benton Harbor 58-53 in a matchup of ranked opponents – Lansing State Journal

5. Boys Basketball: Schoolcraft also won a matchup of ranked teams handing a first loss to Pewamo-Westphalia 55-49 – FOX 17

6. Hockey: Division 2 No. 9 Traverse City Central remained undefeated in league play with a 5-1 win over Division 1 No. 5 Traverse City West – Traverse City Record-Eagle

7. Hockey: Division 3 No. 5 Houghton got past No. 7 Hancock 3-1 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. Boys Basketball: Nick Olmeda went over 1,000 career points as St. Clair Shores Lake Shore handed St. Clair Shores Lakeview its first loss, 65-44 – Macomb Daily

9. Girls Basketball: Jaylee Long went over 1,000 points in Newaygo’s 54-40 win over Grant – Muskegon Chronicle

10. Girls Basketball: Gwen Rogozinski went over 1,000 career points as Stockbridge downed Perry 51-25 – Jackson Citizen Patriot

Also of note …

Girls Golf: Greenville is mourning the death of longtime coach Nancy Johnson – Greenville Daily News

Today in the MHSAA: 9/20/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

September 20, 2022

1. BOYS SOCCER South Lyons shut out Waterford Kettering to clinch the outright Lakes Valley Conference championship – Oakland Press

2. GIRLS GOLF Grand Ledge shot a 364 to win the Tullymore Invitational – Local Sports Journal

3. GIRLS GOLF Battle Creek Lakeview – No. 15 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – took back the All-City championship – Battle Creek Enquirer

4. VOLLEYBALL Beaverton came back from a two-set deficit to defeat Sanford Meridian in five – Midland Daily News

5. CROSS COUNTRY Harbor Springs swept championships at the Inland Lakes Invitational; the Harbor Springs girls are No. 4 in LPD4, and the boys team is ranked No. 6 – Cheboygan Daily Tribune | Athletic.net

6. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 5 Holland Christian scored the game’s lone goal late to get past Allendale – FOX 17

7. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Elk Rapids extended its winning streak to eight games with a victory over Kalkaska – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. VOLLEYBALL St. Clair Shores Lakeview defeated Lake Shore in four sets to claim the “Wars in the Shores” – Macomb Daily

9. GIRLS GOLF Otsego shot a 186 to edge Plainwell by a stroke in the latest Wolverine Conference jamboree – Joe Insider

10. BOYS TENNIS LPD3 No. 6 Holland Christian defeated Holland High 6-2 – Holland Sentinel