The Houghton boys completed a perfect swimming & diving season Saturday while retaining their Upper Peninsula title with 313 points.

The Gremlins earned their second straight U.P. Finals title after finishing runners-up in both 2016 and 2017.

Senior Jake Stevenson had three goals including two straight during the third period to send Saturday’s game against Petoskey to overtime, as his Traverse City Bay Reps co-op team went on to win 5-4 and clinch the Northern Michigan Hockey League championship. 

Stevenson, in his fourth season in the program, is the team’s leading scorer and has scored five goals over his last three games in earning the Michigan Army National Guard “Performance of the Week.”

The final three wrestling Regional champions were awarded Thursday, with a massive comeback topping today’s list that also includes a number of girls and boys basketball title-clinching wins.

This week, MHSAA assistant director Brent Rice explains why officials take up the avocation despite frequent criticism of their best efforts.