Today in the MHSAA: 10/23/2018

October 23, 2018

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Each weekday of the school year, we break down the top headlines courtesy of Michigan’s sports media.

A pair of Detroit Catholic League Tournament championship celebrations lead a list filled with Monday volleyball winners and a pair of cross country invitational pacesetters.

1. Volleyball: Division 1 top-ranked Farmington Hills Mercy swept No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian to win the Detroit Catholic League A-B championship for the second straight season – Observer & Eccentric

2. Volleyball: Division 2 No. 6 Wixom St. Catherine claimed its second straight Catholic League C-D title with a sweep of Division 3 No. 4 Riverview Gabriel Richard – Oakland Press

3. Volleyball: Division 2 honorable mention Kingsley and Traverse City St. Francis both went 2-1 at the ABCD quad with Division 4 top-ranked Leland with Traverse City Central also playing – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Cross Country: The Hanover-Horton boys and Pittsford girls won Sand Creek Invitational championships; Pittsford’s girls are ranked No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 4 and Hanover-Horton’s boys are No. 3 in LPD3 – Adrian Daily Telegram

5. Volleyball: Midland came out on top in a matchup of second-place finishers in the Saginaw Valley League with a crossover sweep of Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News

6. Volleyball: Pellston earned wins over Gaylord and Harbor Springs – Petoskey News-Review

7. Volleyball: L’Anse took the season’s second “Battle of the Bay” meeting with Baraga with a three-set sweep – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

8. Volleyball: Kalamazoo Central swept Climax-Scotts on the Maroon Giants’ senior night – JoeInsider.com

9. Volleyball: Petoskey swept Cheboygan in nonleague play to improve to 33-4-1 – Petoskey News-Review

10. Volleyball: Chassell continued to make strides with a sweep of Dollar Bay – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

Also of note …

Cross Country: From last week, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills girls won the Ottawa-Kent Conference White championship, believed to be the first in program history – Grand Rapids Press

Cross Country: From Saturday, Portage Northern’s boys won their first Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference meet championship in a decade – Kalamazoo Gazette

Cross Country: From Saturday, Parma Western held on at the Interstate 8 Athletic Conference meet to sweep the overall league championships – Coldwater Daily Reporter

Cross Country: From Saturday, Brownstown Woodhaven swept Downriver League meet titles and the boys won the league outright; Allen Park’s girls held on to their overall league championship – Southgate News-Herald girls | boys

Today in the MHSAA: 1/16/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 16, 2025

1. WRESTLING Gavin Drenten became Zeeland East’s all-time leader in wins with a sweep against Zeeland West and Grand Rapids Union – Holland Sentinel

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North earned coach Kurt Wilson his 300th career win, 50-34 over Utica – Macomb Daily

3. HOCKEY Division 1 No. 3 Howell edged No. 7 Novi 3-2 – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

4. HOCKEY No. 2 Hartland moved to 6-0 against ranked Division 1 teams with a 5-3 victory over No. 9 Salem – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. WRESTLING Constantine downed Division 4 No. 10 Gobles 47-21 and Lawton 60-24 – Sturgis Journal

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL West Bloomfield extended its Oakland Activities Association Red winning streak to 48 with a 37-30 victory over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Oakland Press

7. WRESTLING Stevensville Lakeshore edged rival St. Joseph 42-32 for first in the Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Harbor Beach remains first atop the Big Thumb Conference Black thanks to a 54-39 win over Ubly – Huron Daily Tribune

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Bad Axe handed Millington its first defeat this season, 60-54 – Saginaw News

10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Monroe downed Petersburg Summerfield 43-26 as Trent Moody coached against his father Mickey – Monroe News