Today in the MHSAA: 11/2/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 2, 2026

1. CROSS COUNTRY The Lake City and McBain girls – ranked Nos. 4 and 10, respectively, in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – and LPD4 No. 4 Mesick boys won Regional championships for the first time in their programs’ respective histories – Cadillac News

2. CROSS COUNTRY The Sanford Meridian girls also won a Regional title for the first time, in LPD3 – Midland Daily News

3. CROSS COUNTRY The Midland Dow girls won their first Regional title in at least a decade, in LPD1 – Midland Daily News

4. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 3 Traverse City West boys placed three among the top eight in winning their LPD1 Regional – Traverse City Record-Eagle

5. CROSS COUNTRY The No. 9 Rochester Adams girls and No. 11 Lake Orion boys also claimed LPD1 Regional championships – Oakland Press

6. CROSS COUNTRY The Macomb Lutheran North girls and No. 11 Holly boys earned LPD2 Regional titles – Macomb Daily

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Grosse Ile claimed the Huron League championship meet title – Southgate News-Herald

8. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD2 No. 12 Shepherd boys, LPD3 No. 11 Ithaca girls and LPD4 No. 7 Breckenridge girls all were among Regional champions – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

9. CROSS COUNTRY The LPD3 top-ranked Lansing Catholic girls, No. 3-ranked Cougars boys and No. 10 Pewamo-Westphalia boys all won Regional titles – Lansing State Journal

10. CROSS COUNTRY The Holland Christian girls and boys – both top-ranked in LPD2 – and Saugatuck LPD3 No. 7 girls and No. 5 boys swept Regional titles, and the top-ranked Holland Calvary boys won their LPD4 Regional as well – Holland Sentinel

Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 5, 2026

1. BOYS WRESTLING Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central edged No. 4 Brighton by a point to win its invitational, which featured four of the top six ranked teams in Division 1 – Detroit Catholic Central athletics

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Stevie Hall scored his 1,000th career point and the game winner in Detroit Cass Tech’s 54-52 win over Cleveland Central Catholic at the Detroit Public School League Holiday Classic – Detroit Free Press

3. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River clinched the Montague Invitational with Kaylee Gibson’s win over No. 2-ranked Lowell in the day’s final match – Cadillac News

4. BOYS WRESTLING Division 2 No. 7 Freeland repeated as Saginaw County champion – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michael Lindquist became the second Greenville boys basketball player to reach 1,000 points, doing so during a 71-56 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Grand Rapids Press

6. GIRLS WRESTLING Bay City John Glenn won the championship at the Reed City Invitational by 30 points – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BOWLING Rockford defeated reigning Division 4 champion Ravenna to clinch the Fruitport Invitational title – Rockford Athletics

8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 4 Houghton defeated Division 1 No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 5-1 and No. 5 Brighton 6-1 during a downstate trip – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage handed DeWitt its first loss, 60-55 in double overtime – Saginaw News

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Spring Lake – ranked No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – set 34 personal records in winning its home invitational – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

MHSAA Longtime Catholic High School League director Vic Michaels, a member of the MHSAA Representative Council for more than two decades, died at age 71 – Oakland Press

MEDIA The Detroit and statewide media communities are mourning the death of the Detroit News’ longtime prep sports reporter Dave Goricki – Detroit News

FOOTBALL Lansing Eastern hired Dan Boggan – the winningest coach in Lansing Sexton history – to take over the program – Lansing State Journal