Today in the MHSAA: 1/14/19

January 14, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Highly-ranked contenders faced off in a number of sports over the weekend, with our list of high achievers led by a matchup of top wrestling teams from neighboring states and top swimming and hockey teams re-igniting familiar rivalries.

1. Wrestling: Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central finished 4-0 at its Super Duals with wins Indiana’s top-ranked Indianapolis Cathedral, Division 3 No. 1 Dundee, Brownstown Woodhaven and Culver Academics (Ind.) – Observer & Eccentric

2. Boys Swimming & Diving: Two days after falling to No. 2 East Grand Rapids in a dual, top-ranked Holland Christian finished ahead of the Pioneers to claim the D3 Invitational championship – Holland Sentinel

3. Hockey: No. 4 Warren DeLaSalle got past No. 1 Detroit U-D Jesuit in a matchup of top teams in Division 3 – Macomb Daily

4. Hockey: Division 2 No. 1 Hartland downed Detroit U-D Jesuit on Friday and followed up with a 3-0 win over Division 1 No. 5 Salem on Saturday – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

5. Hockey: Division 3 No. 6 Houghton earned an impressive 3-1 win over Division 2 No. 4 Birmingham Brother Rice – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

6. Gymnastics: Rockford finished first and Bloomfield Hills second at the annual Lowell Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter

7. Bowling: Sturgis and Bronson’s boys teams won their division championships at the Battle of the Bakers at M-66 Bowl in Battle Creek – Sturgis Journal

8. Hockey: Division 3 No. 5 Detroit Country Day rallied to get past No. 11 Grosse Pointe South 5-3 – Oakland Press

9. Wrestling: Led by standout Adam Bruce, Gladstone edged Ishpeming Westwood for the Kingsford Ray Mariucci Invitational title – Escanaba Daily Press

10. Wrestling: Division 3 No. 6 Birch Run finished first and Chesaning second at the Saginaw County Invitational – WEYI

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: Jake Burger went over 1,000 career points although Pittsford fell 49-39 to unbeaten Bellevue – Hillsdale Daily News

Football: Grand Rapids South Christian coach Mark Tamminga announced his retirement after 10 years leading the program and guiding the Sailors to two Division 4 titles – Grand Rapids Press

Today in the MHSAA: 4/27/23

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

April 27, 2023

1. SOFTBALL Division 1 No. 5 Hudsonville swept No. 7 Jenison, with Elly Koopman throwing a no-hitter in the opener – Grand Rapids Press

2. BASEBALL Unranked Hartland finished a two-game sweep of No. 5 Brighton with a 3-0 shutout by pitcher Gannon Grundman – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

3. GIRLS SOCCER No. 11 Saginaw Nouvel won a matchup of highly-ranked Division 4 teams, 3-1 over No. 6 Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Saginaw News

4. BASEBALL Division 2 No. 3 Stevensville Lakeshore and unranked Portage Northern split a high-powered doubleheader – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

5. GIRLS SOCCER Division 1 No. 14 Grand Blanc ran its winning streak to eight with a 5-0 win over rival Davison – WJRT

6. GIRLS SOCCER Division 2 No. 2 Richland Gull Lake and Division 1 No. 9 Portage Central played to a 1-1 draw – WWMT

7. GIRLS SOCCER Bailey Charter led Kingsley to its first win with five goals during a 7-1 victory over Benzie Central – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. BASEBALL Almont’s Matthew Redmond threw a no-hitter as the Raiders downed Croswell-Lexington 10-0 – Port Huron Times-Herald

9. BASEBALL Brayden Lape struck out 16 during Grass Lake’s sweep of Michigan Center – Jackson Citizen Patriot

10. GIRLS TENNIS A comeback win at No. 2 singles highlighted Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 10 Holland Christian’s shutout of Hudsonville Unity Christian – Holland Sentinel