Today in the MHSAA: 1/16/18
January 16, 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.
Today's Top 10
1. Boys Swimming & Diving – Holland West Ottawa, No. 4 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, emerged as the best among titans with wins over No. 3 Birmingham Brother Rice and No. 1 Ann Arbor Skyline in a tri-meet – Holland Sentinel
2. Wrestling: Four of Michigan’s best tested themselves against Ohio power Lakewood St. Edward, which finished 4-0 with wins over Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central, No. 4 Davison, Division 2 No. 1 Lowell and Division 3 No. 1 Dundee – Observer & Eccentric
3. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 4 DeWitt claimed the Ada Forest Hills Eastern Invitational title, handing No. 10 Niles its first loss in the process – Niles Daily Star
4. Girls Basketball: Stanton Central Montcalm moved to 11-0 this season with a 48-39 win over Big Rapids, which also entered undefeated – Greenville Daily News
5. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 7 Stevensville Lakeshore won the Holland West Ottawa Invitational, downing Rockford in the final, and coach Bruce Bittenbender won his 900th career match during the run – St. Joseph Herald Palladium
6. Wrestling: Division 1 No. 2 Brighton finished the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Gold Duals 5-0 on Saturday and defeated No. 3 Macomb Dakota on Sunday to finish off a strong weekend – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
7. Boys Basketball: Marine City Cardinal Mooney’s Daniel Everhart scored 23 points in a 70-44 win over Allen Park Cabrini to become the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,423 over his career – Port Huron Times Herald
8. Wrestling: Sparta placed 11 wrestlers to win its invitational, with Grandville second and Division 4 No. 10 Springport third – Grand Rapids Press
9. Hockey: Kingsford won a high-scoring road game at Division 3 No. 5 Houghton, 6-5 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
10. Cheer: Preparation paid off for Bay City Central as it won its Wolfpack Cheer Challenge by more than 50 points – Bay City Times
Also of note …
Boys Swimming & Diving: Just more than a week ago, Corunna’s Xavier Staubs and Grant Warner were the biggest winners during a meet against Owosso; they pulled an unresponsive Owosso competitor from the water so others could then revive him – Detroit Free Press
Today in the MHSAA: 9/22/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
September 22, 2026
1. GIRLS GOLF Macomb Dakota – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – carded a 322 to win a third-straight Macomb County championship – Macomb Daily
2. GIRLS GOLF LPD4 No. 8 Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central repeated as Monroe County champion – Monroe News
3. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 9 Grosse Ile edged Division 2 No. 10 New Boston Huron 2-1 – Southgate News-Herald
4. BOYS SOCCER Division 3 No. 7 Frankenmuth came back from an early deficit to down No. 13 Freeland 5-3 – WNEM
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fruitport defeated Division 3 No. 8 Hart, North Muskegon and Shelby – MuskegonSports.com
6. BOYS SOCCER Suttons Bay downed Traverse City Christian 5-2, and Isaac Martin had three goals to pull within two of the school season record – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER St. Joseph Our Lady of the Lake Catholic ran its unbeaten streak to 10 with a 5-1 victory over Lawrence – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Elle Savage had 21 kills as Midland Calvary Baptist swept Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central – Midland Daily News
9. BOYS TENNIS LPD2 No. 3 Midland Dow improved to 18-0-1 with a win over Flint Powers Catholic – Midland Daily News
10. GIRLS TENNIS Marquette downed Kingsford 6-2 – Upper Michigan’s Source