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: 10/31/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

October 31, 2025

1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 3 Kingsley swept Division 1 honorable mention Traverse City Central, Leland and Division 3 No. 8 Traverse City St. Francis at the ABCD quad – Traverse City Record-Eagle

2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 3 No. 9 Saginaw Valley Lutheran set a team wins record while defeating Midland Dow, Essexville Garber and Yale – Saginaw News

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL McBain swept through the Oceola Showdown with wins over Reed City, Evart and LeRoy Pine River – Cadillac News

4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Ava Mauntler went over 2,000 career digs as Division 4 No. 10 Onekama defeated Bellaire and Buckley but fell to Traverse City Christian – Manistee News Advocate

5. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow – an honorable mention in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – defeated Midland High 102-78 – Midland Daily News

6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Lake City swept Whitehall, Big Rapids and Montague – Traverse City Record-Eagle