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

Michigan Fall Previews (update 9/3/13)

August 26, 2013

Seasons have begun but we're still adding to our mighty list of links to statewide media team and league preview. 

This update contains some from five sports, but mostly football from the Battle Creek, Port Huron, Livingston County and Traverse City areas. 

See a preview for any fall sport that's been published by Michigan media that we missed? Send the link to Geoff Kimmerly at [email protected]

Football

Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek Central - Battle Creek St. Philip - Marshall - Battle Creek Pennfield - Southwestern Michigan Athletic Conference East - Kalamazoo Valley Association - Southern Central Athletic Association - Big 8 Conference - Bronson/Tekonsha

Bay City Times: North Star League - West Branch Ogemaw Heights - Bay City John Glenn/Pinconning/Standish-Sterling/Tawas - Jack Pine Conference 

Detroit Free Press: Detroit Catholic High School League - Oakland Activities Association - Downriver League - Michigan Independent Activities Conference - Macomb Area Conference - Huron League

Detroit News: Detroit Public School League - Detroit Catholic High School League - Macomb Area Conference - Kensington Lakes Activities Association - Oakland Activities Association - Western Wayne Athletic Conference - Downriver League - Huron League - Michigan Metro Athletic Conference - Michigan Independent Athletic Conference - Charter School Conference 

Flint Journal: Flint Metro League - Saginaw Valley League South - Genesee Area Conference Red - Genesee Area Conference Blue - Kensington Lakes Activities Association West 

Gaylord Herald Times: Sky Valley South - Big North Conference

Grand Rapids Press: O-K Red - O-K White - O-K Blue - O-K Gold - O-K Black - O-K Green - O-K Bronze - O-K Silver

High School Sports Scene: Saginaw, Lansing and Grand Rapids areas

Holland Sentinel: Holland Christian - Hamilton

Ionia Sentinel-Standard: Ionia - Portland St. Patrick - Lake Odessa Lakewood

Kalamazoo Gazette: Wolverine Conference - Kalamazoo Valley Association - Southwestern Athletic Conference - St. Joseph Valley League - Southern Central Athletic Association

Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan area

Livingston County Daily Argus & Press: Howell - Brighton - Hartland - Pinckney - Novi - MilfordFowlerville - Kensington Lakes Activities Association West

Marquette Mining Journal: Negaunee - Ishpeming - Marquette - Gwinn - Munising - Ishpeming Westwood

MLive Detroit: Macomb Area Conference - Oakland Activities Association - Detroit Catholic High School League

MLive Lansing: Lansing area

Oakland Press: Kensington Lakes Activities Association - Oakland Activities Association White - Oakland County schools in MIAC/MAC/Flint Metro/independent

Port Huron Times Herald: Port Huron Northern - St. Clair - Port Huron - Marysville - Marine City - Armada  

Saginaw News: Saginaw Valley League North - Tri-Valley Conference Central - TVC West - TVC East - Greater Thumb Conference West - Saginaw Nouvel/Kingston/Akron-Fairgrove/Coleman/Mount Pleasant Sacred Heart

Traverse City Record-Eagle: Big North Conference - Northwest Conference - Ski Valley Conference - Lake Michigan ConferenceTraverse City Christian - Traverse City Central - Traverse City St. Francis - Traverse City West

Boys Cross Country

Adrian Daily Telegram: Adrian and Lenawee County areas

Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas

Port Huron Times Herald: Eastern Thumb area

Girls Cross Country 

Adrian Daily Telegram: Adrian and Lenawee County areas

Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area

Escanaba Daily Press: Manistique

Port Huron Times Herald: Eastern Thumb area

Girls Golf

Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area

Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas

Monroe Evening News: Monroe area

Muskegon Chronicle: Muskegon area

Boys Soccer

Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area

Bay City Times: Bay City area - Bay City John Glenn

Escanaba Daily Press: Big Bay de Noc

Gaylord Herald Times: Gaylord

Midland Daily News: Midland area

Monroe Evening News: Monroe area

Muskegon Chronicle: Muskegon area

Petoskey News: Petoskey

Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron and Thumb areas

Girls Swimming and Diving

Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area

Monroe Evening News: Monroe area

Port Huron Times Herald: Eastern Thumb area

Boys Tennis

Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas

Petoskey News: Petoskey

Girls Tennis

Escanaba Daily Press: Gladstone

Iron Mountain Daily News: Kingsford - Iron River West Iron County

Volleyball

Battle Creek Enquirer: Battle Creek area

Bay City Times: Bay City area

Escanaba Daily Press: Rock Mid Peninsula 

Gaylord Herald Times: Gaylord - Gaylord St. Mary - Johannesburg-Lewiston

Hillsdale.net: Hillsdale

Holland Sentinel: Holland and Zeeland areas

Houghton Daily Mining Gazette: Houghton - Calumet - Baraga 

Iron Mountain Daily News: Kingsford

Lansing State Journal: Greater Lansing and mid-Michigan areas

Port Huron Times Herald: Port Huron and Thumb areas