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: 10/7/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 7, 2026
1. GIRLS GOLF Honorable mention Muskegon Reeths-Puffer claimed its first Regional title since 2018, in Lower Peninsula Division 2 – Local Sports Journal
2. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 top-ranked Troy clinched the Oakland Activities Association Red championship, downing Lake Orion 3-0 – Oakland Press
3. BOYS SOCCER Laingsburg and Lansing Christian finished as co-champions of the Central Michigan Athletic Conference after a 1-1 draw – WILX
4. GIRLS GOLF No. 4 Elk Rapids swept team and individual Regional titles in Lower Peninsula Division 4 – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. GIRLS GOLF No. 6 North Muskegon edged honorable mention Grandville Calvin Christian by three strokes to win their LPD4 Regional – Local Sports Journal
6. BOYS SOCCER Rockford edged Division 1 No. 11 Hudsonville 1-0 – WOOD TV
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 2 No. 6 Kingsley swept Division 3 No. 9 Elk Rapids – MI Sports Now
8. GIRLS GOLF Top-ranked Grand Rapids NorthPointe Christian carded a 361 to win an LPD3 Regional title – Holland Sentinel
9. BOYS SOCCER Division 1 No. 3 Okemos defeated Haslett and Division 2 No. 3 Lansing Eastern downed East Lansing to advance to the championship match in the Capital Area Activities Conference Gold Cup – WLNS
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Division 4 No. 9 Hancock defeated Gwinn in four sets – My UP Now