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: 2/10/25

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 10, 2025

1. BOYS WRESTLING Division 1 No. 2 Brighton and Division 2 No. 9 Fowlerville were among the most successful teams at Individual Boys Districts statewide, both qualifying 13 wrestlers for Regionals – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Fraser’s Hunter Lemmon set multiple Macomb County Championship meet records, and St. Clair Shores Lakeview repeated as team champion – Macomb Daily

3. GIRLS WRESTLING A pair of reigning Finals champions were among 10 District winners from the Grand Rapids area at Girls Wrestling Districts – Grand Rapids Press

4. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River advanced four wrestlers to Regionals from an inaugural Girls Wrestling District – Cadillac News

5. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Detroit Catholic Central – No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – followed a pair of multi-event winners to the Oakland County Championships title – Oakland Press

6. BOYS BASKETBALL Graham Junge became Flat Rock’s all-time leading scorer during a 59-40 win over Grosse Ile – Monroe News

7. BOYS WRESTLING Macomb County sent 107 wrestlers to Individual Regionals – Macomb Daily

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Grady Harless reached 1,000 career points in Bear Lake’s big win over Walkerville – Traverse City Record-Eagle

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Dalton Williams reached 1,000 career points in Colon’s 61-55 win over Climax-Scotts – Sturgis Journal

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Avery Clous reached 1,000 career rebounds in Otisville LakeVille Memorial’s game against New Lothrop – Flint Journal