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: 3/3/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
March 3, 2026
1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ida avenged a pair of regular-season losses to Dundee with a 43-39 win in a Division 2 District opener, and Milan’s Emily Bladen reached 1,000 career points in her team’s loss to Adrian – Monroe News
2. GIRLS BASKETBALL Muskegon Orchard View trailed Montague entering the fourth quarter but came back to win their Division 2 opener 53-44 – Local Sports Journal
3. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Nouvel Catholic Central opened Division 4 District play with a 40-37 overtime win over Bay City All Saints – Saginaw News
4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Vicksburg came back from a 10-point deficit to get past Paw Paw in Division 2, 52-49 – Kalamazoo Gazette
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Allison Fork’s buzzer-beating 3-pointer sent Pinconning past Harrison 47-44 in Division 3 – Bay City Times
6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Cadillac opened its Division 2 District game against Newaygo scoring the first 20 points and held on for a 43-40 win – Cadillac News
7. GIRLS BASKETBALL Kinde North Huron avenged a pair of regular-season losses with a 31-29 Division 4 win over Carsonville-Port Sanilac – Huron Daily Tribune
8. GIRLS BASKETBALL Manistee pulled away during the second half for a 57-41 win over Benzie Central in Division 3 – Manistee News Advocate
9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bay City Western extended its winning streak to seven with a victory over Bay City Central in Division 1 – Midland Daily News
10. GIRLS BASKETBALL Bridgeport advanced in Division 2 with a 55-45 win over Birch Run – WNEM