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: 2/9/26
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
February 9, 2026
1. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 2 St. Louis ran its conference championship streak to 12 with the Jack Pine Conference title – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
2. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Utica Eisenhower won its first Macomb County championship in recent memory – Macomb Daily
3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Detroit Catholic Central – ranked No. 3 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 – repeated as Oakland County champion – Oakland Press
4. WRESTLING Division 1 No. 3 Brighton claimed the Kensington Lakes Activities Association Tournament with a win in the final match – Livingston Daily Press & Argus
5. GIRLS BASKETBALL Niles Brandywine locked up a third-straight league title with a 55-31 win over Berrien Springs – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
6. WRESTLING Division 4 No. 6 LeRoy Pine River finished an outright championship run in the Mid-Michigan/Highland Conference – Cadillac News
7. WRESTLING Southgate Anderson also completed an outright championship run, winning the Downriver League Tournament – Southgate News-Herald
8. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 13 Fruitport finished a repeat title run in the Ottawa-Kent Conference Silver – MuskegonSports.com
9. WRESTLING Leslie claimed its first championship in this sport as part of the Cascades Conference – Jackson Citizen Patriot
10. WRESTLING Division 2 No. 5 New Boston Huron, Temperance Bedford and Division 3 top-ranked Dundee also clinched league championships – Monroe News
Also of note …
BOYS BASKETBALL Grand Rapids Northview ended East Lansing’s 40-game winning streak, 63-46 – Grand Rapids Press
BOYS BASKETBALL Wilson Huckeby became Freeland’s all-time leading scorer during his team’s 65-60 win over Hudsonville Unity Christian – Saginaw News
BOYS BASKETBALL Jovaan Daniels reached 1,000 career points in Hudsonville’s 62-55 win over Rockford – Grand Rapids Press
BOYS BASKETBALL DayDay Williams became the third 1,000-point scorer in Fruitport history during a win over Comstock Park – MuskegonSports.com
BOYS BASKETBALL Logan Glazier reached 1,000 career points during Coleman’s loss to Vestaburg – Midland Daily News