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: 10/12/23
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
October 12, 2023
1. VOLLEYBALL After losing the first set, Division 1 honorable mention South Lyon East came back to win in four over South Lyon and clinch the Lakes Valley Conference title outright – Oakland Press
2. VOLLEYBALL Traverse City Central clinched a share of the Big North Conference championship with a sweep of Cadillac – Traverse City Record-Eagle
3. BOYS SOCCER Logan Korson broke Bullock Creek’s career goals record in his team’s Division 3 District win over Standish-Sterling – Midland Daily News
4. GIRLS GOLF No. 6 DeWitt shot a 341 to edge No. 3 Mason by four strokes and win a Lower Peninsula Division 2 Regional title – Lansing State Journal
5. BOYS SOCCER Holly won its first District game since 2017, defeating North Branch 7-4 in Division 2 – WJRT
6. GIRLS GOLF No. 7 Goodrich carded a 347 to win its LPD3 Regional, with No. 10 Freeland second – Saginaw News
7. BOYS SOCCER A second-half surge sent top-ranked Berkley past Royal Oak 3-1 in a Division 1 District opener – Oakland Press
8. BOYS SOCCER St. Joseph began another Division 2 District title quest with a 2-1 win over Coldwater – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
9. BOYS SOCCER New Boston Huron scored twice over the final 12 minutes to get past Allen Park 3-2 in a Division 2 District opener – Southgate News-Herald
10. BOYS SOCCER Howard City Tri County defeated Reed City 3-2 for the second-straight time this season, this time in a Division 3 District opener – Greenville Daily News