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: 8/23/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
August 23, 2022
1. VOLLEYBALL Sturgis repeated as St. Joseph County champion with a close sweep of Centreville – JoeInsider.com
2. BOYS SOCCER Manistee avenged last season’s District Final loss to Big Rapids with a 2-1 victory – Manistee News Advocate
3. GIRLS GOLF Big Rapids opened Central State Activities Association play with a victory – Big Rapids Pioneer
4. BOYS TENNIS Holland West Ottawa got past Holland High 6-3 as the rivals navigated a number of close flight matchups – Holland Sentinel
5. BOYS SOCCER Mason Garcia scored all eight goals in Shelby’s win over Newaygo – MI Sports Now
6. BOYS SOCCER Traverse City Christian earned its second shutout in two games, this time 2-0 over Gaylord – Traverse City Record-Eagle
7. BOYS SOCCER Cole Schelb scored two goal to lead Midland past Alpena 3-1 – Midland Daily News
8. BOYS SOCCER Kalkaska held on for a 3-2 win over Reed City – Big Rapids Pioneer
9. VOLLEYBALL New Haven opened with a sweep of Warren Michigan Collegiate – Macomb Daily
10. BOYS SOCCER Cheboygan earned its first victory, 4-2 at Shepherd – Cheboygan Daily Tribune