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: 12/7/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

December 7, 2021

1. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice opened with an 86-68 win over reigning Division 1 champion Grand Blanc – MLive-Detroit

2. BOYS BASKETBALL DaMarquss Palmreuter keyed Reese’s big opening-night win over Bridgeport – Bay City Times

3. BOYS BASKETBALL Freshman Bradley Richards put up a stunning double-double in his high school debut as Fruitport Calvary Christian defeated Pentwater – MuskegonSports.com

4. GIRLS BASKETBALL Ryleigh Zinn filled the stat sheet as Genesee edged Bay City All Saints 40-38 – Bay City Times

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Saginaw Swan Valley came back from a 13-point deficit to defeat Chesaning 61-57 – Saginaw News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Constantine began its season with a 50-40 win over Berrien Springs – JoeInsider.com

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Hartland opened with a 56-51 win over Saginaw Heritage – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Utica opened with a 55-47 victory over Rochester Hills Stoney Creek – Macomb Daily

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Four Ravenna players scored in double figures as the team defeated Grand Rapids West Michigan Aviation Academy 65-50 – MuskegonSports.com

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Braden Hill’s 29 points led Charlotte past Jonesville 69-56 – Jackson Citizen Patriot