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: 11/6/25
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
November 6, 2025
1. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Honorable mention Zeeland East avenged a 2024 District Final loss with a four-set Division 1 District Semifinal win over Holland West Ottawa – Holland Sentinel
2. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL West Iron County upset honorable mention Calumet in five sets in Division 3 – The Keweenaw Report
3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Romeo came back from a 2-1 deficit to get past Rochester Hills Stoney Creek in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL St. Joseph avenged a regular-season loss to Portage Northern with a four-set win in Division 1 – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium
5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Battle Creek Harper Creek hung on for a five-set win over Vicksburg in Division 2 – Battle Creek Enquirer
6. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Cadillac advanced in Division 1 with a sweep of Midland Dow – Up North Live
7. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Macomb L’Anse Creuse North twice came back from one-set deficits to get past New Boston Huron in Division 1 – Macomb Daily
8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Chelsea won the first set but Adrian Madison won the next three in a Division 2 win – Adrian Daily Telegram
9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Bad Axe came back from a 2-1 deficit to get past Elkton-Pigeon-Bay Port Laker in five in Division 3 – Huron Daily Tribune
10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Johannesburg-Lewiston lost the first set but held on for all five to get past East Jordan in Division 3 – Petoskey News-Review