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: 9/28/20
September 29, 2020
By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor
A possible preview of this week’s Upper Peninsula Division 1 Girls Tennis Finals topped the weekend’s most notable media coverage across a variety of sports statewide.
1. Girls Tennis: Negaunee won seven of eight flight championships to claim the team title at the Mid-Peninsula Conference Tournament; Ishpeming Westwood was runner-up – Marquette Mining Journal
2. Boys Tennis: Lower Peninsula Division 2 No. 2 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central and No. 5 Midland Dow tied for first at the former’s quad which also included LPD1 No. 12 Rockford and LPD4 No. 2 Traverse City St. Francis – Midland Daily News
3. Cross Country: Hart (LPD3 No. 1 girls, No. 2 boys) and McBain (LPD3 No. 10 girls, No. 9 boys) swept races at the Cougar Falcon Invitational at Calvin University – Athletic.net
4. Cross Country: Five girls broke 19 minutes and two boys broke 16 at the Petoskey Invitational – Athletic.net
5. Boys Soccer: Holland moved to 9-0 with a 2-1 win over Grand Rapids Union – Holland Sentinel
6. Cross Country: The LPD1 honorable mention Northville boys and unranked Macomb Dakota girls won titles at Anchor Bay’s James Cleverley Invitational – Athletic.net
7. Volleyball: Oscoda won its Linda Hennigan Tournament – WBKB
8. Cross Country: Manistee High swept races featuring the three Manistee County teams – Manistee News Advocate
9. Volleyball: Division 4 No. 10 Carney-Nadeau hosted and defeated Kingsford, Menominee and Stephenson – Escanaba Daily Press
10. Boys Tennis: LPD1 No. 2 Ann Arbor Pioneer improved to 10-1 with a win over Rochester – We Love Ann Arbor