Today in the MHSAA: 1/17/17

January 17, 2017

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

Michigan’s wrestling superpowers put together another strong weekend of competition matching up against each other and one of the best in all of the Midwest as well.

Each weekday during the school year, we’ll gather and post media links covering the most significant and intriguing high school events from all over the state. 

Boys Basketball

Marquette rallied late to come back and beat Negaunee 57-53 in a matchup of two of the best in the Upper Peninsula – Marquette Mining Journal

Girls Basketball

From Friday, Ithaca’s Kayla Belles scored her 1,000th point although just a junior in leading the Yellowjackets to a 48-32 win over Saginaw Valley Lutheran – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

Bowling

Waterford Mott’s girls got past Lake Orion and then Oxford to win the Oakland County Invitational – Oakland Press

The Oxford boys downed South Lyon in the championship match to win their Oakland County tournament – Oakland Press

Hockey

Division 1 No. 5 Northville downed Division 2 No. 8 Novi 5-4 in the annual outdoor game at Detroit’s Clark Park – Observer & Eccentric

Boys Swimming & Diving

Lower Peninsula Division 1 No. 4 Novi won the West Bloomfield Laker Invitational for the fifth straight year, scoring more than 100 points higher than the rest of the field – Observer & Eccentric

Wrestling

Division 2 No. 1 Lowell continued its surge with wins over Division 3 No. 2 Richmond and No. 4 Whitehall at the Red Arrows’ home duals – Grand Rapids Press

Reigning Division 1 champion (and current No. 3) Hartland claimed the Michigan Duals title at Bay City Western with a 5-0 record including wins over No. 8 Westland John Glenn, Roscommon and Division 3 No. 3 Remus Chippewa Hills – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

Division 1 No. 1 Detroit Catholic Central finished 3-1 at its Super Duals, beating No. 7 Brighton, Division 4 No. 1 Hudson and Division 2 No. 4 St. Johns but falling to nationally-acclaimed Lakewood St. Edward of Ohio – Observer & Eccentric

Today In The MHSAA: 5/12/21

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

May 12, 2021

1. Baseball: Blissfield coach Larry Tuttle became the state’s winningest all-time at 1,317 victories with the Division 3 No. 5 Royals’  sweep of Hillsdale – Adrian Daily Telegram

2. Track & Field: The Marion girls and Manistee Catholic Central boys clinched West Michigan D League championships – Cadillac News (Girls) | Manistee News Advocate (Boys)

3. Girls Tennis: Utica outpaced the rest of the Macomb Area Conference Blue to claim the league tournament championship – Macomb Daily

4. Girls Soccer: Top-ranked Troy Athens downed No. 3 Rochester 5-1 in a matchup of statewide contenders in Division 1 – Oakland Press

5. Track & Field: Escanaba swept Gladstone and Iron Mountain in girls and boys meets, with Ethan Milam breaking the boys school high jump record set in 1994 – Escanaba Daily Press

6. Baseball: Division 4 No. 16 Muskegon Catholic Central earned coach Steve Schuitema his 300th career win with a 6-2 victory over Muskegon Western Michigan Christian – Muskegon Chronicle

7. Girls Soccer: Division 2 top-ranked DeWitt remained undefeated with a 5-0 win over Division 3 No. 8 Lansing Catholic – Lansing State Journal

8. Baseball: Division 1 No. 20 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice edged Division 3 No. 3 Detroit Edison 9-8 – Detroit News

9. Baseball: Division 2 No. 14 Essexville Garber downed Saginaw Swan Valley 3-0 as future University of Michigan pitchers faced off – WJRT

10. Girls Soccer: Division 3 No. 9 Boyne City held on to a share of first in the Lake Michigan Conference with a shutout of former co-leader and Division 4 No. 18 Charlevoix – MI Sports Now

Also of note …

Officials: Longtime northern Michigan official Terry Wakeley, an MHSAA Norris Award honoree in 2007, died Sunday at the age of 77 – Up North Live

Boys Golf: Longtime coach Chris Fedewa plans to retire at the end of this spring after 39 years of teaching and coaching a variety of teams at Clare – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun