Today in the MHSAA: 1/18/18

January 18, 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. Girls Basketball: Gaylord St. Mary won a matchup of Ski Valley Conference favorites and top Class D teams statewide, traveling to defeat Bellaire 41-39 – Gaylord Herald Times

2. Hockey: Detroit Catholic Central, top-ranked in Division 1, needed overtime but got past rival and Division 2 No. 5 Birmingham Brother Rice 3-2 – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Detroit Mumford held on after seeing a 15-point lead nearly dissolve, getting past Ypsilanti Arbor Prep 44-35 – Detroit News

4. Girls Basketball: Gladstone improved to 5-5 this season with a 42-33 upset of Marquette, which fell to 9-2 – Escanaba Daily Press

5. Hockey: Holland West Ottawa downed Grand Haven 4-2 for its ninth win over the last 10 games – Holland Sentinel

6. Bowling: Hudsonville swept Grand Haven in key Ottawa-Kent Conference Red matches, the boys narrowly 16-14 – Grand Haven Tribune

7. Wrestling: Division 2 No. 7 Stevensville Lakeshore ran its winning streak to 11 with a big victory over St. Joseph – St. Joseph Herald-Palladium

8. Hockey: Division 2 No. 2 Hartland and Division 3 No. 7 Livonia Churchill tied 3-3, but the Eagles’ Jake Behnke made a tremendous statement with his play – Livingston Daily Press & Argus

9. Hockey: Riverview Gabriel Richard celebrated a 4-3 win over Dearborn Divine Child coming off some recent struggles against the Falcons – Southgate News Herald

10. Football: Battle Creek Harper Creek coach Mike Seedorff stepped down after leading his team to a 12-1 record in his 30th season in the program and third as head coach – Battle Creek Enquirer

Also of note …

Boys Basketball: From Tuesday, Gladstone came back from a two-point halftime deficit to beat Gwinn by 36, with junior Reece Castor scoring 26 points including the 1,000th of his career – Escanaba Daily Press

Today In The MHSAA: 1/19/22

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 19, 2022

1. GIRLS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 2 Frankenmuth went to overtime to hand Division 1 No. 3 Midland Dow its first loss, 63-60 – Saginaw News

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 18 Ferndale downed North Farmington 56-49 in a matchup of Oakland Activities Association Red contenders – Oakland Press

3. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Zeeland swam past Lower Peninsula Division 3 No. 2 Holland Christian 103-83 – Holland Sentinel

4. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 1 No. 15 Rockford sits alone atop the Ottawa-Kent Conference Red after a 62-56 win over No. 7 Grand HavenFOX17

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 20 Carrollton won a matchup of unbeatens, 77-69 over No. 14 Standish-Sterling – Bay City Times

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Gibraltar Carlson defeated Trenton 51-42 in a matchup of Downriver League leaders – Southgate News-Herald

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 3 No. 2 Traverse City St. Francis held on to win a battle for first in the Lake Michigan Conference, 50-47 over No. 4 Elk Rapids – Traverse City Record-Eagle

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Division 2 No. 2 Parchment remained undefeated in handing Kalamazoo Christian its second loss, 52-41 – WWMT

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL A late 3-pointer pushed Holt past DeWitt 49-48 – Lansing State Journal

10. SKIING Cadillac swept the championships at its home invitational – Cadillac News