Today in the MHSAA: 1/18/19

January 18, 2019

By Geoff Kimmerly
Second Half editor

A basketball weekend filled with major showdowns got rolling Thursday, but our top performance comes from the pool where a pair of powerhouse neighbors faced off.

1. Boys Swimming & Diving: Ann Arbor Pioneer, No. 5 in Lower Peninsula Division 1, got past No. 2 Skyline 111-75; Skyline also is the reigning LPD1 champion – We Love Ann Arbor

2. Boys Basketball: Oxford won a matchup of unbeatens, 49-46 over Pontiac to move into first place alone in the Oakland Activities Conference Blue – Oakland Press

3. Girls Basketball: Kingsley moved into first place alone in the Northwest Conference with a 47-39 win over Maple City Glen Lake – Traverse City Record-Eagle

4. Boys Basketball: Pewamo-Westphalia remained undefeated with a 60-56 overtime win over Dansville – Lansing State Journal

5. Girls Basketball: Ottawa Lake Whiteford’s Baylee Baldwin went over 1,000 career points in a victory over Petersburg-Summerfield, and Carleton Airport’s Emily Swiercz tied her school’s record with 33 in a win over Riverview – Monroe News

6. Boys Basketball: First-place Clarkston downed Oak Park 66-52 in a matchup of OAA Red contenders – Oakland Press

7. Boys Swimming & Diving: LPD1 No. 6 Hudsonville held on for a 178-136 win over honorable mention Grand Haven – Grand Haven Tribune

8. Boys Basketball: First-place Madison Heights Madison finished a Macomb Area Conference Silver sweep of second-place Clinton Township Clintondale, 88-84 in overtime – Macomb Daily

9. Girls Basketball: First-place Detroit East English continued to surge in the Public School League East-Town with a 62-36 win over Pershing – Detroit News

10. Boys Basketball: Posen defeated Hillman for the first time since 2012, 68-51 – WBKB

Today in the MHSAA: 2/24/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

February 24, 2026

1. GIRLS SKIING Pontiac Notre Dame Prep’s Maren Studt won both slalom and giant slalom for the second-straight season, and Detroit Country Day won its first team championship at the Division 2 Finals – MHSAA.com

2. GIRLS SKIING Marquette held on for its first Finals championship since 2020, winning in Division 1 – MHSAA.com

3. BOYS SKIING Marquette had top players in both individual events and Traverse City West clinched the team title – MHSAA.com

4. BOYS SKIING After one season away, Petoskey is back as champion in Division 2 – MHSAA.com

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Brayden Wright scored 41 points, including the 1,000th of his career, as Reading opened its Division 4 District with a 65-53 victory over Hillsdale Will Carleton Academy – Hillsdale Daily News

6. GIRLS BASKETBALL Pewamo-Westphalia edged Grand Rapids Catholic Central 55-53 in a matchup of 18-win teams that also saw P-W’s Elly Bengel score her 1,000th point – WOOD TV

7. BOYS BASKETBALL Karter Fegan scored his 1,000th career point and Standish-Sterling hung on for a 57-56 win over Midland Bullock Creek in a Division 2 District opener – Bay City Times

8. BOYS BASKETBALL Ryan Opsommer’s 3-pointer during the closing seconds of overtime gave Muskegon Mona Shores a 61-60 District-opening win over Reeths-Puffer in Division 1 – Local Sports Journal

9. BOYS BASKETBALL Gavin Taylor’s last-second basket gave Coldwater a 55-53 win over Richland Gull Lake in Division 1 – WTVB

10. BOYS BASKETBALL Otisville-LakeVille Memorial earned its first MHSAA Tournament win since 2011, downing Genesee 53-35 in Division 3 – Flint Journal