Today in the MHSAA: 1/18/22
By
Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor
January 18, 2022
1. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Midland Dow won the Tri-Cities Swimming Championship for the 19th-straight season – Midland Daily News
2. GYMNASTICS Rockford was first and Lowell second at the Red Arrows’ Military Salute Invitational – Coldwater Daily Reporter
3. WRESTLING Battle Creek Lakeview won its all-city championship and then finished runner-up as Cedar Springs claimed the overall All-City Challenge title – Battle Creek Enquirer
4. WRESTLING Competitors from 25 schools made up the field at the Boyne City Girls Wrestling Invitational, with the Ramblers’ Lydia Krauss named Most Outstanding Wrestler – Traverse City Record-Eagle
5. BOWLING The Oxford boys and Lake Orion girls won Oakland County Tournament championships – Oakland Press
6. BOWLING Warren Woods-Tower’s Kayla Tafanelli and Macomb Dakota’s Connor Rogus won Macomb County Invitational championships – Macomb Daily Girls | Boys
7. BOYS BASKETBALL Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice, No. 1 in Division 1 MPR, downed No. 6 Orchard Lake St. Mary’s 45-43 on a buzzer beater – Observer & Eccentric
8. HOCKEY Division 1 top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central opened with two first-period goals on the way to a 3-1 win over Division 3 No. 2 Bloomfield Hills Cranbrook Kingswood – Oakland Press
9. HOCKEY Division 2 No. 4 Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice scored with less than 10 seconds to play to get past Division 3 No. 6 Houghton 3-2 – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette
10. BOYS BASKETBALL Benzie Central, No. 15 in Division 3 MPR, won a matchup of undefeated teams 72-55 over Buckley – Up North Live
Also of note …
WRESTLING Longtime and recently-retired Lake Odessa Lakewood coach Bob Veitch will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in April – Lansing State Journal
Today in the MHSAA: 11/8/17
November 8, 2017
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. Volleyball: Class D No. 8 Rogers City and No. 2 Leland traded sets before Rogers City emerged with a five-game win in their Regional Semifinal – Alpena News
2. Volleyball: Top-ranked Pontiac Notre Dame Prep will meet No. 2 North Branch in a Regional Final thanks to Tuesday wins, the Irish’s over No. 7 Marysville and North Branch’s over Detroit Country Day – Oakland Press
3. Volleyball: Class D honorable mention Muskegon Catholic Central downed No. 4 Fife Lake Forest Area in five sets in their Regional Semifinal – Local Sports Journal
4. Volleyball: Beaverton, coming off first league and District titles, will play for a first Regional title as well after a five-set win over honorable mention Ravenna in Class C – Midland Daily News
5. Volleyball: Fruitport won a matchup of Class B honorable mentions in four sets over Grand Rapids Catholic Central – Grand Haven Tribune
6. Volleyball: Class A No. 7 Bloomfield Hills Marian and No. 8 Clarkston will meet for a Regional title after winning their Regional Semifinals, Marian over honorable mention Rochester Hills Stoney Creek and Clarkston over Troy – Oakland Press
7. Volleyball: Unranked South Lyon swept honorable mention Ann Arbor Huron to move on in Class A – Observer & Eccentric
8. Volleyball: Alma advanced to its first Regional Final since 2007 by coming back to beat Gladwin in four sets in Class B – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun
9. Volleyball: Honorable mention Cadillac swept Sault Ste. Marie, a champion of two leagues this fall, to advance in Class B – Cadillac News
10. Volleyball: Whitmore Lake earned the opportunity to play for a first Regional title with a 3-1 win over Jackson Lumen Christi in Class C – Jackson Citizen-Patriot