Today in the MHSAA: 11/9/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

November 9, 2026

1. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Ann Arbor Pioneer in the Southeastern Conference Red and Chelsea in the SEC White won league meets; Pioneer is ranked No. 1 in Lower Peninsula Division 1 and Chelsea is No. 7 in LPD3 – Ann Arbor News

2. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Traverse City Tritons clinched their sixth straight Coastal Conference championship – Traverse City Record-Eagle

3. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Allendale won its first District title since 2000, and Rockford stunned No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern in Division 1 – Grand Rapids Press

4. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING LPD3 No. 3 Holland Christian, LPD1 No. 3 Jenison and No. 7 Hudsonville won Ottawa-Kent Conference league meets – Holland Sentinel

5. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Ishpeming advanced in Division 4 with a five-set District Final win over Munising – My UP NOW

6. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Grand Blanc was first and Midland Dow second at the Saginaw Valley League championship meet – Midland Daily News

7. GIRLS SWIMMING & DIVING Warren Woods-Tower and Macomb L’Anse Creuse North are co-champions in the Macomb Area Conference Blue – Macomb Daily

8. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Mason County Central finished a District title repeat with a 3-1 win over Muskegon Catholic Central in Division 4 – Ludington Daily News

9. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Fulton advanced in Division 4 with a District-clinching sweep of Portland St. Patrick – Mount Pleasant Morning Sun

10. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Richmond came back from a two-set deficit to defeat St. Clair in five in a Division 2 District Final – Macomb Daily

Today in the MHSAA: 1/5/26

By Geoff Kimmerly
MHSAA.com senior editor

January 5, 2026

1. BOYS WRESTLING Top-ranked Detroit Catholic Central edged No. 4 Brighton by a point to win its invitational, which featured four of the top six ranked teams in Division 1 – Detroit Catholic Central athletics

2. BOYS BASKETBALL Stevie Hall scored his 1,000th career point and the game winner in Detroit Cass Tech’s 54-52 win over Cleveland Central Catholic at the Detroit Public School League Holiday Classic – Detroit Free Press

3. GIRLS WRESTLING LeRoy Pine River clinched the Montague Invitational with Kaylee Gibson’s win over No. 2-ranked Lowell in the day’s final match – Cadillac News

4. BOYS WRESTLING Division 2 No. 7 Freeland repeated as Saginaw County champion – Saginaw News

5. BOYS BASKETBALL Michael Lindquist became the second Greenville boys basketball player to reach 1,000 points, doing so during a 71-56 win over Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central – Grand Rapids Press

6. GIRLS WRESTLING Bay City John Glenn won the championship at the Reed City Invitational by 30 points – Bay City Times

7. GIRLS BOWLING Rockford defeated reigning Division 4 champion Ravenna to clinch the Fruitport Invitational title – Rockford Athletics

8. ICE HOCKEY Division 3 No. 4 Houghton defeated Division 1 No. 7 Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central 5-1 and No. 5 Brighton 6-1 during a downstate trip – Houghton Daily Mining Gazette

9. GIRLS BASKETBALL Saginaw Heritage handed DeWitt its first loss, 60-55 in double overtime – Saginaw News

10. BOYS SWIMMING & DIVING Spring Lake – ranked No. 8 in Lower Peninsula Division 3 – set 34 personal records in winning its home invitational – Local Sports Journal

Also of note …

MHSAA Longtime Catholic High School League director Vic Michaels, a member of the MHSAA Representative Council for more than two decades, died at age 71 – Oakland Press

MEDIA The Detroit and statewide media communities are mourning the death of the Detroit News’ longtime prep sports reporter Dave Goricki – Detroit News

FOOTBALL Lansing Eastern hired Dan Boggan – the winningest coach in Lansing Sexton history – to take over the program – Lansing State Journal